SelectAll in edit menu

[Nidhi Dave]

i dont want to use Focus Listeners,so if i want to implement selectAll menu item functionality (in Edit menu) how can i do?

[Norm Radder]

Put all the menuitems in an array and loop thru the array setting the menuitems as selected.

[Nidhi Dave]

Let me make it clear...

Suppose i've some textfields and some combo boxes on a screen.
If the user types some info in one text field (ex : address for emergency contact )and wants to repeat the same info in another textfield (ex : permanent address) he can go to the Edit menu -> Select All option on the text he wants to select and say "Copy" and go to the field where he wants to repeat the info and say "Paste" ..i hope it's clear now..
So now if i want to know on which component the user clicked on Select All
i should know which component has the current focus...and for
this generally we go for Foucus Listeners but as i've components large in number i can't do that ..so can any one help me out soon...

[Layne Lund]

I don't understand why you can't use a FocusListener. It seems to me that you can obtain the Component that has focus by calling getComponent() on the FocusEvent object that is sent to the methods of the FocusListener. How does the number of components in your application affect this?

Layne

[Norm Radder]

Not sure why you need to do it.
On my system Win98, if I have two textfields in a Java app and I rightclick on one, I get a menu that allows me to Select All and then to Copy and then to Paste. This is an AWT app not Swing.
So java already provides the capability that you are trying to provide.