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Need to restrict ctrl+c, ctrl+v, ctrl+x

Subbarao Kondabala
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Joined: May 17, 2005
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Hi,

In my text field I want to restrict ctrl+c, ctrl+v, ctrl+x. How can I do this in swings.

Please help me

Thanks in advance

Subbarao Kondabala


Thanks and Regards,
Subbarao Kondabala
Maneesh Godbole
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A text field can be disabled. Swing (not swings) provides the capability to sense keyboard events.
Putting these two facts together, how do you think this particular problem should be approached?


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Michael Dunn
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Joined: Jun 09, 2003
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> In my text field I want to restrict ctrl+c, ctrl+v, ctrl+x. How can I do this in swings.

the simple way is to override cut() copy() paste(), to do nothing
Rob Camick
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Remove the Key Bindings from the InputMap.

Maneesh Godbole
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Michael Dunn wrote:
the simple way is to override cut() copy() paste(), to do nothing


I was not even aware of these methods!!! Guess I need to go back to school. Doh!
Subbarao Kondabala
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Joined: May 17, 2005
Posts: 26
Thanks so much Michael

It got worked

Once again thank you so much


Subbarao kondabala

 
I agree. Here's the link: http://ej-technologies/jprofiler - if it wasn't for jprofiler, we would need to run our stuff on 16 servers instead of 3.
 
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