Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Canvas; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import java.awt.event.KeyListener; import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import java.awt.event.MouseListener; import java.util.EventListener; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.event.EventListenerList; public class KeyTextTester2 { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Key Text Sample"); KeyTextComponent2 keyTextComponent = new KeyTextComponent2(); final JTextField textField = new JTextField(); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { String keyText = actionEvent.getActionCommand(); textField.setText(keyText); } }; keyTextComponent.addActionListener(actionListener); Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane(); contentPane.add(keyTextComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER); contentPane.add(textField, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } } class KeyTextComponent2 extends Canvas { private EventListenerList actionListenerList = new EventListenerList(); public KeyTextComponent2() { setBackground(Color.cyan); KeyListener internalKeyListener = new KeyAdapter() { public void keyPressed(KeyEvent keyEvent) { if (actionListenerList != null) { int keyCode = keyEvent.getKeyCode(); String keyText = KeyEvent.getKeyText(keyCode); ActionEvent actionEvent = new ActionEvent(this, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, keyText); fireActionPerformed(actionEvent); } } }; MouseListener internalMouseListener = new MouseAdapter() { public void mousePressed(MouseEvent mouseEvent) { requestFocus(); } }; addKeyListener(internalKeyListener); addMouseListener(internalMouseListener); } public void addActionListener(ActionListener actionListener) { actionListenerList.add(ActionListener.class, actionListener); } public void removeActionListener(ActionListener actionListener) { actionListenerList.remove(ActionListener.class, actionListener); } protected void fireActionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { EventListener listenerList[] = actionListenerList.getListeners(ActionListener.class); for (int i = 0, n = listenerList.length; i < n; i++) { ((ActionListener) listenerList[i]).actionPerformed(actionEvent); } } public boolean isFocusTraversable() { return true; } }