Chat Program - GUI Help needed.

Ello, I'm making a chat client, and I've got a slight problem :
In the chatwindow, you usually have a field where the text is typed, and when <enter> is pressed, this text is sent to the server and to the textpane.
I'm looking to make something similar to MSN : for that particular field I want a multiline widget (I can put it inside a JScrollPane), that throws an ActionEvent when <enter> is pressed.
Does anybody know of a component for me?
thx,
SJG

You could use a JTextArea for the MultiLine stuff and add:
myTextArea.addKeyListener(new java.awt.event.KeyAdapter() {
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
if (e.getKeyCode() == 10) // I think enter is 10
// do somethinf
I think the key code is 10 for enter but not 100% sure.
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