Java Utililty Methods Swing Key Action

List of utility methods to do Swing Key Action

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Description

The list of methods to do Swing Key Action are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidaddActionsToMap(Action[] list1, Map h)
add a col;lections of actions to a Map where the key is the action name 
for (int i = 0; i < list1.length; i++) {
    Action a = list1[i];
    String value = (String) a.getValue(Action.NAME);
    h.put((value != null ? value : ""), a);
voidaddCloseActionWithEscapeKey(final Window window, JRootPane rootPane)
Adds the close action with escape key. 
KeyStroke escape = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0, false);
Action escapeAction = new AbstractAction() {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        window.setVisible(false);
};
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voidaddCtrlEnterAction(JComponent comp, AbstractAction action)
add Ctrl Enter Action 
InputMap inputMap = comp.getInputMap();
inputMap.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, InputEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK), action);
voidaddEnterKey(JComponent control)
The source for this is http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/focus.html 
Set forwardKeys = control.getFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS);
Set newForwardKeys = new HashSet(forwardKeys);
newForwardKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0));
control.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, newForwardKeys);
voidaddEscKeyAction(javax.swing.JComponent component, javax.swing.InputMap inputMap, javax.swing.Action action)
add Esc Key Action 
inputMap.put(javax.swing.KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0, false), "ESC_ACTION");
component.getActionMap().put("ESC_ACTION", action);
voidaddHotKey(int key, JComponent to, String actionName, Action action)
Adds a control hot key to the containing window of a component. 
KeyStroke keystroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(key, java.awt.event.InputEvent.CTRL_MASK);
InputMap map = to.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
map.put(keystroke, actionName);
to.getActionMap().put(actionName, action);
if (to instanceof JMenuItem) {
    ((JMenuItem) to).setAccelerator(keystroke);
if (to instanceof AbstractButton) 
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voidaddIcons(Action action, String[][] iconRoles)
Add icons to an action. 
for (String[] iconRole : iconRoles) {
    URL img = action.getClass().getResource(iconRole[0]);
    if (img != null) {
        ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(img);
        action.putValue(iconRole[1], icon);
voidaddStrokeToName(Action action)
add Stroke To Name 
KeyStroke stroke = (KeyStroke) action.getValue(Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY);
if (stroke == null)
    return;
String name = String.format("%s%s - %s", KeyEvent.getKeyModifiersText(stroke.getModifiers()),
        KeyEvent.getKeyText(stroke.getKeyCode()), action.getValue(Action.NAME));
action.putValue(Action.NAME, name);
Action[]augmentList(Action[] list1, Action[] list2)
Takes one list of commands and augments it with another list of commands. 
Map<String, Action> h = new HashMap<String, Action>();
addActionsToMap(list1, h);
addActionsToMap(list2, h);
Action[] actions = mapToActionList(h);
return actions;
voiddispatchEvent(final KeyEvent ke, final Component comp)
dispatch Event 
if (!SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread()) {
    SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            comp.dispatchEvent(ke);
    });
} else {
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