Rotating with keyboard

Question

Hi all,
i'm new to Java 3D, and i've seen several examples of rotating a cube using the mouse (with the MouseRotate object). The thing is that i want to rotate a cube using the keyboard...
Does anyone knows of an example (source code) where i can see a rotation made using keyboard control?
I've tried writing a KeyListener object, and on my KeyListener i tried to rotate using the methods rotX() and rotY(); but it didn't work exactly how i wanted. When i write:
rotX(...);
rotY(...);
only the rotY(...) makes effect; and when i write:
rotY(...);
rotX(...);
only the rotX makes effect. But i want to rotate both at the same time.
Well,
i appreciate any help,
Thanks,
Vic.

Answer 1

Could not find any solution in the forum so I am posting mine. I simply generate mouse events that simulate specific mouse behavior. These events are dispatched to the 3d canvas.
    final int DELTA = 4;
    public void rotateX(boolean clockWise) {
        // Drag with left button down
        generateMouseDragEvent(clockWise ? DELTA : -DELTA, 0, MouseEvent.BUTTON1);
    public void rotateY(boolean clockWise) {
        // Drag with left button down
        generateMouseDragEvent(0, clockWise ? DELTA : -DELTA, MouseEvent.BUTTON1);
    public void zoom(boolean zoomIn) {
        // Drag with mouse wheel button down
        generateMouseDragEvent(0, zoomIn ? DELTA : -DELTA, MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL);
    private void generateMouseDragEvent(int dx, int dy, int modifiers) {
        final int X = 100;
        final int Y = 100;
        canvas3D.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(
                canvas3D,
                MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED,
                System.currentTimeMillis(),
                modifiers,
                X,
                Y,
                1,
                false));
        canvas3D.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(
                canvas3D,
                MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED,
                System.currentTimeMillis(),
                modifiers,
                X + dx,
                Y + dy,
                1,
                false));
        canvas3D.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(
                canvas3D,
                MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED,
                System.currentTimeMillis(),
                modifiers,
                X + dx,
                Y + dy,
                1,
                false));
    }