Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.Action; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; import javax.swing.text.Keymap; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { JTextArea component = new JTextArea(); Action defAction = findDefaultAction(component); component.getKeymap().setDefaultAction(new MyDefaultAction(defAction)); } public static Action findDefaultAction(JTextComponent c) { Keymap kmap = c.getKeymap(); if (kmap.getDefaultAction() != null) { return kmap.getDefaultAction(); } kmap = kmap.getResolveParent(); while (kmap != null) { if (kmap.getDefaultAction() != null) { return kmap.getDefaultAction(); } kmap = kmap.getResolveParent(); } return null; } } class MyDefaultAction extends AbstractAction { Action defAction; public MyDefaultAction(Action a) { super("My Default Action"); defAction = a; } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if (e.getActionCommand() != null) { String command = e.getActionCommand(); if (command != null) { command = command.toUpperCase(); } e = new ActionEvent(e.getSource(), e.getID(), command, e.getModifiers()); } if (defAction != null) { defAction.actionPerformed(e); } } }