Java tutorial
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager; import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class UsingFocusListener { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JTextField textField = new JTextField("A TextField"); KeyboardFocusManager focusManager = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager(); focusManager.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() { public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) { String prop = e.getPropertyName(); System.out.println(prop); } }); frame.add(textField, "North"); frame.add(new JTextField(), "South"); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }