Disable tab event in JTextArea

[Gregg Bolinger]

Is there a way to do this? I need to disable it, so that I can force the TAB key to move to the next focusable component, instead of spacing in the JTextArea.
Thanks.

[Eric Low]

Try this:

JTextPane inputTextPane = new JTextPane();
private AbstractAction tabAction = new AbstractAction() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        //replace here with your own action
inputTextPane.replaceSelection("\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0");
    }
};
KeyStroke tabKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("TAB");
inputTextPane.getInputMap().put(tabKey, tabAction);

The above code basically detect the TAB keystroke in JTextPane and perform your "pre-defined" action instead.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Eric Low
SCJP2

[Gregg Bolinger]

Eric, Thank you soo much. That is going to work out great for me.
Thanks again.

[Eric Low]

You're welcome!