Java Swing KeyStroke fixTabKeys(final JComponent component)

Description

This method sets the FocusTraversalKeys for a component to be the standard keys.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
component	the component that you want to fix tab keys for

Declaration

public static void fixTabKeys(final JComponent component) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Licensed under the MIT license. See License.txt in the project root.

import javax.swing.JComponent;

import javax.swing.KeyStroke;

import java.awt.AWTKeyStroke;

import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  w  w.  j av a  2s  .com*/
     * This method sets the FocusTraversalKeys for a component to be the standard keys.
     * Use this on Tables or TextAreas where you want the tab keys to leave the control.
     *
     * @param component the component that you want to fix tab keys for
     */
    public static void fixTabKeys(final JComponent component) {
        final Set<AWTKeyStroke> forward = new HashSet<AWTKeyStroke>(
                component.getFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS));
        forward.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("TAB"));
        component.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, forward);
        final Set<AWTKeyStroke> backward = new HashSet<AWTKeyStroke>(
                component.getFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS));
        backward.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("shift TAB"));
        component.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, backward);
    }
}

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