Java KeyEvent.getKeyChar()
Syntax
KeyEvent.getKeyChar() has the following syntax.
public char getKeyChar()
Example
In the following code shows how to use KeyEvent.getKeyChar() method.
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JTextField nameTextField = new JTextField();
frame.add(nameTextField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
KeyListener keyListener = new KeyListener() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent keyEvent) {
printIt("Pressed", keyEvent);
}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent keyEvent) {
printIt("Released", keyEvent);
}
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent keyEvent) {
printIt("Typed", keyEvent);
}
private void printIt(String title, KeyEvent keyEvent) {
int keyCode = keyEvent.getKeyCode();
String keyText = KeyEvent.getKeyText(keyCode);
System.out.println(title + " : " + keyText + " / " + keyEvent.getKeyChar());
}
};
nameTextField.addKeyListener(keyListener);
frame.setSize(250, 100);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
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