JMenuItems not triggering keyTyped

[Jim Hamrick]

The title of my post pretty much sums up my problem...
The JMenuItems are listened to like this (where jm is a JMenu):

for (int i = 0; i < jm.getItemCount() - 1; i++)
      jm.getItem(i).addKeyListener(this);

The executed code looks like this:

public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < jm.getItemCount() - 1; i++)
if (e.getSource() == jm.getItem(i))
System.out.println("I'm working! Praise the lord!");
}

And alas, the lord is never praised . Why not?