Trapping key Event when DELETE is pressed in the JTAble

Question

I want to trap keyEvent when i press DELETE Key in the JTABLE.

Answer 1

Hi,
you could use InputMap and ActionMap, like below:
      // Read the maps
      InputMap inmap = yourTable.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
      ActionMap actmap = yourTable.getActionMap();
      // Build the action
      Action yourAction = new AbstractAction() {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            //... your event code here...
      // Map DELETE key to the action
      inmap.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE), "Delete");
      actmap.put("Delete", yourAction);I didn't try this with a JTable, but it works perfectly with JList and JTree...
Hope this will help,
Regards.