Add mnemonic to text field

[David Henstridge]

I have been able to add mnemonics to buttons and they work.

Would someone here be able to tell me how to add a mnemonic for a text field?

The label for the text field allows for a mnemonic, but it has no function.
That is, when I press alt-m etc. there is no effect.

The properties tab for the JTextField does not mention mnemonic.

Advice on how to add these mnemonics would be appreciated.

TIA

[Rob Camick]

The label for the text field allows for a mnemonic, but it has no function.  That is, when I press alt-m etc. there is no effect.

This will just place focus on the text field.

What are you expecting to happen when you use a mnemonic?

Typically you add an ActionListener to a JTextField. The ActionListener would be invoked when the text field has focus and the Enter key is pressed.

[David Henstridge]

Rob Camick wrote:

The label for the text field allows for a mnemonic, but it has no function.  That is, when I press alt-m etc. there is no effect.

This will just place focus on the text field.

What are you expecting to happen when you use a mnemonic?

Typically you add an ActionListener to a JTextField. The ActionListener would be invoked when the text field has focus and the Enter key is pressed.

I simply would like to give focus to the text field when the mnemonic is pressed.

You mentioned above that this is what should take place, but it is not happening.
I noted that the text label had provision to state a mnemonic, but the JTextField
itself did not mention any mnemonic.

[Rob Camick]

You need to also use:

label.setLabelFor( textField );

so the label knows which component to focus on when the mnemonic is used.

[David Henstridge]

Rob Camick wrote:You need to also use:

label.setLabelFor( textField );

so the label knows which component to focus on when the mnemonic is used.

Thanks Rob!
I couldn't find label.setLabelFor or where to put it, but I did find
labelFor under Properties for the JLabel.

I selected txtEmail from the list (the name of the JTextField)
and lo and behold, the mnemonic then worked!