About Keybinding

[Kasun Wixkramanayake]

AbstractAction actionListener = new AbstractAction() {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
                search_buttonActionPerformed(actionEvent);
            }
        };



 KeyStroke controlAlt7 = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control s");
        InputMap inputMap = search_button.getInputMap();
         inputMap = search_button.getInputMap(JButton.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
        im.put(controlAlt7, "a");
        ActionMap actionMap = search_button.getActionMap();
        actionMap.put("a", actionListener);

if i use "control alt 7" as key strokes this Code work properly but if use "control s" it dose not work .

[Darryl Burke]

Have you tried using "control S"?

[Kasun Wixkramanayake]

Yes i tried but stil it dosent work

[Kasun Wixkramanayake]

Action actionListener = new AbstractAction() {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
                search_buttonActionPerformed(actionEvent);
            }
        };
         Action actionListener2 = new AbstractAction() {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
                add_buttonActionPerformed(actionEvent);
            }
        };
        KeyStroke controlAlt7 = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control S");
        InputMap inputMap = search_button.getInputMap();
        inputMap = search_button.getInputMap(JButton.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
        inputMap.put(controlAlt7, "a");
        ActionMap actionMap = search_button.getActionMap();
        actionMap.put("a", actionListener);
        

        KeyStroke add = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control A");
        InputMap inputMap1 = add_button.getInputMap();
        inputMap1 = add_button.getInputMap(JButton.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
        inputMap1.put(add, "b");
        ActionMap actionMap1 = add_button.getActionMap();
        actionMap.put("b", actionListener2);

in my case i have two buttons called add_button and search_button.I used "control S" for search_button and "control A" for add_button. "control S" is working properly as you said but "control A "is not working

[Rob Camick]

Maybe another component is intercepting the KeyStroke.

For example text components use "Control A" to select the text of the component.

If you need more help then post your SSCCE demonstrating the problem.

[Rob Spoor]

Kasun Wixkramanayake wrote:

KeyStroke controlAlt7 = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control S");

I always prefer the direct way, that doesn't require parsing:

KeyStroke controlAlt7 = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('S', InputEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK);

Note that in this case the 'S' needs to be uppercase, or it will be an incorrect key code.

For those wondering, 'S' == KeyEvent.VK_S. I prefer the short version.

[Rob Camick]

I like using the String so I don't have to create a separate key for the InputMap/ActionMap:

Action action = new AbstractAction() {...};
String keyStrokeAndKey = "control Z";
KeyStroke keyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(keyStrokeAndKey);
component.getInputMap(...).put(keyStroke, keyStrokeAndKey);
component.getActionMap().put(keyStrokeAndKey, action);