Java Applet key down and key up events

Question

I've written a program that extends applet but I can't get the event handling to work for keys.
I've copied the below code into my applet but at the moment not even my system.out's are printed.
How can I get this to work?
// Handle key down and key up events
public boolean keyDown(Event e, int key) {
int flags = e.modifiers;
System.out.println("Key " + e.id); //ns test
if (e.id == Event.KEY_PRESS)      // a regular key
showLine("Key Down: " + mods(flags) + key_name(e));
else if (e.id == Event.KEY_ACTION) // a function key
     showLine("Function Key Down: " mods(flags)
          function_key_name(key));
return true;
public boolean keyUp(Event e, int key) {
int flags = e.modifiers;
if (e.id == Event.KEY_RELEASE)      // a regular key
showLine("Key Release: " + mods(flags) + key_name(e));
else if (e.id == Event.KEY_ACTION_RELEASE) // a function key
     showLine("Function Key action release: " mods(flags)
          function_key_name(key));
return true;
Thanks and sincere regards if you managed to read this far.

Answer 1

I have found a solution!
Your program, after it extends applet, you must also implement KeyListener, add the associated methods with KeyListener, and you must add the KeyListener in the init.
code should look something like this:
class program extends Applet implements KeyListener {
public void init() {
addKeyListener(this);
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent key) {}
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent key) {}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent key) {
if (key.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) {
// Do something when user hits down-cursor.
} else if (key.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP) {
// Do something when user hits up-cursor.
}