Need key events in JPanel

Question

I can't receive key events in a JPanel, and need to figure out how. While the JDialog I added my JPanel to originally could catch these, once I added more components (like a JTextBox and JCheckBox), neither my panel nor dialog caught any key events at all. Isn't there some way when my panel has focus to capture and respond to key press events?
Thanks,
Mark McKay
http://www.kitfox.com

Answer 1

This works for a JFrame, didn't test it on a JDialog:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PanelEvents extends JFrame
     public PanelEvents()
          JPanel main = new JPanel();
          main.setPreferredSize( new Dimension(300, 300) );
          main.setFocusable(true);
          getContentPane().add( main );
          main.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter()
               public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
                    e.getComponent().requestFocusInWindow();
                    System.out.println(e.getPoint());
          main.addKeyListener( new KeyAdapter()
               public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)
                    System.out.println(e.getKeyChar());
          getContentPane().add(new JTextField(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          JFrame frame = new PanelEvents();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
          frame.pack();
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
          frame.setVisible(true);
}