Keyboard input through swing

How do I make it so that in swing a person can press a keyboard button and it will then go to a new screen with out the unput dearea being visable. I tried doing it with a text area but when I made it invisible it would not respond to keyboard input?

hi buddy,
u can create a new JFrame and call tht in the text area's ActionListener
and then while creating the JFrame use the Following code to close the frame on exit,
ur swing program will surely respond to it then
JFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
in case u want to get the text b4 closing u can use a string variable to set the text to it and then come out,
cheers,
hayath

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public class Calctester extends JFrame
implements ActionListener, KeyListener
private double var1, var2;//var1 and var2 are used to perform calculation
String operand1 = "";//takes first input until an operator is pressed
String operand2 = "";//takes input after operator is invoked
double result;//is used to store the result
boolean flag = false;//to signal operator pressed
boolean decimalFlag = false;//to signal decimal pressed
String stringInput;//used as a temporary store for all entry to allow for conditions to be evaluated
char ch; //used to store the operator for comparison//Reason is pre does not compare using string
String pre = "";//used to store the operator
double mem; //will hold memory operation values
double vMod; //Temporary store for var2 to be used with percent operations
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JButton btn0 = new JButton("0");
JButton btn1 = new JButton("1");
JButton btn2 = new JButton("2");
JButton btn3 = new JButton("3");
JButton btn4 = new JButton("4");
JButton btn5 = new JButton("5");
JButton btn6 = new JButton("6");
JButton btn7 = new JButton("7");
JButton btn8 = new JButton("8");
JButton btn9 = new JButton("9");
JButton btnC = new JButton("C");
JButton btnCE = new JButton("CE");
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JButton btnPlus = new JButton("+");
JButton btnMinus = new JButton("-");
JButton btnMultiply = new JButton("*");
JButton btnDivide = new JButton("/");
JButton btnEquals = new JButton("=");
JButton btnPeriod = new JButton(".");
JButton btnPlusMinus = new JButton("+/-");
JButton btnSqrt = new JButton("sqrt");
JButton btnMod = new JButton("%");
JButton btnOneOverX = new JButton("1/x");
JButton btnMC = new JButton("MC");
JButton btnMR = new JButton("MR");
JButton btnMS = new JButton("MS");
JButton btnMPlus = new JButton("M+");
//Displays Text area for Display
JTextField txtArea = new JTextField("0.");//The calculation display area set to 0.
JTextField mArea = new JTextField();//to display memory operations
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Calctester()
//Defines a content pane
Container c = getContentPane();
//Defines the layout of the frame and sets it to null to allow absolute positioning
c.setLayout(null);
//Defines event handling
btn0.addActionListener(this);
btn1.addActionListener(this);
btn2.addActionListener(this);
btn3.addActionListener(this);
btn4.addActionListener(this);
btn5.addActionListener(this);
btn6.addActionListener(this);
btn7.addActionListener(this);
btn8.addActionListener(this);
btn9.addActionListener(this);
btnC.addActionListener(this);
btnCE.addActionListener(this);
btnBkpSpc.addActionListener(this);
btnPlus.addActionListener(this);
btnMinus.addActionListener(this);
btnDivide.addActionListener(this);
btnMultiply.addActionListener(this);
btnEquals.addActionListener(this);
btnPeriod.addActionListener(this);
btnPlusMinus.addActionListener(this);
btnSqrt.addActionListener(this);
btnMod.addActionListener(this);
btnOneOverX.addActionListener(this);
btnMR.addActionListener(this);
btnMS.addActionListener(this);
btnMPlus.addActionListener(this);
btnMC.addActionListener(this);
btn1.addKeyListener(this);
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c.add(btn1).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn1.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn2).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn2.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn3).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn3.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn4).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn4.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn5).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn5.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn6).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn6.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn7).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn7.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btn8).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btn8.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
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btnMultiply.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnDivide).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnDivide.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnEquals).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnEquals.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnPeriod).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnPeriod.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnPlusMinus).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnPlusMinus.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnMod).setFont(new Font("Albertus Medium", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnMod.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnSqrt).setFont(new Font("Microsoft San Serif", Font.PLAIN, 11));
btnSqrt.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnOneOverX).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnOneOverX.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnMC).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnMC.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
c.add(btnMS).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
btnMS.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
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btnMR.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
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btnCE.setForeground(Color.red);
btnBkpSpc.setForeground(Color.red);
btnDivide.setForeground(Color.red);
btnMultiply.setForeground(Color.red);
btnMinus.setForeground(Color.red);
btnPlus.setForeground(Color.red);
btnMC.setForeground(Color.red);
btnMR.setForeground(Color.red);
btnMS.setForeground(Color.red);
btnMPlus.setForeground(Color.red);
btnEquals.setForeground(Color.red);
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btn1.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn2.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn3.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn4.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn5.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn6.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn7.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn8.setForeground(Color.blue);
btn9.setForeground(Color.blue);
btnPlusMinus.setForeground(Color.blue);
btnSqrt.setForeground(Color.blue);
btnMod.setForeground(Color.blue);
btnOneOverX.setForeground(Color.blue);
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btnPlus.setFocusPainted(false);
btnEquals.setFocusPainted(false);
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c.add(txtArea);
txtArea.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));
txtArea.setBounds(7,0,240,25);//To provide a Text box @ the top of the frame
txtArea.setEditable(false);
txtArea.setBackground(Color.white);
c.add(mArea);
mArea.setBounds(13, 35, 28, 25);
mArea.setEditable(false);
mArea.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));
setSize(260,251);//size of the frame
setTitle("Calculator"); //Title
setVisible(true); //this makes the frame visible on the screen
setResizable(false); //this disallow resizing of the frame
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);//to close app
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setLocation(300,200);//positioning of the window on the screen
txtArea.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);//sets the text in the text field to the right
mArea.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);//centers the label
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JMenuItem copy = new JMenuItem("Copy Ctrl+C");//creates menu item
copy.addActionListener(this);//event handling
JMenuItem paste = new JMenuItem("Paste Ctrl+V");//creates menu
paste.addActionListener(this);//event handling
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setJMenuBar(myMenu);//adds the menu bar to the frame
editMenu.setBorderPainted(false);//removes the border shadow around the menu bar
myMenu.setBorderPainted(false);//removes the border shadow around menu bar
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editMenu.add(paste).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));//
editMenu.add(copy).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
myMenu.add(editMenu).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
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JMenuItem helpTopics = new JMenuItem("Help Topics");//creates menu item
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helpTopics.addActionListener(this);//event handling
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helpTopics.setBorder(LineBorder.createGrayLineBorder());
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helpMenu.add(helpTopics).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
helpMenu.add(aboutCalc).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
myMenu.add(helpMenu).setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
//aboutCalc.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
aboutCalc.setBorder(LineBorder.createGrayLineBorder());
//aboutCalc.setActionCommand("Nothing here right now");
//Setting absolute positions for the buttons.
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btn1.setBounds(50, 130, 35, 28);
btn2.setBounds(90, 130, 35, 28);
btn3.setBounds(130, 130, 35, 28);
btn4.setBounds(50, 100, 35, 28);
btn5.setBounds(90, 100, 35, 28);
btn6.setBounds(130, 100, 35, 28);
btn7.setBounds(50, 70, 35, 28);
btn8.setBounds(90, 70, 35, 28);
btn9.setBounds(130, 70, 35, 28);
btnC.setBounds(180, 35, 63, 28);
btnCE.setBounds(115, 35, 63, 28);
btnBkpSpc.setBounds(50, 35, 63, 28);
btnPlus.setBounds(170, 160, 35, 28);
btnMinus.setBounds(170, 130, 35, 28);
btnMultiply.setBounds(170, 100, 35, 28);
btnDivide.setBounds(170, 70, 35, 28);
btnEquals.setBounds(210, 160, 35, 28);
btnPeriod.setBounds(130, 160, 35, 28);
btnPlusMinus.setBounds(90, 160, 35, 28);
btnMC.setBounds(8, 70, 35, 28);
btnMR.setBounds(8, 100, 35, 28);
btnMS.setBounds(8, 130, 35, 28);
btnMPlus.setBounds(8, 160, 35, 28);
btnSqrt.setBounds(210, 70, 35, 28);
btnMod.setBounds(210, 100, 35, 28);
btnOneOverX.setBounds(210, 130, 35, 28);
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//btn1 = txtArea.getRegisteredKeyStrokes();
// System.out.println(1);
// keyTyped();
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
//if (e.getActionCommand().equals("1"));
//(e.getKeyText().compareTo("1"));
//(e.getKeyCode().equals("1"));
//else
System.out.println("Error");
//keyTyped();
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)
//displayInfo(e, "KEY TYPED: ");
System.err.println("KeyTyped >>> " + e.KEY_TYPED);
//keyEvent.keyTyped();
// e.KEY_TYPED;
/* protected void displayInfo (KeyEvent e, string s)
{KeyCodeString;
int keyCode = e.getKeyCode();
keyCodeString = "key code " + keyCode
+ "("
+ KeyEvent.getKeyText(keyCode);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
stringInput = e.getActionCommand();
System.out.println("First stringInput action performed>>" +stringInput);
System.out.println("First pre action performed>>" +pre);
if (stringInput == "C")
operand1 = "";
operand2 = "";
var1 = 0;
var2 = 0;
var1 = result;
txtArea.setText("0.");
flag = false;//to force the operations to jump to operand 1 and go through the loop as normal
pre = "";
if (stringInput == "CE")
operand2 = "";
var2 = 0;
txtArea.setText("0.");
flag = true;//to force the operations to jump to operand 1 and go through the loop as normal
if (stringInput == "MR")
if (var1 != 0)
txtArea.setText(Double.toString(var1));
mArea.setText("M");
System.err.println("mem@operand1 >> "+ mem );
else if (var2 != 0)
txtArea.setText(Double.toString(var2));
mArea.setText("M");
System.err.println("mem @ mR else>> "+ mem );
if (stringInput == "MS")
mArea.setText("M");
if (operand1 != "")
mem = var1;
else if (operand2 != "")
mem = var2;
else
mem = 0;
if (stringInput == "MC")
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mem = 0;//to reset the variable
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mArea.setText("M");
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var2 = 1;
stringInput = "";
flag = true;
if(!flag)
stringInput = pre;
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else
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ch = pre.charAt(pre.length()-2);
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System.out.println("@ position -2 pre" + pre.charAt(pre.length()-2));
result = evaluate();
var2 = 0;
operand2 = "";
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if(!flag &&(stringInput == "*"|| stringInput == "/"))
var2 = 1;
stringInput = "";
flag = true;
if (stringInput == "%")
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txtArea.setText(Double.toString(1/var1));
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operand2 = "";
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result = result / var2;
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result = result * var2;
if (ch == '%')
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I recently started having an issue with the keyboard input. If I power down then power up the keyboard input will work for a little bit. Basically, whatever I try to type doesn't show up in the message area. This really goes for any application, web browsing, text messaging, emailing, etc. In conjunction with this problem I am having an issue with making a basic phone call as well. if I dial a number or select a contact to call, the call is not immediately made and I may wait for a minute before the call starts going through. What should I do?

Thank you ! I set the "Bounce Key" off, and it works
stefanwilkens wrote:
Hi,
Please check in gnome 3's control center under "Universal Access" in the "Typing" tab, it sound like either Slow Keys or Bounce Keys is enabled.
if you can't find gnome 3's system settings, you can start it by running:
/usr/bin/gnome-control-center

[SOLVED] wmii ignores all keyboard input

I'm trying to use wmii on my new arch install. No matter which of the wmiircs I use, it never accepts any keyboard input to switch tags, open windows or anything else. The clock is correctly updated and if I open a window using DISPLAY=:1 from another terminal, I can move it around with the mouse. Evilwm is working fine and the only error in Xorg.0.log is related to fbdev. Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong here?
EDIT: Just a major PEBKAC. I forgot that Win is the new default modkey and wmii didn't ask me because xmessage wasn't installed.
Last edited by A.W.A.M (2011-03-12 09:25:52)

Anyone have any ideas? I tried reinstalling base and base-devel through pacman...still no relief.... This is bizarre.
EDIT: It's getting worse. System now hangs on boot at "Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed." Things are rapidly going downhill.
EDIT: No booting due to Udev fixed my booting without acpi. I rebooted into another linux distro to poke around in /var/log/pacman.log for a bit to see if I could find the offending update. Nothing seemed really suspicious, except for the update to "linux-api-headers." (Anything with "headers" is suspicious. So, I decided I would boot back into Arch and try to downgrade that package. After booting back into Arch, I see that the problem has disappeared...so...I dunno what to say...I have no idea what/how this got fixed, or how I (yes, let's be honest here...it must be "I") broke it in the first place.
Last edited by lasu1 (2010-03-28 00:44:43)

TS3280 How can i enable both paired bluetooth and ios keyboard input at the same time?

How can i enable both paired bluetooth and ios keyboard input at the same time?
This is needed for the app im working on. Need some user input via keypad as well as scanner input via a paired bluetooth scanner.

You probably should not be using a keyboard bluetooth profile for a scanner, I am not a developer for apple so do not know the location for you to find out the correct profile you should be using for an input device that is not a keyboard. Sorry,
I am sure if you navigate the apple developer site you will probaly finmd what you're looking for.
https://developer.apple.com

I have a new mac book pro (sept 2014) and am suddenly stuck on the log-in screen. Keyboard input not working to enter my password. Already tried a basic restart and a cmmnd/ cntrl/ pwr troubleshoot to no effect.

I have a new mac book pro (sept 2014) and am suddenly stuck on the log-in screen. Keyboard input is not working to enter my password. Seems to be a log in issue as keyboard works for forced troubleshooting. (And b/c when I first noticed the problem, I was able to enter my log in password but then everything sort of froze. Now, no ability to enter the password.) Already tried a basic restart and a cmmnd/ cntrl/ pwr troubleshoot to no effect.

Reset PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14204
A new Mac is in warranty for 1 year from the date of purchase.
A new Mac comes with 90 days of free tech support from AppleCare.
AppleCare: 1-800-275-2273
Call AppleCare or take it to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Genius Bar reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
Best.

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