shortcut defining problem in AWT

[AimsLife]

Hi,

I am using jdk1.5 Kit for application development. I am using AWT for
gui interface making. Can you please guide me, how I can define
shortcut of menu like Alt+F?

I tried below statement for define shortcut of menu but it works on
Ctrl key.

fileMenuItemOpen.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_F));

Please guide me, how we can control menu using Alt key? Is it possible
in AWT?

Regards,
-aimslife

 

[Andrew Thompson]

AimsLife wrote:
...

I am using jdk1.5 Kit for application development. I am using AWT for
gui interface making.

Why are you coding AWT GUI's to run in Java 1.5?
Swing would be the far more common option in
this millennium.

..Can you please guide me, how I can define
shortcut of menu like Alt+F?

Did you try RTFM, or are you simply coding by
typing random statemenets into the IDE?

I tried below statement for define shortcut of menu but it works on
Ctrl key.

Yes. As the FM describes.

Please guide me, how we can control menu using Alt key? Is it possible
in AWT?

Sure. Try reading the FM. Start with that clue to
'KeyEvent' in the constructor for the 'MenuShortcut'.
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/a...java.awt.Component, int, long, int, int, char
)>

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[Roedy Green]

fileMenuItemOpen.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_F));

menuItem = new JMenuItem("A text-only menu item",
KeyEvent.VK_T);
menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(
KeyEvent.VK_1, ActionEvent.ALT_MASK));

 

[AimsLife]

Hi,

Why are you coding AWT GUI's to run in Java 1.5?
Swing would be the far more common option in
this millennium.

I am using some third party controls and they are using AWT, thats
why, I am developing gui in one type of components.

I need to define short key on Menu not Menu Item. Please tell me, the
way to define acceleration on menu.

Regards,
-aimslife