Enter key as Tab Key in a JTable

How can I have the Enter Key act as a Tab Key in a JTable?

thnx...but I already solved my problem. In case someone has the same problem:
final InputMap im = table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
final KeyStroke key = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0, false);
im.put(key, "selectNextColumnCell");

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Time formatet string in thtmlb dropdownlistbox after enter key or tab key

Dear Collegues,
In our BSP-Application we use the thtmlb:dropdownlistbox. It's configured as you can see below in the code cutout:
DATA: wa_result type ZZPRBRS_PRSRG.
                  %>
                  <td>
                  <thtmlb:dropdownListBox id        = "DD_PREISREGEL"
                                          selection = "<%= DD_PREISREGEL %>"
                                          editable = "TRUE" >
                    <%
loop at APPLICATION->PRREG_TAB into wa_result.
                    %>
                    <thtmlb:ddlbItem key   = "<%= wa_result-PRSRG %>"
                                     value = "<%= wa_result-PRSRG %>" />
                    <%
endloop.
clear wa_result.
                    %>
                  </thtmlb:dropdownListBox>
As you can see the ddlb is set as editable.
So far so good.
But when we edit the entry in the box and leave the box with ENTER KEY or TAB KEY the controlle change the format of the entry to a kind of time format. Excamlpe:
We choose the entry GSVIES2 (one of the list entries) and we edit it to GSVIES22 the controll change it to 22:00. Longer entries will be changed to an entry like xx:xx:xx.
The wa_result-PRSRG for the entries is an char(12).
I found no notes about this issue.
Does anybody know this behave?
How can we avoid that changing after editing?
Kind regards
Thomas

Hi Thomas,
I was wondering, if you really want to have an editable DropDownlistbox, did they advise anything?
And, what do you think; should I go ahead and extent the THTMLB library with a ZDropDownlistbox which doesn't use the 'timepicker' javascript?
references to my questions:
BSP extensions: THTMLB
dropdownlistbox classes: CL_THTMLB_DROPDOWNLISTBOX, CLG_THTMLB_DROPDOWNLISTBOX
In the class: CL_THTMLB_DROPDOWNLISTBOX method IF_BSP_ELEMENT~DO_AT_END calls this JavaScript
*     Building a unique variable name (simply based on a new tag ID):
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             INTO js_unlisted_timepicker_key.              "#EC NOTEXT
*     Building the script retrieving the KEY and saving it into that variable:
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Kind regards,
Sander

How to alter behaviour of pressing enter key to tab key?

Hi! I want to alter the behaviour when pressing the enter key so it acts like pressing the tab key in a JTextField. That is pressing the enter key will transfer the cursor to the next field instead of the cursor just staying in the current field.
Thanks in advance.
rralilin

Hi,
there are more than one way to do this:
1. use an ActionListener and transfer the focus in its actionPerformed(...) method - good for one or a few JTextFields - if there are more, try ...
2. prelisten the key events via the new KeyboardFocusManager und replace the corresponding key event by a Tab-key-event and redispatch it - this approach enables you, to handle this new behavior for all JTextFields in one central position - possible since JDK 1.4
Hope, this helps
greetings Marsian

Initiate key pressing tab key

it there a code for initiate key pressing...once i start
the flash application pressing the "tab" key code should
automatically be initiated.
i don't want to do something while pressing the tab button.
the tab button just has to be "pushed" automatically since
this step is necessary in order to start an external application.
otherwise the user has to push it.
it is more "comfortable" when pushing the tab button is done
automatically by flash, and the user only has to push the enter
button to start the application.
thanks for help....

we have an application that will be started from a flash
projector.
the menue will be controlled not by mouse but by a remote
control.
you start the application when you press a certain key at the
remote control that is "linked" with the enter key on the keyboard.
now it is two steps: press the tab key to select the start
button, and then press the enter key (both by remote control) to
start the application.
the first step is unnecessary when this could be done
automatically by flash. then the user only has to press the enter
key because the start button is already "selected".
i can't explain it better... ;-(

Enter key instead of TAB key

Hi folks,
I'd like to make the ENTER key behave the same way as the TAB key in
the system I'm developing. I thought I would be able to do it by setting
the ENTER as a function key (using Window.SetAsFunctionKey), and
then after detecting an ENTER key press, request focus on the current
fieldwidget's 'NextTabField'. However, this attribute defaults to NIL unless
you override the default TAB sequence. And I don't really fancy setting
the Next and Prev TabField for every onscreen field.
Anyone done this before using a simpler method?
By the way, I don't really want to get into a long thread about whether it is
good practice to bypass Windows (TM) standards or not. We require
fast data entry, and keyboard entry is essential for that.
Cheers,
Duncan Kinnear,
McCarthy and Associates, Email: [email protected]
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Duncan,
The application we are building will replace legacy application and had similar
requirements to accommodate the current users. We solved this problem by creating a
special frame, appropriately named as the "Terminal Frame". It is distributed as
part of the Scaffolds framework.
The Terminal frame implements ENTER instead of TAB key. As you know the tabbing
order in a terminal frame (top to bottom, left to right) is different than windows
tabbing order (left to right, top to bottom). The Terminal frame solves the tabbing
problem by constructing a "field traverse list" which includes all the fields in a
window including nested views ordered according to their X,Y co-ordinates. It is a
recursive method works on the same lines as described by Sakharov, Nickolay in
earlier mail. The method also sets the NextTabField, PrevTabField references for
each field in the traverse list.
This framework is working very well for us. In a terminal frame world, you still
have some user training issues as some of the fields (OutlineField, DropList,
ArrayField, CheckBoxe etc.) behave differently for ENTER and TAB keys. But these
are minimal compared to a complete change in style.
Hope this is helpful.
Good Luck,
Shirish
Duncan Kinnear wrote:
On 22 Jun 99, at 23:47, Jeanne Hesler wrote:
Do the math on this one. Be sure your users understand the cost and the
lack of payback. I have no problem going against common practice when
there is a good reason, but this reason just doesn't add up. Even if it
did slow them down, which it won't, they would never lose enough time to be
worth the work that it would take to implement.Jeanne,
Thanks for your reply (even though it doesn't help me!).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating we abandon the TAB key
functionality in favour of the ENTER key. I just want to ADD the ENTER
key as a navigational aid for our 'legacy' users (and we have many). If it
is done right, there should be no need to tell the user about it. Their
transition to the new product would be virtually painless.
Since I posted my original question I've realised that the cost of
implementation is actually fairly low. And this is why. I have just
discovered that the default tab order defined by Forte (left to right, top to
bottom) is essentially useless for most of the windows we will be creating.
Therefore, we will need to override it by explicitly setting the
"NextTabField" and "PrevTabField" attributes of our input fields in virtually
every window. As I am writing the framework for our new product, I will
have to implement the facility to do this in the framework itself. And if we
have our tab order defined, then adding the ENTER key functionality is
minimal extra effort (see my original post). In fact, if I implement it in my
"CoreWindow" (the root of my windows framework inheritence tree), then
no-one will ever have to deal with it again.
The TAB key is not even much of a windows data-entry standard. Many
of our customers have defined secondary systems using Microsoft
Access, and it uses the ENTER key (along with the TAB key) to move
from field to field. Will these customers not complain that they cannot
use the ENTER key to move between fields if we don't implement it?
As we do not have the resources to completely rewrite our existing
COBOL system (over 2 million lines of code) in one go. We will be rolling
out the new system module by module. This means that a lot of our users
will be switching between the new windows interface and the text-based
unix telnet sessions. When I switch back and forth between windows
editors and 'vi' on the unix host, I experience first-hand how mixed
navigational facilities can hamper productivity!
Anyway, I was just hoping there might be a little setting somewhere in
Forte to switch this on, but as no-one has pointed it out, it seems unlikely.
Thanks again for your input, lively discussion is always welcome.
Cheers,
Duncan Kinnear,
McCarthy and Associates, Email: [email protected]
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Making ENTER key act as a TAB key.

I have a version problem that I could not solve. My goal is using ENTER key as TAB key.
In java version 1.3.X my code is working properly.It is like the code below
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) e.setKeyCode(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
In java version 1.4.X it is not working. Can anybody help me please?

Thanks a lot. It is really a good document that everybody should read.
I have copied some portion of it for others searching about this topic.It is below.
KeyListeners installed on Components will no longer see KeyEvents that map to focus traversal operations. Previously, AWT Components saw these events and had an opportunity to consume them before the AWT initiated focus traversal. Code that requires this functionality should instead disable focus traversal keys on its Components and handle focus traversal itself. Alternately, the code can use an AWTEventListener or KeyEventDispatcher to pre-listen to all KeyEvents.

About TAB key

Hi, i hope you can help me a little....!!!
Thank's anyway =)
Look, in a page when I have some textbox, i can go thougth then with TAB key. If i want to return i have to press Shift key with TAB key...
My question is: Is there some instrucction to mark the text in a control when it is selected ??? or all this is automatic, i mean, the selection of text in a control is select automatly when the control has the focus????...
Thanks!!!....
I'm wait four your answer!!!
Have a nice day!!!
NOTE: AS YOU CAN SEE, MY ENGLISH IS NOT VERY WELL, BUT I TRAY TO EXPLAIN MY PROBLEM.... THANK'S AGAIN.... =)

Read the section from the Swing tutorial on "Writing Event Listeners":
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/events/index.html
The following code is an example of a Focus Listener that will select all the text in the text field when you tab to a field or use the mouse to click on it:
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;
public class TextFieldTest extends JFrame
    public TextFieldTest()
          FocusAdapter focusAdapter = new FocusAdapter()
               public void focusGained(FocusEvent e)
                    JTextComponent component = (JTextComponent)e.getSource();
                    component.selectAll();
          JTextField textField1 = new JTextField( "one two three four five" );
          textField1.addFocusListener( focusAdapter );
          getContentPane().add( textField1, BorderLayout.NORTH );
          JTextField textField2 = new JTextField( "abcdefg" );
          textField2.setMargin( new Insets( 5, 5, 5, 5 ) );
          textField2.addFocusListener( focusAdapter );
          getContentPane().add( textField2, BorderLayout.SOUTH );
    public static void main(String[] args)
     TextFieldTest frame = new TextFieldTest();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
}

Enter key to act like tab key in JTable

I have programmed a JTable application. I want that if I press 'Enter' key in the JTable cell, the cell at right side may be selected after validating input. Similarly, when I press 'Enter' in the right most cell, the first cell of the next row may be selected after validating input.
In other words, I like 'Enter' key to behave as forward navigational key in JTable cells like 'Tab' key, however, after validating input.
The following is the piece of code which is not working for me. Though, it changes selection border to the next cell on pressing enter, but the focus is not shifted and editing remains in the current cell.
//voucherTable is a JTable object with three columns.
Action moveForward = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
int r=voucherTable.getSelectedRow();
int c=voucherTable.getSelectedColumn();
if(c==2){
c=-1;
r+=1;
voucherTable.changeSelection(r,c+1,false,false);
voucherTable.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke
(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER,0),"moveForward");
voucherTable.getActionMap().put("moveForward",
moveForward);
Kindly advise me to solve the problem.
Thanks.
Mujjahid

KeyStroke tab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0);
KeyStroke enter = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
InputMap im = table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
im.put(enter, im.get(tab));

Handling keyTyped events in JTable for TAB key

In my app, I have a JTable. Some columns are non-editable.
I have attached a keyListener to the table and have overridden keyTyped() and keyReleased() methods.
In keyReleased(), I do something depending on the key code. For example: if its the VK_DELETE, I delete the row. If its some other user configured key, then I show a popup dialog where the user can enter some data, etc...
In keyTyped(), I first check if the column is one of the specific columns. Then I get the keyChar. After this, I show a dialog and pre-populate a JTextField on this dialog with that keyChar.
My issue is that 'TAB' key events arrive in keyTyped() and not in keyReleased(). As a result, the dialog is shown and the tab takes place inside the JTextfield which is incorrect.
I would like to ignore TAB keyTyped events. When I look up the keyCode in keyTyped() method, it is 0. So there is no way for me to tell what key was typed.
How can I ignore TAB events in my keyTyped() method?
thx

I now do the following to determine if TAB key has been typed
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
char c = e.getKeyChar();
if (c == KeyEvent.VK_TAB) {
Is this correct ?
Edited by: tsc on Sep 28, 2007 12:40 PM

JTable tab key navigation with JComboBox Cell Editors in Java 1.3 & 1.4

Hello - this is one for the experts!
I have a JTable which has an editable JComboBox as one of the cell editors for a particular column. Users must be able to navigate through the table using the tab key. After editing a cell a single tab should advance the cell selection to the next column and then the user should just be able to start typing to populate the cell.
However, i've come across some really frustrating differences between the Swing implementation of JDK1.3.1_09 and JDK 1.4.2_04 which means this behaviour is very different between versions!....
1. Editing Cells and then advancing to the next column using tab.
Using standard cell editors (based around JTextFields) in 1.3.1 the user has to press tab twice to traverse to the next column after editing. However, in 1.4.2 a single tab key is enough to move to the next column after editing.
2. Editable JComboBox editors and and advancing to the next column using tab.
Using JDK 1.3.1, having entered some text in the editable combo it takes 2 tabs to transfer the selected cell to the next column. With 1.4.2 a single tab while editing the editable combo ends editing and transfers the selection out of the table completely?!?
With these 2 issues I don't know how to make a single tab key reliably transfer to the next cell, between java versions. Can anyone please help me?!??!
(i've attached test code below which can be run in both 1.3 and 1.4 and demonstrates the above behaviour.)
package com.test;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class TableTest4 extends JFrame {
     private JTable table;
     private DefaultTableModel tableModel;
     public TableTest4() {
          initFrame();
      * Initialises the test frame.
     public void initFrame() {
          // initialise table
          table = new JTable(10, 5);
          tableModel = (DefaultTableModel) table.getModel();
          table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
          table.setRowHeight(22);
          JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
          getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
          JButton dummyBtn1 = new JButton("Dummy Button 1");
          JButton dummyBtn2 = new JButton("Dummy Button 2");
          // initialise frame
          JPanel btnPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2, 1));
          btnPanel.add(dummyBtn1);
          btnPanel.add(dummyBtn2);
          getContentPane().add(btnPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          // set renderer of first table column to be an editable combobox
          JComboBox editableCombo = new JComboBox();
          editableCombo.setEditable(true);
          TableColumn firstColumn = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0);
          firstColumn.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(editableCombo));
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          TableTest4 frame = new TableTest4();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          frame.pack();
          frame.setVisible(true);

Run the above code in 1.3 and 1.4 and you can see that after editing a cell, the tab key behaviour works differently between versions.
I don't believe by adding a key listener to the cell editors will have the desired effect.
I've read other posts and from what i've read it looks like the processKeyBinding method of the JTable can be overridden to manually handle key events.
Has anyone done this to handle tab key presses so that the same java app running under 1.3 and 1.4 works in the same way ??? I would really appreciate some advice on this as its very frustrating !

JTable row selection with tab key

Helo.
I'm having a problem selecting rows in a JTable. The JTable is with single row selection and without column and cell selection. When I press <tab> the selection changes to another cell, and I wanna it to change to the other row of the table, can anyone help me? I think this is a easy one and I haven�t found a way to do it. I�m using JBuilder for the development.

The default Action for the Tab KeyStroke is to move focus to the next cell.
The default Action for the Enter KeyStroke is to move focus to the next line.
So this functionality is already available in JTable by default.
If you want to Tab Key to work the same way as the Enter Key then you need to map the Tab Key to use the Action assigned to the Enter Key.
This [url http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=505866]posting shows how you can reassign an Action for a given KeyStroke.
For more information on this topic read this section from the Swing tutorial on [url http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html]How to Use Key Bindings.

Af:inputListOfValues sets value of first item in result set when using enter key or tab and component set to autosubmit=true

I'm using JDev 11.1.1.6 and when I type a value into an af:inputListOfValues component and hit either the enter key or the tab key it will replace the value I entered with the first item in the LOV result set. If enter a value and just click out of the af:inputListOfValues component it works correctly. If I use the popup and search for a value it works correctly as well. I have a programmatic view object which contains a single transient attribute (this is the view object which is used to create the list of value component from) and then I have another entity based view object which defines one of its attributes as a list of value attribute. I tried using an entity based view object to create the LOV from and everything works as expected so I'm not sure if this is a bug when using programmatic view objects or if I need more code in the VOImpl. Also, it seems that after the first time of the value being replaced by the first value in the result set that it will work correctly as well. Below are some of the important code snippets.
Also, it looks like it only doesn't work if the text entered in the af:inputListOfValues component would only have a single match returned in the result set. For instance given the result set in the code: Brad, Adam, Aaron, Fred, Charles, Charlie, Jimmy
If we enter Cha, the component works as expected
If we enter A, the component works as expected
If we enter Jimmy, the component does not work as expected and returns the first value of the result set ie. Brad
If we enter Fred, the component does not work as expected and returns the first value of the result set ie. Brad
I also verified that I get the same behavior in JDev 11.1.1.7
UsersVOImpl (Programmatic View Object with 1 transient attribute)
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import oracle.adf.share.logging.ADFLogger;
import oracle.jbo.JboException;
import oracle.jbo.server.ViewObjectImpl;
import oracle.jbo.server.ViewRowImpl;
import oracle.jbo.server.ViewRowSetImpl;
// ---    File generated by Oracle ADF Business Components Design Time.
// ---    Wed Sep 18 15:59:44 CDT 2013
// ---    Custom code may be added to this class.
// ---    Warning: Do not modify method signatures of generated methods.
public class UsersVOImpl extends ViewObjectImpl {
    private static ADFLogger LOGGER = ADFLogger.createADFLogger(UsersVOImpl.class);
    private long hitCount = 0;
     * This is the default constructor (do not remove).
    public UsersVOImpl () {
     * executeQueryForCollection - overridden for custom java data source support.
    protected void executeQueryForCollection (Object qc, Object[] params, int noUserParams) {
         List<String> usersList = new ArrayList<String>();
         usersList.add("Brad");
         usersList.add("Adam");
         usersList.add("Aaron");
         usersList.add("Fred");
         usersList.add("Charles");
         usersList.add("Charlie");
         usersList.add("Jimmy");
         Iterator usersIterator = usersList.iterator();
         setUserDataForCollection(qc, usersIterator);
         hitCount = usersList.size();
         super.executeQueryForCollection(qc, params, noUserParams);
    } // end executeQueryForCollection
     * hasNextForCollection - overridden for custom java data source support.
    protected boolean hasNextForCollection (Object qc) {
         Iterator usersListIterator = (Iterator)getUserDataForCollection(qc);
         if (usersListIterator.hasNext()) {
             return true;
         } else {
             setFetchCompleteForCollection(qc, true);
             return false;
         } // end if
    } // end hasNextForCollection
     * createRowFromResultSet - overridden for custom java data source support.
    protected ViewRowImpl createRowFromResultSet (Object qc, ResultSet resultSet) {
         Iterator usersListIterator = (Iterator)getUserDataForCollection(qc);
         String user = (String)usersListIterator.next();
         ViewRowImpl viewRowImpl = createNewRowForCollection(qc);
         try {
             populateAttributeForRow(viewRowImpl, 0, user.toString());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOGGER.severe("Error Initializing Data", e);
             throw new JboException(e);
         } // end try/catch
         return viewRowImpl;
    } // end createRowFromResultSet
     * getQueryHitCount - overridden for custom java data source support.
    public long getQueryHitCount (ViewRowSetImpl viewRowSet) {
         return hitCount;
    } // end getQueryHitCount
    @Override
    protected void create () {
         getViewDef().setQuery(null);
         getViewDef().setSelectClause(null);
         setQuery(null);
    } // end create
    @Override
    protected void releaseUserDataForCollection (Object qc, Object rs) {
         Iterator usersListIterator = (Iterator)getUserDataForCollection(qc);
         usersListIterator = null;
         super.releaseUserDataForCollection(qc, rs);
    } // end releaseUserDataForCollection
} // end class
<af:inputListOfValues id="userName" popupTitle="Search and Select: #{bindings.UserName.hints.label}" value="#{bindings.UserName.inputValue}"
                                              label="#{bindings.UserName.hints.label}" model="#{bindings.UserName.listOfValuesModel}" required="#{bindings.UserName.hints.mandatory}"
                                              columns="#{bindings.UserName.hints.displayWidth}" shortDesc="#{bindings.UserName.hints.tooltip}" autoSubmit="true"
                                              searchDesc="#{bindings.UserName.hints.tooltip}"
                                              simple="true">
                          <f:validator binding="#{bindings.UserName.validator}"/>
</af:inputListOfValues>

I have found a solution to this issue. It seems that when using a programmatic view object which has a transient attribute as its primary key you need to override more methods in the ViewObjectImpl so that it knows how to locate the row related to the primary key when the view object records aren't in the cache. This is why it would work correctly sometimes but not all the time. Below are the additional methods you need to override. The logic you use in retrieveByKey would be on a view object by view object basis and would be different if you had a primary key which consisted of more than one attribute.
@Override
protected Row[] retrieveByKey (ViewRowSetImpl viewRowSetImpl, Key key, int i) {
    return retrieveByKey(viewRowSetImpl, null, key, i, false);
@Override
protected Row[] retrieveByKey (ViewRowSetImpl viewRowSetImpl, String string, Key key, int i, boolean b) {
    RowSetIterator usersRowSetIterator = this.createRowSet(null);
    Row[] userRows = usersRowSetIterator.getFilteredRows("UserId", key.getAttribute(this.getAttributeIndexOf("UserId")));
    usersRowSetIterator.closeRowSetIterator();
    return userRows;
@Override
protected Row[] retrieveByKey (ViewRowSetImpl viewRowSetImpl, Key key, int i, boolean b) {
    return retrieveByKey(viewRowSetImpl, null, key, i, b);

JButton gains focus when Hitting tab key but hitting Enter has no effect.

Hi,
I have a program that has two buttons. When pressed, using the mouse, the buttons text appears in the middle of the screen. I have NOT alerted the focus subsystem. Thus when I press the tab key the buttons are highlighted in turn, to indicate that they currently have focus. However if I press enter the buttons actions (to update the middle of the screen with it's text) does not get activated.
I am using 1.4.2 on a Windows machine.
any help on this would be much appreciated !!
The code is as follows:
package com.logicacmg.skynet.tms.mmi.ui;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
public class Test implements ActionListener
JButton bTwo = new JButton("button 2");
JButton b = new JButton("button 1");
JLabel label = new JLabel(" ");
/** Creates a new instance of Test */
public Test()
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
//Create a panel to hold the MMI screens.
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
b.addActionListener(this);
bTwo.addActionListener(this);
mainPanel.add(b, BorderLayout.WEST);
mainPanel.add(bTwo, BorderLayout.EAST);
mainPanel.add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
//add the main panel which contains the screens and the status bar
//to this frame.
Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
     contentPane.add(mainPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String [] args)
new Test();
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
JButton aButton = (JButton)e.getSource();
if(aButton == b)
label.setText("one");
else if(aButton == bTwo)
label.setText("Two");

Which plaf are you using? Because when I switch to the windows plaf, the behavior is what you describe.
Demo:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class X {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final JFrame f = new JFrame("button focus");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                System.out.println(evt.getActionCommand());
        Container cp = f.getContentPane();
        cp.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        for(int i=0; i<3; ++i) {
            JButton btn = new JButton("Button " + i);
            btn.addActionListener(al);
            cp.add(btn);
            if (i == 1)
                f.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(btn);
        final JCheckBox laf = new JCheckBox("platform plaf");
        laf.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                String cls = laf.isSelected() ? UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() :
                  UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName();
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(cls);
                    SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(f);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
        cp.add(laf);
        f.pack();
        f.setVisible(true);
}

Enter and tab keys no longer work

Good morning.
My enter and tab keys are no longer working within a text box. Could it be the result of installing "Deke Shortcuts" on my system? I never had a problem before the installation....
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thank you.

Did you try removing the shortcuts?
I'd suggest resetting your prefes: Adobe InDesign CS4 * Setting preferences

Tab Key Navigation in JTable

Hello All,
Can anyone please help me with Tab key navigation in a JTable.I
read all the messages in this group but couldn't implement one.It
would be a great help if anyone can provide me a working example of how
to control the tab key in the JTable. I have a JTable with some of the
columns not editable, I want the focus to be in the first cell and
whenever the TAB key is pressed, the focus should go to next editable
cell and select the data in it.For example: if you take a simple table of 4 columns with column 2 not editable, The focus should begin with the first cell(1st column,1st row) and goto (3rd column,1st row) whenever TAB is pressed.It should work in reverse when SHIFT-TAB is pressed.
I'm new to Java Swing.I would greatly appreciate if anyone can provide me a working example.
Thanks in advance,
siddu.

OK Here is what I have ...
public class MultipleEditorsPerColumnJTable extends JTable {
/** Creates a new instance of MultipleEditorsPerColumnJTable */
public MultipleEditorsPerColumnJTable( int the_column) {
this.myColumn = the_column;
this.rowEditors = new ArrayList();
setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, Collections.EMPTY_SET);
setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, Collections.EMPTY_SET);
protected boolean processKeyBinding(KeyStroke ks, KeyEvent e,int condition, boolean pressed) {
boolean isSelected = false;
if (ks == KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB,0)) {
int selRow = getSelectedRow();
int rowCount = getRowCount();
int selCol = getSelectedColumn();
if (selCol == 1) { isSelected= getCellEditor(selRow,selCol).stopCellEditing();}
int targetRow = (selRow + 1) % rowCount;
this.editCellAt(targetRow, 1);
this.getComponentAt(targetRow, 1).requestFocus();
return super.processKeyBinding(ks,e,condition,pressed);
I think I know why the requestFocus() is not working. OK, I have a MultipleEditorsPerColumnJTable (sub of JTale), JTextPane, JButton and JLabel. The textpane, label and button have individual editors and renderers. Each time I want to display a new Row, I re-render these components and add it to the table.
Now with the above code, it still navigates to the next component in the row/ first column in next row depending on the current column. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Praveen.

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