Using High-Level API, need to use KeyRelease just for Lists

Question

I'm coding a MIDlet with High-Level API, but I found that is really annoying to press down 30 times in a long List to reach the item you want to select. So I thought "what about pressing right/left and make it working like pressing down/up like 10 times"?
Something like this:
Canvas canvas = new Canvas() {
         public void paint(Graphics g) { }
         protected void keyPressed(int keyCode) {
            switch(keyCode) {
                case -3:mylist.setSelectedIndex(mylist.getSelectedIndex()-10,true);break;
                case -4:mylist.setSelectedIndex(mylist.getSelectedIndex()+10,true);
      }; // end of anonymous class*/But I have no idea about how to implement this =(

Answer 1

first of all, is there any particular reason you want to stick to the high-level API?
Well, I have already nearly 700 lines of code. I don't want to start from 0 :P
I think the best way to implement this would be to use customItems so you can control the view of the list.
I think that requires MIDP2.0 I'm trying to make it work in MIDP 1.0
The best you could do with high level UI is add navigation Commands to the List.
I have already 2 Commands per List. Not all phones have a button in the center of "cursors", so I use right button for select and left for back/exit.
Thanks for replies anyway