Here you can find the source of enableCloseByEscape(final JDialog dialog)
public static void enableCloseByEscape(final JDialog dialog)
//package com.java2s; /*/* ww w . jav a 2 s . com*/ * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Colin Bell * colbell@users.sourceforge.net * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; public class Main { public static void enableCloseByEscape(final JDialog dialog) { 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, "CloseAction"); dialog.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(escapeStroke, "CloseAction"); dialog.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(escapeStroke, "CloseAction"); dialog.getRootPane().getActionMap().put("CloseAction", closeAction); } }