Arrow key wrapping---PLEASE!

The #1 hing I HATE about JDeveloper's text editor is its stunning inconsistency with virtually ALL modern text editor interfaces wrt the Arrow Keys.
Left arrow at the beginning of a line should wrap to the end of the prior line, and right arrow at the end of a line should wrap to the beginning of the next line! And when using up or down arrows there should be "memory" of where the last user-specified horizontal position (column) was...JDeveloper pinches it to the end of whatever line gets traversed.
And I'm not talking about the BIZZARRE cursor past EOL option. Is there a hidden option that forces JDeveloper to behave like any normal text editor on Windows does?

heheh..
That's the #1 thing? How about doing a cut using ctrl-C... and having JDev cut text from a location in your source not visible on the screen...without you knowing about it...randomly... in addition to the source you are actually cutting? ( 3.1, and yes.. there were actually lines between what I wanted to cut and what JDev additionally cut that were just fine! )
I've had to restore source from my backups several times as JDev "lost" sections of source I wasn't even working near.
Or for that matter.. the problem of simply typing text... and having it "pause" while it enters the text you are typing to some other location off screen no where NEAR your cursor? ( The only way I find out about this is when I compile and it errors out at some odd spot ).
I vote that the Developers solve those self-destructive sorts of issues before getting the back arrow to function in a reasonable manner. grin.

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Hello Larasoft,
I understand you’re up and down arrow keys are not functioning, is that accurate? I will do all I can to help you with this issue.
I want you to access the setup menu to test the keys out, see instructions below.
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3.       When you turn the computer back on immediately start tapping the F10 key repeatedly.
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5.       Try working the arrow keys up and down on different menus and see if they work.
6.       Once you tested it press F9 to setup defaults and then press F10 to save and exit.
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Hi Steven,
I've tried to incoporated attached link's codes with the JHeadstart generated code inside the jspx but I still cannot get it to work. There is a lot of Javascript error and is impossible to debug.
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox

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Hello,
How would I click on one of the circles I've created and move them using the arrow keys. The circles move just fine with the drag of the mouse but now I want to use the arrow keys. Can somebody help me please? I would really appreciate the assistance.
Michael
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class DragBallPanel extends JPanel implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, KeyListener
private static final int BALL_DIAMETER = 50; // Diameter of ball
private static final int BALL_DIAMETER2 = 50;
     //--- instance variables
/** Ball coords. Changed by mouse listeners. Used by paintComponent. */
private int _ballX     = 50;   // x coord - set from drag
private int _ballY     = 50;   // y coord - set from drag
private int x2 = 200;               // starting x coord for 2nd ball
     private int y2 = 200;               //starting y coord for 2nd ball
     private int x3 = 75;
     private int y3 = 150;
/** Position in ball of mouse press to make dragging look better. */
private int _dragFromX = 0;    // pressed this far inside ball's
private int _dragFromY = 0;    // bounding box.
private int xInsideBall = 0;     //coordinates of where the mouse is pressed inside second ball
     private int yInsideBall = 0;     //is pressed inside second ball
     private int x3InsideBall = 0;     //coordinates of where the mouse is pressed inside second ball
     private int y3InsideBall = 0;     //is pressed inside second ball
/** true means mouse was pressed in ball and still in panel.*/
private boolean _canDrag = false;
     private boolean _canDrag2 = false;
     private boolean _canDrag3 = false;
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public DragBallPanel()
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setBackground(Color.ORANGE);
setForeground(Color.BLUE);
//--- Add the mouse listeners.
this.addMouseListener(this);
this.addMouseMotionListener(this);
}//endconstructor
     /** Ball is drawn at the last recorded mouse listener coordinates. */
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
super.paintComponent(g); // Required for background.
g.fillOval(_ballX, ballY, BALLDIAMETER, BALL_DIAMETER);
          g.setColor(Color.RED);
          g.fillOval(x2, y2, BALL_DIAMETER2, BALL_DIAMETER2);
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          g.fillOval(x3, y3, BALL_DIAMETER2, BALL_DIAMETER2);
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int y = e.getY(); // Save the y coord of the click
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&& y >= ballY && y <= (ballY + BALL_DIAMETER))
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dragFromX = x - ballX; // how far from left
dragFromY = y - ballY; // how far from top
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               xInsideBall = x - x2;
               yInsideBall = y - y2;
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               x3InsideBall = x - x3;
               y3InsideBall = y - y3;
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          if (_canDrag)
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ballY = e.getY() - dragFromY;
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ballX = Math.max(ballX, 0);
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//--- Don't move the ball off top or bottom
ballY = Math.max(ballY, 0);
ballY = Math.min(ballY, getHeight() - BALL_DIAMETER);
this.repaint(); // Repaint because position changed.
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               x2 = e.getX() - xInsideBall;
               y2 = e.getY() - yInsideBall;
               x2 = Math.max(x2, 0);
               x2 = Math.min(x2, getWidth() - BALL_DIAMETER2);
               y2 = Math.max(y2, 0);
               y2 = Math.min(y2, getHeight() - BALL_DIAMETER2);
               this.repaint(); // Repaint because position changed.
          if (_canDrag3)
               x3 = e.getX() - x3InsideBall;
               y3 = e.getY() - y3InsideBall;
               x3 = Math.max(x3, 0);
               x3 = Math.min(x3, getWidth() - BALL_DIAMETER2);
               y3 = Math.max(y3, 0);
               y3 = Math.min(y3, getHeight() - BALL_DIAMETER2);
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}//end mouseDragged
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ke)
     //int x = e.getX(); // Save the x coord of the click
//int y = e.getY(); // Save the y coord of the click
          int dx = 10;
          switch (ke.getKeyCode())
          case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT: // move x coordinate left
          _ballX -= dx;
          ballX = Math.max(ballX, 0);
          break;
          case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT: // move x coordinate right
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public void mouseMoved (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseExited (MouseEvent e) {}     // ignore these events
     public void keyReleased (KeyEvent ke) {} // ignore this junk
     public void keyTyped     (KeyEvent ke) {} // ignore this junk
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A couple of notes:
- That code did not add the keyListener to anything.
- At the moment (in the altered code below), only the blue circle moves, and only left/right. It is left as an exercise to the OP to 'take it from there'.
- It only took four more lines of code to turn that code into an SSCCE*, which will generally get more help.
- Please use code indentation, and the code formatting delimiters, when posting code. It makes code a lot easier to read and understand.
* The SSCCE is described at..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.html>
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import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, KeyListener
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private static final int BALL_DIAMETER2 = 50;
//--- instance variables
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private int _ballX = 50; // x coord - set from drag
private int _ballY = 50; // y coord - set from drag
private int x2 = 200; // starting x coord for 2nd ball
private int y2 = 200; //starting y coord for 2nd ball
private int x3 = 75;
private int y3 = 150;
/** Position in ball of mouse press to make dragging look better. */
private int _dragFromX = 0; // pressed this far inside ball's
private int _dragFromY = 0; // bounding box.
private int xInsideBall = 0; //coordinates of where the mouse is pressed inside second ball
private int yInsideBall = 0; //is pressed inside second ball
private int x3InsideBall = 0; //coordinates of where the mouse is pressed inside second ball
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private boolean _canDrag2 = false;
private boolean _canDrag3 = false;
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    setForeground(Color.BLUE);
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    this.addMouseMotionListener(this);
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    g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
    g.fillOval(x3, y3, BALL_DIAMETER2, BALL_DIAMETER2);
}//end paintComponent
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    int x = e.getX(); // Save the x coord of the click
    int y = e.getY(); // Save the y coord of the click
    if (x >= _ballX && x <= (_ballX + BALL_DIAMETER)
    && y >= _ballY && y <= (_ballY + BALL_DIAMETER))
      _canDrag = true;
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      _dragFromY = y - _ballY; // how far from top
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      _canDrag = false;
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      && y >= y2 && y <= (y2 + BALL_DIAMETER2) )
      _canDrag2 = true;
      xInsideBall = x - x2;
      yInsideBall = y - y2;
    else
      _canDrag2 = false;
    if(x >= x3 && x <= (x3 + BALL_DIAMETER2)
      && y >= y3 && y <= (y3 + BALL_DIAMETER2) )
      _canDrag3 = true;
      x3InsideBall = x - x3;
      y3InsideBall = y - y3;
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}//end mouseDragged
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ke)
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        break;
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public void mouseMoved (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void mouseExited (MouseEvent e) {} // ignore these events
public void keyReleased (KeyEvent ke) {} // ignore this junk
public void keyTyped (KeyEvent ke) {} // ignore this junk
/** Add a main(), to make this an SSCCE. */
public static void main(String[] args) {
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Arrow Keys?

The new keyboard/mouse pane in Tiger's System Preferences now allows one to change application shortcuts. I am left-handed and wish to change the 'Back' and 'Forward' menu commands to the left and right arrow keys in selected applications. I was able to do this without problem on both my G4 Dual and Mac Mini (both with Apple external keyboards). My iBook, however, will not take the change. When I try to set the shortcut, the 'no way' bell rings. Can anyone help?

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Backspace, Del, Arrow keys, Tab not working in Firefox when applying validation

Hi,
I am developing a webpage with some textboxes requiring only alphabets or alphanumeric text to be accepted. I am using DevExpress controls and following is the javascript code that executes on keypress
function fn_allowAlphabetspace(s, e) {
var theEvent = e.htmlEvent || window.event;
var key = theEvent.keyCode || theEvent.which;
debugger;
key = String.fromCharCode(key);
var regex = /[a-zA-Z ]/;
if (!regex.test(key)) {
theEvent.returnValue = false;
if (theEvent.preventDefault)
theEvent.preventDefault();
All the browsers except firefox allow Backspace, Del, Tab, Arrow keys, Home, End key to work perfectly. Firefox does not allow any of these to work on the textboxes.
Thanks
Shitiz

Hi,
I tried to solve it by debugging the javascript and found the below code to be working for firefox as well as on other browsers IE10, Chrome and Safari without any issues
//validation function to allow only alphabets and space
function fn_allowAlphabetspace(s, e) {
var searchSpecial = '$Backspace$Del$Home$Tab$Left$Right$Up$Down$End$';
if (searchSpecial.indexOf('$' + e.htmlEvent.key + '$') < 0) {
var theEvent = e.htmlEvent || window.event;
var key = theEvent.keyCode || theEvent.which;
key = String.fromCharCode(key);
var regex = /[a-zA-Z ]/;
if (!regex.test(key)) {
theEvent.returnValue = false;
if (theEvent.preventDefault)
theEvent.preventDefault();
Please not that parameter '''''e''''' passed in the function provide the details of the keypress function. I am using DevExpress ASPxTextBoxes. Anybody who wants to use this function need to make changes in the above code as per the control used
Thanks
Shitiz

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