Here you can find the source of disableTab(final JTextComponent txtComp)
public static void disableTab(final JTextComponent txtComp)
//package com.java2s; /***************************************************************************** * Project: Droplet - Toolkit for Liquid Art Photographers * Copyright (C) 2012 Stefan Brenner/*from w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * * This file is part of Droplet. * * Droplet 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. * * Droplet 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 Droplet. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *****************************************************************************/ import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; public class Main { /** * Disable the tab key for text components. */ public static void disableTab(final JTextComponent txtComp) { txtComp.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, null); txtComp.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, null); } }