Where to catch Tab-Event

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Stephan Lukits - 16 Aug 2007 15:18 GMT

Hi,
with normal key event listening I can't catch
a key press from the tab key because the
Frame-component absorbs it. (I've been told so
in the German java group) Now I wonder where
is the right place to catch it. addAWTEventListener
is --- corresponding to the documentation ---
"not recommended for normal application use".

Any hints?

Thanks and best regards
Stephan

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Christian Kaufhold - 26 Aug 2007 12:25 GMT

> with normal key event listening I can't catch
> a key press from the tab key because the
> Frame-component absorbs it. (I've been told so

Not true. Typically TAB is a focus traversal key, so the
focus mechanism handles it.

Clear the focus traversal keys on the component that is
supposed to handle TAB (and which gets focus).

Christian

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Roedy Green - 27 Aug 2007 07:17 GMT

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:18:47 +0200, Stephan Lukits
<stephan.lukits@fernuni-hagen.de> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>with normal key event listening I can't catch
>a key press from the tab key because the
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>Any hints?

To learn all the different places to insert your tap, see
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/event11.html

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