Help using Keylistener

[Brian]

Hi

I'm trying to implement a keylistener to my application.

The page contains six JButtons to start different part of the
application - that works.

I want to implement a key shortcut to each part but I can't get i to
work.

I've tried to add the keylistener to the frame, the panel and the
button - eact time without luck.

In my Keylistener i write:
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent event) {
if(event.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.VK_F1)
System.out.println("test");
}

What am I doing worng - and can someone give me an example?

Thanks
Brian

 

[Jeff Higgins]

Hi

I'm trying to implement a keylistener to my application.

The page contains six JButtons to start different part of the
application - that works.

I want to implement a key shortcut to each part but I can't get i to
work.

I've tried to add the keylistener to the frame, the panel and the
button - eact time without luck.

Why not try using the
JButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F1);
and an ActionListener instead?
JButton.setActionCommand("help");

 

[Joshua Cranmer]

I want to implement a key shortcut to each part but I can't get i to
work.

I've tried to add the keylistener to the frame, the panel and the
button - eact time without luck.

In my Keylistener i write:
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent event) {
if(event.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.VK_F1)
System.out.println("test");
}

What am I doing worng - and can someone give me an example?

Your code looks fine to me on an eyeball-inspection. Almost definitely,
the problem is in the code you haven't shown us (it most often is).

 

[Roedy Green]

What am I doing worng - and can someone give me an example?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/event11.html
http://mindprod.com/products2.html#KEYPLAYER
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/sscce.html

 

[Brian]

In my Keylistener i write:
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent event) {
if(event.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.VK_F1)
System.out.println("test");
}

Problem solved

I found that i couldn't use 'keyTyped' with F1 keys - so I use
'keyPressed' instead

Thanks for your help

Brian