Re: Actionlistener for a full window? Nudge in the right direction would be appreciated

From:
"Michael Dunn" <m_odunn@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
11 Oct 2006 22:28:30 -0700
Message-ID:
<1160630910.233043.302970@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Kevin Ashton wrote:

I have a JPanel with various buttons on it. I would like 'O' to
activate the "Ok" button, 'P' to activate the "Pass" button, etc.
without holding down the 'Alt' button.

Do I add an actionlistener to the JPanel? or JFrame maybe? But then
how would I set it to listen for a spefic key?

Sorry if it's an easy question. I'm still learning how to program.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks


this might be another way

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

class Testing extends JFrame
{
  JButton okBtn = new JButton("OK");
  JButton passBtn = new JButton("Pass");
  public Testing()
  {
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JPanel p = new JPanel();
    p.add(okBtn);
    p.add(passBtn);
    getContentPane().add(p);
    pack();
    setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    okBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(getContentPane(),"OK");
      }
    });
    passBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(getContentPane(),"Pass");
      }
    });
    KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager()
     .addKeyEventDispatcher(new KeyEventDispatcher(){
        public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent ke){
          if(ke.getID() == KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED)
          {
            if(ke.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_O) okBtn.doClick();
            else if(ke.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_P)
passBtn.doClick();
          }
          return false;
        }
    });
  }
  public static void main (String[] args){new
Testing().setVisible(true);}
}

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