Java AWT KeyEvent get key code text description
import java.awt.event.InputEvent; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import javax.swing.Action; import javax.swing.InputMap; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.KeyStroke; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { JButton component = new JButton("button"); InputMap map = component.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED); list(map, map.keys());// w ww . j a v a 2 s. c o m list(map, map.allKeys()); } static void list(InputMap map, KeyStroke[] keys) { if (keys == null) { return; } for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) { keyStroke2String(keys[i]); while (map.get(keys[i]) == null) { map = map.getParent(); } if (map.get(keys[i]) instanceof String) { String actionName = (String) map.get(keys[i]); System.out.println(actionName); } else { Action action = (Action) map.get(keys[i]); System.out.println(action); } } } static void keyStroke2String(KeyStroke key) { int m = key.getModifiers(); if ((m & (InputEvent.SHIFT_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("shift "); } if ((m & (InputEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.CTRL_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("ctrl "); } if ((m & (InputEvent.META_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.META_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("meta "); } if ((m & (InputEvent.ALT_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.ALT_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("alt "); } if ((m & (InputEvent.BUTTON1_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("button1 "); } if ((m & (InputEvent.BUTTON2_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("button2 "); } if ((m & (InputEvent.BUTTON3_DOWN_MASK | InputEvent.BUTTON3_MASK)) != 0) { System.out.println("button3 "); } switch (key.getKeyEventType()) { case KeyEvent.KEY_TYPED: System.out.println("typed "); System.out.println(key.getKeyChar() + " "); break; case KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED: System.out.println("pressed "); System.out.println(getKeyText(key.getKeyCode()) + " "); break; case KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED: System.out.println("released "); System.out.println(getKeyText(key.getKeyCode()) + " "); break; default: System.out.println("unknown-event-type "); break; } } static String getKeyText(int keyCode) { if (keyCode >= KeyEvent.VK_0 && keyCode <= KeyEvent.VK_9 || keyCode >= KeyEvent.VK_A && keyCode <= KeyEvent.VK_Z) { return String.valueOf((char) keyCode); } switch (keyCode) { case KeyEvent.VK_COMMA: return "COMMA"; case KeyEvent.VK_PERIOD: return "PERIOD"; case KeyEvent.VK_SLASH: return "SLASH"; case KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON: return "SEMICOLON"; case KeyEvent.VK_EQUALS: return "EQUALS"; case KeyEvent.VK_OPEN_BRACKET: return "OPEN_BRACKET"; case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH: return "BACK_SLASH"; case KeyEvent.VK_CLOSE_BRACKET: return "CLOSE_BRACKET"; case KeyEvent.VK_ENTER: return "ENTER"; case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE: return "BACK_SPACE"; case KeyEvent.VK_TAB: return "TAB"; case KeyEvent.VK_CANCEL: return "CANCEL"; case KeyEvent.VK_CLEAR: return "CLEAR"; case KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT: return "SHIFT"; case KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL: return "CONTROL"; case KeyEvent.VK_ALT: return "ALT"; case KeyEvent.VK_PAUSE: return "PAUSE"; case KeyEvent.VK_CAPS_LOCK: return "CAPS_LOCK"; case KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE: return "ESCAPE"; case KeyEvent.VK_SPACE: return "SPACE"; case KeyEvent.VK_PAGE_UP: return "PAGE_UP"; case KeyEvent.VK_PAGE_DOWN: return "PAGE_DOWN"; case KeyEvent.VK_END: return "END"; case KeyEvent.VK_HOME: return "HOME"; case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT: return "LEFT"; case KeyEvent.VK_UP: return "UP"; case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT: return "RIGHT"; case KeyEvent.VK_DOWN: return "DOWN"; // numpad numeric keys handled below case KeyEvent.VK_MULTIPLY: return "MULTIPLY"; case KeyEvent.VK_ADD: return "ADD"; case KeyEvent.VK_SEPARATOR: return "SEPARATOR"; case KeyEvent.VK_SUBTRACT: return "SUBTRACT"; case KeyEvent.VK_DECIMAL: return "DECIMAL"; case KeyEvent.VK_DIVIDE: return "DIVIDE"; case KeyEvent.VK_DELETE: return "DELETE"; case KeyEvent.VK_NUM_LOCK: return "NUM_LOCK"; case KeyEvent.VK_SCROLL_LOCK: return "SCROLL_LOCK"; case KeyEvent.VK_F1: return "F1"; case KeyEvent.VK_F2: return "F2"; case KeyEvent.VK_F3: return "F3"; case KeyEvent.VK_F4: return "F4"; case KeyEvent.VK_F5: return "F5"; case KeyEvent.VK_F6: return "F6"; case KeyEvent.VK_F7: return "F7"; case KeyEvent.VK_F8: return "F8"; case KeyEvent.VK_F9: return "F9"; case KeyEvent.VK_F10: return "F10"; case KeyEvent.VK_F11: return "F11"; case KeyEvent.VK_F12: return "F12"; case KeyEvent.VK_F13: return "F13"; case KeyEvent.VK_F14: return "F14"; case KeyEvent.VK_F15: return "F15"; case KeyEvent.VK_F16: return "F16"; case KeyEvent.VK_F17: return "F17"; case KeyEvent.VK_F18: return "F18"; case KeyEvent.VK_F19: return "F19"; case KeyEvent.VK_F20: return "F20"; case KeyEvent.VK_F21: return "F21"; case KeyEvent.VK_F22: return "F22"; case KeyEvent.VK_F23: return "F23"; case KeyEvent.VK_F24: return "F24"; case KeyEvent.VK_PRINTSCREEN: return "PRINTSCREEN"; case KeyEvent.VK_INSERT: return "INSERT"; case KeyEvent.VK_HELP: return "HELP"; case KeyEvent.VK_META: return "META"; case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_QUOTE: return "BACK_QUOTE"; case KeyEvent.VK_QUOTE: return "QUOTE"; case KeyEvent.VK_KP_UP: return "KP_UP"; case KeyEvent.VK_KP_DOWN: return "KP_DOWN"; case KeyEvent.VK_KP_LEFT: return "KP_LEFT"; case KeyEvent.VK_KP_RIGHT: return "KP_RIGHT"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_GRAVE: return "DEAD_GRAVE"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_ACUTE: return "DEAD_ACUTE"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_CIRCUMFLEX: return "DEAD_CIRCUMFLEX"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_TILDE: return "DEAD_TILDE"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_MACRON: return "DEAD_MACRON"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_BREVE: return "DEAD_BREVE"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_ABOVEDOT: return "DEAD_ABOVEDOT"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_DIAERESIS: return "DEAD_DIAERESIS"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_ABOVERING: return "DEAD_ABOVERING"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_DOUBLEACUTE: return "DEAD_DOUBLEACUTE"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_CARON: return "DEAD_CARON"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_CEDILLA: return "DEAD_CEDILLA"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_OGONEK: return "DEAD_OGONEK"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_IOTA: return "DEAD_IOTA"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_VOICED_SOUND: return "DEAD_VOICED_SOUND"; case KeyEvent.VK_DEAD_SEMIVOICED_SOUND: return "DEAD_SEMIVOICED_SOUND"; case KeyEvent.VK_AMPERSAND: return "AMPERSAND"; case KeyEvent.VK_ASTERISK: return "ASTERISK"; case KeyEvent.VK_QUOTEDBL: return "QUOTEDBL"; case KeyEvent.VK_LESS: return "LESS"; case KeyEvent.VK_GREATER: return "GREATER"; case KeyEvent.VK_BRACELEFT: return "BRACELEFT"; case KeyEvent.VK_BRACERIGHT: return "BRACERIGHT"; case KeyEvent.VK_AT: return "AT"; case KeyEvent.VK_COLON: return "COLON"; case KeyEvent.VK_CIRCUMFLEX: return "CIRCUMFLEX"; case KeyEvent.VK_DOLLAR: return "DOLLAR"; case KeyEvent.VK_EURO_SIGN: return "EURO_SIGN"; case KeyEvent.VK_EXCLAMATION_MARK: return "EXCLAMATION_MARK"; case KeyEvent.VK_INVERTED_EXCLAMATION_MARK: return "INVERTED_EXCLAMATION_MARK"; case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT_PARENTHESIS: return "LEFT_PARENTHESIS"; case KeyEvent.VK_NUMBER_SIGN: return "NUMBER_SIGN"; case KeyEvent.VK_MINUS: return "MINUS"; case KeyEvent.VK_PLUS: return "PLUS"; case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS: return "RIGHT_PARENTHESIS"; case KeyEvent.VK_UNDERSCORE: return "UNDERSCORE"; case KeyEvent.VK_FINAL: return "FINAL"; case KeyEvent.VK_CONVERT: return "CONVERT"; case KeyEvent.VK_NONCONVERT: return "NONCONVERT"; case KeyEvent.VK_ACCEPT: return "ACCEPT"; case KeyEvent.VK_MODECHANGE: return "MODECHANGE"; case KeyEvent.VK_KANA: return "KANA"; case KeyEvent.VK_KANJI: return "KANJI"; case KeyEvent.VK_ALPHANUMERIC: return "ALPHANUMERIC"; case KeyEvent.VK_KATAKANA: return "KATAKANA"; case KeyEvent.VK_HIRAGANA: return "HIRAGANA"; case KeyEvent.VK_FULL_WIDTH: return "FULL_WIDTH"; case KeyEvent.VK_HALF_WIDTH: return "HALF_WIDTH"; case KeyEvent.VK_ROMAN_CHARACTERS: return "ROMAN_CHARACTERS"; case KeyEvent.VK_ALL_CANDIDATES: return "ALL_CANDIDATES"; case KeyEvent.VK_PREVIOUS_CANDIDATE: return "PREVIOUS_CANDIDATE"; case KeyEvent.VK_CODE_INPUT: return "CODE_INPUT"; case KeyEvent.VK_JAPANESE_KATAKANA: return "JAPANESE_KATAKANA"; case KeyEvent.VK_JAPANESE_HIRAGANA: return "JAPANESE_HIRAGANA"; case KeyEvent.VK_JAPANESE_ROMAN: return "JAPANESE_ROMAN"; case KeyEvent.VK_KANA_LOCK: return "KANA_LOCK"; case KeyEvent.VK_INPUT_METHOD_ON_OFF: return "INPUT_METHOD_ON_OFF"; case KeyEvent.VK_AGAIN: return "AGAIN"; case KeyEvent.VK_UNDO: return "UNDO"; case KeyEvent.VK_COPY: return "COPY"; case KeyEvent.VK_PASTE: return "PASTE"; case KeyEvent.VK_CUT: return "CUT"; case KeyEvent.VK_FIND: return "FIND"; case KeyEvent.VK_PROPS: return "PROPS"; case KeyEvent.VK_STOP: return "STOP"; case KeyEvent.VK_COMPOSE: return "COMPOSE"; case KeyEvent.VK_ALT_GRAPH: return "ALT_GRAPH"; } if (keyCode >= KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD0 && keyCode <= KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD9) { char c = (char) (keyCode - KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD0 + '0'); return "NUMPAD" + c; } return "unknown(0x" + Integer.toString(keyCode, 16) + ")"; } }