With example we shall show you how to create a simple application that can handle all key events. This is very useful when your application gets lots of keyboard input form the user.
In short, all you have to do in order to construct a simple application that demonstrates all key events is:
- Create a class that implements
ActionListenerandKeyListenerinterfaces. - Override
keyPressed,keyTyped,keyReleasedto customize the handling of these specific events. - Use event and input maps to print out the key events that occurred.
Let’s see the code snippet below:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class CompleteDemo extends JPanel implements KeyListener, ActionListener {
JTextArea textArea;
JTextField textFiled;
static final String nl = "n";
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
public CompleteDemo() {
super(new BorderLayout());
JButton jb = new JButton("Clear");
jb.addActionListener(this);
textFiled = new JTextField(20);
textFiled.addKeyListener(this);
//typingArea.setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(false);
textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setEditable(false);
JScrollPane scrPanl = new JScrollPane(textArea);
scrPanl.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(375, 125));
add(textFiled, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add(scrPanl, BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(jb, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
}
@Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent event) {
display(event, "KEY PRESSED: ");
}
@Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent event) {
display(event, "KEY TYPED: ");
}
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
//Clear the text components.
textArea.setText("");
textFiled.setText("");
//Return the focus to the typing area.
textFiled.requestFocusInWindow();
}
@Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent event) {
display(event, "KEY RELEASED: ");
}
protected void display(KeyEvent event, String str) {
String keystr, modStr, tmpStr, actionstr, locStr;
int eventID = event.getID();
if (eventID == KeyEvent.KEY_TYPED) {
char key = event.getKeyChar();
keystr = "key str = '" + key + "'";
} else {
int kCode = event.getKeyCode();
keystr = "kCode = " + kCode + " ("
+ KeyEvent.getKeyText(kCode) + ")";
}
int mods = event.getModifiersEx();
modStr = "mods = " + mods;
tmpStr = KeyEvent.getModifiersExText(mods);
if (tmpStr.length() > 0) {
modStr += " (" + tmpStr + ")";
} else {
modStr += " (no mods)";
}
actionstr = "action key? ";
if (event.isActionKey()) {
actionstr += "YES";
} else {
actionstr += "NO";
}
locStr = "key location: ";
int location = event.getKeyLocation();
if (location == KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_STANDARD) {
locStr += "standard";
} else if (location == KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_LEFT) {
locStr += "left";
} else if (location == KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_RIGHT) {
locStr += "right";
} else if (location == KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_NUMPAD) {
locStr += "numpad";
} else { // (location == KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_UNKNOWN)
locStr += "unknown";
}
textArea.append(str + nl + " " + keystr + nl + " "
+ modStr + nl + " " + actionstr + nl
+ " " + locStr + nl);
textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().getLength());
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Make sure we have nice window decorations.
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("KeyEventDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Create and set up the content pane.
JComponent newContentPane = new CompleteDemo();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
This as an example on how to monitor all keyevents in a Java Desktop Application.
