Here you can find the source of addDisposeOnEscape(final JDialog dia)
public static void addDisposeOnEscape(final JDialog dia)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om*/ Copyright 2009 Peter Hofmann This file is part of Multifrac. Multifrac is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Multifrac is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Multifrac. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class Main { /** * Add an action to the action map which disposes this dialog * when ESCAPE is pressed. */ public static void addDisposeOnEscape(final JDialog dia) { InputMap aof = dia.getRootPane().getInputMap( JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT); aof.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ESCAPE"), "dispose"); dia.getRootPane().getActionMap() .put("dispose", new AbstractAction() { @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { dia.dispose(); } }); } }