Re: Printable character as JMenuItem accelerator not properly consumed

From:
RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@SpamWeary.foo>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.gui
Date:
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:08:20 +0100
Message-ID:
<48a19954$0$26077$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>
Martin wrote:

Andrew Thompson wrote:

Martin Wrote

I am using a simple character (e.g. 'n') without a CTRL or ALT
mask as acceleator for a JMenuItem. ... When I access this
function through the accelerator the key is not consumed before
the editing mode is entered, i.e. the 'n' appears in the input
field.


Generally an SSCCE* will get more and faster attention than code
snippets.


Agreed, but I don't see how I can break this down into a few lines of
 code.


Are you sure you aren't being just a bit lazy? Here's an SSCCE that
illustrates what you describe:

---------------------------- 8< ----------------------------------
public class TestAccellerator2 {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 new TestAccellerator2();
             }
         });
     }

     TestAccellerator2() {

         JTextArea area = new JTextArea(5,40);

         JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
         JMenu menu = new JMenu("Do");
         JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Nothing");
         item.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_N);
         item.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_N, 0));
         item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 System.out.println(e.getActionCommand()+" pressed.");
             }
         });
         menu.add(item);
         bar.add(menu);

         JPanel p = new JPanel();
         p.add(area);

         JFrame f = new JFrame("Test Menu Accelerator");
         f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         f.setJMenuBar(bar);
         f.add(p);
         f.pack();
         f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
         f.setVisible(true);
     }

}
---------------------------- 8< ----------------------------------

I've no idea what you mean by "table.startEditingAt(42,0,0);" but it
appears to be irrelevant.

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