Eventlistner

[Udit Singh]

Hi all,
I've created a applet with implements MouselListener interface. I the appplet I use to display all the names of my customers. On the click event of the mouse on a particular user, I use to display the information about that user on the side of the applet. It is working fine.
Now as a enhancement i want a new feature. I want the application user should be able to navigate through the users in the applets , with the helps of arrow keys of the keboard, also.
this can be achieved by implementing KeyListner interface which contains the following methods:
keyPressed
keyReleased
keyTyped
But i just want to trap the event , when arrow keys are pressed. But how can I do this specifically for arrowkeys.
can anybody pl help me.
Thanks in advance

[Jerry Pulley]

What component are you using to display the names? Assigning the MouseListener to the Applet itself isn't a good design decision, and it's probably causing problems. Whatever event listener interface you choose, assign it to the lowest possible component in your containment hierarchy - the one that displays the names.
To use the KeyListener interface, you get the key code from the KeyEvent with getKeyCode() and test it against the virtual key constants of the KeyEvent class (like VK_DOWN or VK_UP) to determine what key was pressed or typed. If you're using a List component to display the names, then it already handles keyboard scrolling for you.