Swing Mnemonics

[ecoswiss]

Can Swing mnemonics be used for filling a number in JtextField as hot
key.
I am thinking to create a hotkey to fill the fields with certain
values if blank. It can be any hotkey. How can this be best
accomplished?

-Swiss

 

[John B. Matthews]

Can Swing mnemonics be used for filling a number in JtextField as hot
key. I am thinking to create a hotkey to fill the fields with certain
values if blank. It can be any hotkey. How can this be best
accomplished?

I have never done this. An alternative, perhaps more familiar, interface
might be to set the field to the default and select it entirely using
setSelectionStart() and setSelectionEnd(). Either the user types the
desired value, replacing the selection; or s/he tabs to the next field,
leaving the default as the new value.

 

[Michael Rauscher]

Can Swing mnemonics be used for filling a number in JtextField as hot
key.
I am thinking to create a hotkey to fill the fields with certain
values if blank. It can be any hotkey. How can this be best
accomplished?

Despite the fact John B. Matthews already provided a better alternative,
[1] describes what one needs to bind actions to keys.

Bye
Michael

[1] http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html