Java Utililty Methods JDialog Escape Key

List of utility methods to do JDialog Escape Key

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Method

voiddecorate(final JDialog d, boolean closeOnEscape)
decorate 
center(d);
setIcon(d);
if (closeOnEscape) {
    addEscapeListener(d);
voidenableCloseByEscape(final JDialog dialog)
enable Close By Escape 
AbstractAction closeAction = new AbstractAction() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        dialog.setVisible(false);
        dialog.dispose();
};
KeyStroke escapeStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0);
dialog.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(escapeStroke,
...
voidinstallEscapeCloseOperation(final JDialog dialog)
Add a keyboard shortcut to allow ESC to close the dialog. 
JRootPane root = dialog.getRootPane();
root.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(escapeStroke, dispatchWindowClosingActionMapKey);
Action dispatchClosing = new AbstractAction() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
        dialog.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(dialog, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
};
...
voidinstallEscapeCloseOperation(final JDialog dialog)
install Escape Close Operation 
Action dispatchClosing = new AbstractAction() {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
        dialog.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(dialog, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
};
JRootPane root = dialog.getRootPane();
...
voidinstallEscapeCloseOperation(final JDialog dialog)
install Escape Close Operation 
Action dispatchClosing = new AbstractAction() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
        dialog.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(dialog, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
};
JRootPane root = dialog.getRootPane();
root.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(ESCAPE_KEY_STROKE, ESCAPE_KEY);
root.getActionMap().put(ESCAPE_KEY, dispatchClosing);
...
voidinstallEscapeKey(final JDialog comp)
install Escape Key 
KeyStroke escapeKeyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0, false);
Action escapeAction = new AbstractAction() {
    public void actionPerformed(@SuppressWarnings("unused") ActionEvent e) {
        comp.setVisible(false);
};
comp.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(escapeKeyStroke, "ESCAPE"); 
comp.getRootPane().getActionMap().put("ESCAPE", escapeAction); 
...
voidregisterEscapeKey(final JDialog dialog, ActionListener actionListener)
register Escape Key 
dialog.getRootPane().registerKeyboardAction(actionListener, KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0),
        JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
voidsetEscapeAction(JDialog dialog, Action action)
Associate a custom action to be called when the Esc key is pressed. 
setEscapeAction(dialog.getRootPane(), action);
voidsetEscapeClosable(JDialog dialog)
Make a dialog closeable by pressing the Esc key. 
setEscapeAction(dialog.getRootPane(), makeCloseAction(dialog));