add Swing Global Hot Key - Java Swing

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add Swing Global Hot Key

Demo Code

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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;

public class Main{
    public static void addGlobalHotKey(final JComponent component,
            final int event, final ActionListener listener) {
        addGlobalHotKey(component, event, 0, listener);
    }
    public static void addGlobalHotKey(final JComponent component,
            final int event, final int modifier,
            final ActionListener listener) {
        component.registerKeyboardAction(listener,
                KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(event, modifier),
                JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
    }
}

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