Creating a virtual keyboard for touchscreens in java

[aimeejoshua]

I need to create a "virtual keyboard" that can be used with
touchscreens. The idea is that if someone "touches" or clicks on a
button with the letter 'A' then an 'A' will be inserted into the text
field where the cursor is.

I'm not sure how to map the action of the button to the text field.
Any help would be appreciated.

aj

 

[Yamin]

You can fake events in java by using a robot.

inside your actional handler for a button press on say letter 'A' do

Robot faker = new Robot();
faker .keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_A);
faker .keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_A);

The problem you will face tough is with focus. I mean when you bring
up your new keyboard...suddenly the focus has now been changed to the
button just pressed. So who receives this keypress event?
Anyone got any ideas here?

 

[aimeejoshua]

Is it possible to specify the focus some way?