Here you can find the source of addEscapeListener(final JDialog dialog)
private static void addEscapeListener(final JDialog dialog)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . j a v a 2 s . c o m * jGnash, a personal finance application * Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Craig Cavanaugh * * This program 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. * * This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JDialog; import javax.swing.KeyStroke; public class Main { private static void addEscapeListener(final JDialog dialog) { KeyStroke stroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0); dialog.getRootPane().registerKeyboardAction( e -> dialog.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(dialog, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING)), stroke, JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW); } }