Handle alt+key event

Hi,
I have added a event listener for keydwon and keyup event. So when i press some letter it will focus the corresponding row of the pressed letter.
When i press alt+e it will automatically goes to the row where e is presenet. I need to stop this sorting while pressing alt+key.Is it possible if so please help me.
Regards,
Jayagopal.

Can u attach the code?

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It's been a while since I looked at the code, but essentially there are three key event types:
1) key pressed,
2) key typed,
3) key released.
So I would expect the processKeyBind to see all three of them. However, ks==KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER,0) is true only when a key typed event is detected (the other types can be ignored by passing it up the food chain where they will eventually be consumed). Now...., if I understand you correctly, you want to terminate edit on the present of Enter key, right? Here is how I'd suggest you do:
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Hello all,
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Help with understanding key event propagation

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(2) assuming (1) is as I described why are there two mappings, one for key pressed and one for key released yet the 'C' key action only has a key pressed set?
(3) assuming (1) and (2) are true then why don't I get the action fired twice when I typed the spacebar, once when I pressed SPACE and again when I released SPACE?
(4) I read that adding a dummy action with the value "none" (i.e. the action is the string 'none') should hide the underlying mappings for the given key, 'C' the my example so why when I focus the Cancel button and press the 'C' key do I get a console message from the underlying panel action (the last but one line in the output)?
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Thanks,
Tim Mowlem

Use the [url http://forum.java.sun.com/help.jspa?sec=formatting]Code Formatting Tags so the posted code retains its original formatting.
1) In the Metal LAF the space bar activates the button. In the Windows LAF the Enter key is used to activate the button. Therefore these bindings are added by the LAF.
2) The pressed binding paints the button in its pressed state. The released binding paint the button in its normal state. Thats why the LAF adds two bindings.
In your case you only added a single binding.
3) The ActionEvent is only fired when the key is released. Same as a mouse click. You can hold the mouse down as long as you want and the ActionEvent isn't generated until you release the mouse. In fact, if you move the mouse off of the button before releasing the button, the ActionEvent isn't even fired at all. The mouse pressed/released my be generated by the same component.
4) Read (or reread) the [url http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html#howto]How to Remove Key Bindings section. "none" is only used to override the default action of a component, it does not prevent the key stroke from being passed on to its parent.

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