Zoom follows keyboard focus - or dies it?
is there any way of getting "Zoom follows keyboard focus" to work in Pages documents which were originally created in docx.?
Guys - can I add more info? Apologies if its bad form to reply to your own post ...
Basically, it would seem that something within zoom has gone completely kaput. I say this because I just noticed that zoom was not actually switched on in system preferences! Yet i could still zoom with the control key pressed and scrolling on my magic mouse. Turning it on made no difference to the problems above btw - just thought I'd mention it. Further, the option that says "show preview rectangle when zoomed out" does not work under any circumstances.
Tony
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Zoom follows keyboard focus doesn't work?
"zoom follows keyboard focus" does not work. I am using Pages and massively hampered by the erratic function of "zoom follows keyboard focus". The quality of zoom is excellent but this core function's non functioning is appalling.
any solutions?Still a problem with Firefox 17.0.
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Switching windows in Linux/Firefox loses keyboard focus. Workarounds?
Hi,
I've been stumbling on an issue in which an applet gets into a state where it can receive mouse events but not keyboard events. This state occurs some of the time when switching from a non-modal dialog to the applet.
I've witnessed this behavior on:
Linux (fc8), Firefox 3.0.10, Java plug-in 1.6.0_13, Gnome 2.20.3
Sun Solaris (5.10), Firefox 3.0.8, Java plug-in 1.6.0_12, Sun Java Desktop System or CDE
I can not reproduce this behavior using appletviewer, nor can I reproduce it on the Mac (Opera/Firefox/Safari), nor on Windows (Firefox/IE).
I've crafted some code that shows the behavior:
FocusApplet.java:
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.beans.*;
public class FocusApplet extends JApplet {
JTextArea infoText;
Object activeWindow;
Object focusOwner;
Object permanentFocusOwner;
Applet contains two components.
NORTH: Text field
CENTER: Info text
The info text is updated whenever the following
KeyboardFocusManager properties change:
activeWindow
focusOwner
permanentFocusOwner
public void init(){
JTextField tf = new JTextField("Type here");
infoText = new JTextArea();
infoText.setEditable(false);
infoText.setLineWrap(true);
infoText.setWrapStyleWord(true);
infoText.setBorder(new EtchedBorder());
this.add(infoText, BorderLayout.CENTER);
this.add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
KeyboardFocusManager focusManager =
KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager();
activeWindow=focusManager.getActiveWindow();
permanentFocusOwner=focusManager.getPermanentFocusOwner() ;
focusOwner=focusManager.getFocusOwner() ;
updateText();
focusManager.addPropertyChangeListener(
new PropertyChangeListener() {
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) {
String prop = e.getPropertyName();
if ("focusOwner".equals(prop)) {
focusOwner = e.getNewValue();
updateText();
} else if ("permanentFocusOwner".equals(prop)) {
permanentFocusOwner = e.getNewValue();
updateText();
} else if ("activeWindow".equals(prop)) {
activeWindow = e.getNewValue();
updateText();
// Create non-modal dialog
JDialog jdl = new JDialog((Frame)null,"Extra dialog",
false/*modal*/);
jdl.setSize (300,550);
jdl.setVisible(true);
public void updateText() {
infoText.setText("Active window: "+getName(activeWindow)+
"\nFocus owner: "+getName(focusOwner)+
"\nPermanent focus owner: "+getName(permanentFocusOwner));
public String getName(Object obj) {
return (obj==null) ? "null" : obj.getClass().getName();
}Applet HTML:
<applet code="FocusApplet.class" width="400" height="400"></applet>When I run this applet, I can click on the text field ("Type here") and enter text. Then, I switch between the empty dialog box and the applet using the window manager. (I.e., clicking on the dialog, then clicking on the applet.) Sometimes I see the following Keyboard Focus settings when I bring the applet to the front:
Active window: sun.plugin.viewer.frame.XNetscapeEmbeddedFrame
Focus owner: javax.swing.JTextField
Permanent focus owner: javax.swing.JTextField
In this case, clicking on the text field will allows the user to edit text. Good! However, 10%-50% of the time I get the following settings after I bring the applet to the front:
Active window: null
Focus owner: null
Permanent focus owner: javax.swing.JTextField
In this case, I can click on the applet, and I can highlight text in the text field, but I can not edit the text. (No carat appears. Bad!) Since there is no keyboard focus owner, the applet appears non-responsive.
I have a few questions:
1. Is this a Java plug-in bug? A Firefox bug? Who do I file a bug with, assuming there's not something I'm missing?
2. Can anyone suggest a workaround?
Thanks,
-David-I noticed the problem too. Is there any fix or workaround? Friends using Windows say that all is ok.
Linux x86_64 (Gentoo), Firefox 3.5.1, jre 1.6.0.15. -
I have been experiencing several issues with my MacBook Pro Retina mid 2012. My MBPR is scheduled to go into the depot. However, I am wondering if anyone may be able to shed light on a few issues as this is the third "official" time my MBPR is going back for service ("one depot" trip; "one authorized" dealer; several in-store visits).
My Bluetooth is stating that the Bluetooth Chipset is Unknown (0). I also have had Bluetooth Preferences mysteriously change on me. In addition, while Bluetooth is off there are two serial modems turning on. I have turned them off, but they continue to pop up.
In addition, when I log in, my MBPR is not remembering me and my login name is not appearing on the slate-gray screen. The name and password are blank and the following message appears in the lower left hand corner. "login window authentication login window Name edit text has keyboard focus." As a side note, I am the only user. The login issue is a recent occurrence as we just totally wiped it again via a Command + R, and I don't believe I have an accessibility setting set to anything that would cause this, but wanted to check.
Should I be concerned here? Has anyone else had issues like this? I don't want to worry if I don't have to. I have had so many issues over the course of nine months. 5-6 wipes. Airport card replaced and I am about to pull my hair out if my MBPR doesn't come back worldly like clock work this time. I just can't send my days trying to get a $2300 product to work for me any longer. No idea what is wrong with it, but it is driving me insane. Cross your fingers for me and any guidance you have or thoughts would be welcomed. Thank you. EMMA few more issues...
In Console, the following is greyed out:
User and Diagnostic reports
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.0
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.88
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.89
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.92
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.97
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.200
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.201
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.202
Com.apple.launchd.peruser.212
*[user logs are accessible]
Krb5kdc
Radius
My guest files are locked, but again I am the administrator of MBPR.
I am worried about a keystroke logged or at least, trying to rule it out.
Also:
Mdworker32(225) [and other mdworker numbers] are sandboxing; stating deny Mach-lookup
Com.apple.Powermanagement.control, etc. long attachment with those files with version: ??? (???).
Postinstall: removing applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
WARNINGS in Console include:
[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 19.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction] instead.
There are a ton of other warnings. Before I go through this again, can someone tell me if this is normal (all of it -- above too); or if these are symptoms is a keystroke logger or hardware issues?
I ask because originally, when my computer went in for diagnostics (more than once), Apple stated the hardware was fine (other than Airport Card -- finally). However, if I've done 5-6 total wipes; created new users; do not have sharing set-up; have not played around in Terminal; and am up-to-date with versions -- and various issues KEEP COMING BACK -- I am left wondering if a keystroke logger would be possible here?!? I thought maybe a faulty logic board, but why would diagnostics be okay, then? Not trying to be hyperbole, just desperate.
Please help me rule keystroke logger out or at least, tell me so I know, so I can take appropriate action. If you think it could be the logic board with symptoms above, that would be a great too.
All I want to do is use the computer as intended, but I can't seem to get a real answer, so after nine months -- I am turning to the communities to see if anyone -- anyone at all -- can help. The last thing I can do is have the MBPR come back from the depot and the same thing occur. Any guidance or advice would be so gratefully appreciated. -
Why does the keyboard focus keep switching to the menu bar?
Does anyone else have the problem of Photoshop CS6 constantly setting the keyboard focus to the menu bar? This makes it difficult to use shortcuts.
Typical examples: I want to switch to the Move tool, so I press V, but instead, the View menu drops down. Or I press T for the Type tool, but instead, the Filter menu drops down. This happens often and it's very annoying.
This also happens in Premiere Pro CS6, and happens on both my Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines. Doesn't happen in other applications, and is not related to actually using a menu, i.e. if I choose something from a menu, then press V, Photoshop will often work correctly and activate the Move tool. This behavior seems to happen randomly.Alt doesn't really "unhide" the menu bar (speaking of Photoshop), but it's always been the introducer of keyboard operations for "keyboard accessbility" - i.e., operation of Windows applications without mouse.
Alt causes little underlines to show up under the key characters of menu items, and prepares the system for the next character being typed to open a menu - so for example you press something like 'e' and the Edit menu pulls down. Now you use an arrow key to move to the next item, or maybe a single character that's associated with one of the menu entries.
Photoshop's goals for using modifier keys kind of conflict with this. They've apparently tried to reach a balance where using the Alt key to modify some operation cancels the introduction of the next menu item.
But I don't think it's possible to be perfect at that, especially for example if the user presses Alt, decides not to do the operation he was thinking about doing (e.g., zooming out), then just releases the key. Another factor might be the habits people get into for choosing tools.
As a contrast, one person might not press the Alt key until they're sure they're going to do something with it (e.g., zoom out), and that same person might only choose tools from the Tools panel by clicking on them. Another person might press the Alt key sometimes, but then stop before doing the operation it modifies. That same person might be in the habit of choosing tools by their letter (e.g., E for eraser). It's clear to see how the first person might never get into a condition where the menu introducer key (Alt) leaves them in a state where a menu opens inadvertently, while the latter might see it regularly.
As far as why Photoshop might get into a mode where the menu introduction occurs when you HAVEN'T pressed the Alt key, I don't know; I certainly haven't seen that reported much if at all here on the forum.
-Noel -
Panel problem: Lost keyboard focus in Photoshop on Mac OSX
Some background: I making a plugin that consists of some photoshop scripts and a panel created in Adobe Configurator. Basically the panel has some buttons which executes some functions in the script. The plugin is described in greater detail and can be downloaded here http://lumens.se/tychpanel
The problem: To reproduce the problem, do the following:
Give the panel focus by clicking somewhere on it.
Switch to another application, then back to Photoshop. Keyboard focus is lost.
Any ideas why this happens, and what to do about it?
Note: this is somewhat of a cross-post started at http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4021&sid=d3c3d77dd128984f8ee30252f0f4cf2a however, as I think it's more of a Configurator / Panel issue rather than a scripting issue I'm now asking here as well.many and different problems around photoshop keyboard,
also when a panel is not involved, as you can see here
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3437082
Have you updated to the latest osx version?
if not try 10.6.7 that could solve some problem with the keyboard
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2011/03/mac-10-6-7-fixes-photoshop-cs5-conflicts.html
other suggestions could be :
- duplicate the default photoshop keyboard and create a new workspace
or
- try creating a new user account and test there -
On a page like http://www.ori.uzh.ch/links.html, clicking a link opens a new tab, and after closing that tab, you can move to the next link with the tabulator key. On that site, it still works with Firefox 5. I also worked on our project site (password secured, sorry) with Firefox up to 3.6.18. But now, if I open a link with the mouse, close that tab again and press the tab key, the focus just goes to the first clickable button, as if I had not clicked any button previously. If I open a link by tab key and "enter", the keyboard focus is preserved on that button. But there are many many buttons on our pages, and they reload frequently.
BTW I adjusted the system preferences, so that the keyboard focus moves between all controls. (see http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/1505/Tab-key-to-select-form-elements-in-Firefox-on-the-Mac). But I don't think the problem is related to that.I found out that our buttons are no links, but input tags, type="submit". I'll discuss the problem with our programmer.
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Bug Report: The keyboard focus doesn't automatical...
Bug Report: When a conversation window opens, the focus doesn't automatically land in the chat entry text field.
Since the new interface for Skype was introduced officially in Skype 7.0, there is a bug with the system/keyboard focus for a new conversation window. When Skype is in "Split Window View" and each new conversation automatically pops up in a separate window, the system/keyboard focus doesn't land in the chat entry edit field. Instead, the user has to press Shift+TAB a couple of times, to move it there and reply to the chat message received. This especially problematic for screen reader users, who rely on keyboard navigation. This mainly occurs when a new conversation is started with an incoming message, but it sometimes occurs when moving the focus out of that conversation window and later back in it again (while it is still opened).
Steps to reproduce it:
1. From "View" menu, activate the "Split Window View", if it is not already enabled.
2. From Tools -> Options -> IM & SMS -> IM settings, enable "Open a new window when I receive a new message in Split Window View", if it is not already enabled.
3. From Tools -> Options -> Advanced, activate "Enable accessible mode", if it is not already enabled.
4. Activate the "Save" button, to save the changes.
5. Close all windows, related to Skype. You may keep only the main window opened.
6. Tell someone to send you a chat message. When the message arrives, Move the system focus to the conversation window in question, preferably with Alt+TAB. The system/keyboard will not land in the chat entry edit field as it did in Skype 6.21 and earlier and as it should by default, but in some unknown place in the window.
7. Move the system/keyboard focus in the chat entry edit field and keep it there.
8. Switch to another window, preferably from another application.
9. With Alt+TAB, switch back to the window of the opened Skype conversation. There is a chance that the system/keyboard focus will not land in the chat entry edit field as it did in Skype 6.21 and earlier and as it should do by default, but again in some unknown place in the conversation window. But that is harder to reproduce.
Test environment:
- Operating system: Windows 8.1 Pro N, 64-bit, in Bulgarian with all locale settings set to "Bulgarian".
- Skype version: 7.0.0.102 for Desktop.This is a known problem, but Skype have not given us an estimated time for a fix.
Traditionally, Skype updates have been roughly monthly, so we are due a new version sometime soon. Many of us here are hoping that is has a bunch of fixes for the UI, the focus problem being one of them.
Sean Ellis - uses Skype chat for serious work
Click here to read my blog post on Skype 7 and basic principles of GUI design -
Loss of keyboard focus in Java appl running under linux
I have a small sample program that replicates my problem. When this program is run a window is created. If you select File->New another instance of the program window is created. Now if you try to go back and bring to front the first window, keyboard focus is not
transferred when run under linux. You can only type in the second window. The expected behavior does happen in Windows.
> uname -a
Linux watson 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Mar 19 11:38:26 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
java -versionjava version "1.5.0_11"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)
javac -versionjavac 1.5.0_11
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class SwingWindow extends JFrame {
SwingWindow() {
super("SwingWindow");
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
JMenuItem newItem = new JMenuItem("New");
newItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
SwingWindow.createAndShowGUI();
fileMenu.add(newItem);
menuBar.add(fileMenu);
setJMenuBar(menuBar);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
JTextField text = new JTextField(200);
getContentPane().add(text);
pack();
setSize(700, 275);
public static void createAndShowGUI() {
JFrame frame = new SwingWindow();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}You can implement the FocusListener interface. When
the first JFrame gains focus, call
text.requestFocusInWindow(). I hope this helps.The call requestFocusInWindow is not helping, perhaps even making it worse.
The problem seems to be that I am in the situation where the call
KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getPermanentFocusOwner()
is returning the expected Component. The problem is that the KeyListener class that is registered with the Component is not being called when a key is being pressed.
The issue is that I have a component that has the keyboard focus, but the KeyListener class
is not responding.
This seems to be a linux only problem which makes it only mysterious. -
Ok, i have a JTextField which is initially disabled. A JPanel draws some stuff and receives keyboard input. When i enable the textfield, type some stuff, then press Esc (which disables it), i cant get the keyboard focus back on the JPanel. Here is an example:
(you can move the red circle before you enable the textfield, after you disable it, you cant move it anymore).
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.util.Vector;
public class example extends JPanel implements ActionListener,Runnable {
JFrame frame;
JMenuBar menubar;
JMenu m_file;
JMenuItem mi_open,mi_close;
JPanel canvas,northpanel;
JTextField textfield;
Image canvasimg;
Thread thread=new Thread(this);
private Image dbImage; // for flickering
private Graphics dbg; // for flickering
int x1=400,y1=200;
public example() {
frame = new JFrame("Example"); // window
frame.setLayout(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000,700));
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
northpanel=new JPanel();
northpanel.setLayout(null);
northpanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000,20)); northpanel.setLocation(0,0);
menubar=new JMenuBar();
m_file=new JMenu("File");
mi_open=new JMenuItem("Open");
mi_close=new JMenuItem("Close");
m_file.add(mi_open);
m_file.add(mi_close);
m_file.getPopupMenu().setLightWeightPopupEnabled(false);
menubar.add(m_file);
northpanel.add(menubar);
menubar.setLocation(0,0); menubar.setSize(80,20);
textfield=new JTextField();
northpanel.add(textfield);
textfield.setSize(200,20); textfield.setLocation(500,0);
textfield.setEnabled(false);
frame.add(northpanel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
canvas=new JPanel();
canvas.setLayout(null);
canvas.setSize(1000,600);
canvas.setBackground(Color.white);
frame.add(canvas,BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
thread.start(); // start the thread
textfield.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){
textfield.setEnabled(true);
textfield.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e){
int key=e.getKeyCode();
if(key==27){ // esc
textfield.setEnabled(false);
canvas.setEnabled(true); // not working
canvas.requestFocus();
canvas.requestFocusInWindow();
frame.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e){
int key=e.getKeyCode();
if(key==37){ //left
x1-=5;
if(key==38){ //up
y1-=5;
if(key==39){ //right
x1+=5;
if(key==40){ //down
y1+=5;
// Create the GUI and show it.
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
example ex = new example();
public void run(){
while(true){
try{
if(canvasimg==null)repaint();
Graphics g=canvas.getGraphics();
update(g);
thread.sleep(30); // 1 sec
} catch(InterruptedException ex){}
// ActionPerformed handles button and menu events
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
public void update (Graphics g){ // get rid of flicker
if (dbImage == null){
dbImage = canvas.createImage (canvas.getSize().width, canvas.getSize().height);
dbg = dbImage.getGraphics ();
dbg.setColor (canvas.getBackground ());
dbg.fillRect (0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
dbg.setColor (canvas.getForeground());
paint (dbg);
g.drawImage (dbImage, 0, 0, this);
public void paint(Graphics g){
g.drawImage(canvasimg,0,0,this);
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.fillOval(x1,y1,10,10);
public void repaint(){
if(canvas!=null && canvasimg==null)canvasimg=canvas.createImage(1000,670);
if(canvasimg==null)return;
Graphics g=canvasimg.getGraphics();
if(g==null)return;
g.setColor(Color.white);
g.fillRect(0,0,1000,600);
}OK great guru since you're so damn confident that you're doing everything right, find out for yourself why this works and yours doesn't.
I could list a few dozen things wrong with your code, but I'd be wasting my keystrokes.import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TextFieldDisableNoProblem extends JPanel {
JPanel northPanel;
JMenuBar menubar;
JMenu m_file;
JMenuItem mi_open,mi_close;
JTextField textField;
int x1 = 400;
int y1 = 200;
public TextFieldDisableNoProblem () {
setBackground (Color.WHITE);
addKeyListener (new KeyAdapter () {
public void keyPressed (KeyEvent e){
int key = e.getKeyCode ();
switch (key) {
case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:
x1 -= 5;
break;
case KeyEvent.VK_UP:
y1 -= 5;
break;
case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT:
x1 += 5;
break;
case KeyEvent.VK_DOWN:
y1 += 5;
break;
repaint ();
void makeUI () {
JFrame frame = new JFrame ("");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation (JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize (600, 500);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo (null);
menubar=new JMenuBar ();
m_file=new JMenu ("File");
mi_open=new JMenuItem ("Open");
mi_close=new JMenuItem ("Close");
m_file.add (mi_open);
m_file.add (mi_close);
menubar.add (m_file);
frame.setJMenuBar (menubar);
textField=new JTextField ();
textField.setEnabled (false);
textField.setBounds (200, 0, 200, 20);
textField.addMouseListener (new MouseAdapter (){
public void mousePressed (MouseEvent e){
textField.setEnabled (true);
textField.addKeyListener (new KeyAdapter () {
public void keyPressed (KeyEvent e){
int key = e.getKeyCode ();
if(key == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE){
textField.setEnabled (false);
requestFocus ();
northPanel=new JPanel ();
northPanel.setLayout (null);
northPanel.setPreferredSize (new Dimension (600,20));
northPanel.add (textField);
frame.add (northPanel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add (this, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setVisible (true);
requestFocus ();
public void paintComponent (Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent (g);
g.setColor (Color.RED);
g.fillOval (x1, y1, 10, 10);
public static void main (String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater (new Runnable () {
public void run () {
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated (true);
new TextFieldDisableNoProblem ().makeUI ();
}db -
JComboBox popup list remains open after losing keyboard focus
Hi,
I have noticed a strange JComboBox behavior. When you click on the drop down arrow to show the popup list, and then press the Tab key, the keyboard focus moves to the next focusable component, but the popup list remains visible.
I have included a program that demonstrates the behavior. Run the program, click the drop down arrow, then press the Tab key. The cursor will move into the JTextField but the combo box's popup list is still visible.
Does anyone know how I can change this???
Thanks for any help or ideas.
--Yeath
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Test extends JFrame
public Test()
super( "Test Application" );
this.getContentPane().setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
Box box = Box.createHorizontalBox();
this.getContentPane().add( box, BorderLayout.CENTER );
Vector<String> vector = new Vector<String>();
vector.add( "Item" );
vector.add( "Another Item" );
vector.add( "Yet Another Item" );
JComboBox jcb = new JComboBox( vector );
jcb.setEditable( true );
JTextField jtf = new JTextField( 10 );
box.add( jcb );
box.add( jtf );
public static void main( String[] args )
Test test = new Test();
test.pack();
test.setVisible( true );
test.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
}ran your code on 1.5.0_3, observed problem as stated.
even though the cursor is merrily blinking in the textfield, you have to click into
the textfield to dispose the dropdown
ran your code on 1.4.2_08, no problems at all - tabbing into textfield immediately
disposed the dropdown
another example of 'usual' behaviour (involving focus) breaking between 1.4 and 1.5
the problem is that any workaround now, may itself be broken in future versions -
Calling1.4.1 signed applet from Javascript causes keyboard/focus problems
Pretty sure there's a JRE bug here, but I'm posting to forums before I open one in case I'm missing something obvious :-)
This issue may be specific to IE, I haven't tested elsewhere yet. Our web application is centered around a signed applet that is initialized with XML data via Javascript. We first noticed the problem when our users started upgrading from the 1.3.x plug-in to the 1.4.x plug-in. The major symptom was that shortcut keys stopped working. I debugged the problem off and on for about a month before I boiled it down to a very simple program that demonstrates the issue (included below). Basically, the program has a function that adds a JButton to a JPanel and registers a keyboard listener (using the new DefaultKeyboardFocusManager class) that prints a message to the console. This function is called by the applet's init() method, as well as by a public method that can be called from Javascript (called callMeFromJavascript()). I also included a very simple HTML file that provides a button that calls the callMeFromJavascript() method. You can test this out yourself: To recreate, compile the class below, JAR it up, sign the JAR, and put in the same dir with the HTML file. Load the HTML file in IE 5.0 or greater, and bring the console up in a window right next to it. Now click the button that says init--you should see the small box appear inside the button that indicates it has the focus. Now press some keys on your keyboard. You should see "KEY PRESSED!!!" appearing in the console. This is proper behavior. Now click the Init Applet from Javascript button. It has removed the button called init, and added one called "javascript". Press this button. Notice there is no focus occurring. Now press your keyboard. No keyboard events are registered.
Where is gets interesting is that if you go back and make this an unsigned applet, and try it again, everything works fine. This bug only occurs if the applet is signed.
Furthermore, if you try it in 1.3, signed or unsigned, it also works. So this is almost certainly a 1.4 bug.
Anyone disagree? Better yet, anyone have a workaround? I've tried everything I could think of, including launching a thread from the init() method that sets up the components, and then just waits for the data to be set by Javascript. But it seems that ANY communication between the method called by Javascript and the code originating in init() corrupts something and we don't get keyboard events. This bug is killing my users who are very reliant on their shortcut keys for productivity, and we have a somewhat unique user interface that relies on Javascript for initialization. Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
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Java Applet (Put it in a signed JAR called mainapplet.jar)
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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class MainApplet extends JApplet implements KeyEventDispatcher
JPanel test;
public void init()
System.out.println("init called");
setUp("init");
public void callMeFromJavascript()
System.out.println("callMeFromJavascript called");
setUp("javascript");
private void setUp(String label)
getContentPane().removeAll();
test = new JPanel();
getContentPane().add( test );
JButton button = new JButton(label);
test.add( button );
test.updateUI();
DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().addKeyEventDispatcher(this);
public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent e)
System.out.println("== KEY PRESSED!!! ==");
return false;
}================================================================
HTML
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<form>
<APPLET code="MainApplet" archive="mainapplet.jar" align="baseline" id="blah"
width="200" height="400">
No Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition v 1.4.1 support for APPLET!!
</APPLET>
<p>
<input type="button" onClick="document.blah.callMeFromJavascript();" value="Init Applet via Javascript">
</form>I tried adding the requestFocus() line you suggested... Same behavior.
A good thought, but as I mention in my description, the applet has no trouble gaining the focus initially (when init() is called). From what I have seen, it is only when the call stack has been touched by Javascript that I see problems. This is strange though: Your post gave me the idea of popping the whole panel into a JFrame... I tried it, and the keyboard/focus problem went away! It seems to happen only when the component hierarchy is descended from the JApplet's content pane. So that adds yet another variable: JRE 1.4 + Signed + Javascript + components descended from JApplet content pane.
And yes, signed or unsigned DOES seem to make a difference. Don't ask me to explain why, but I have run this little applet through quite a few single variable tests (change one variable and see what happens). The same JAR that can't receive keyboard events when signed, works just fine unsigned. Trust me, I'm just as baffled as you are. -
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The ShowDialog method will block the current thread. If you want to continue working with Outlook objects you need to use the Show method instead. The key fact is that both methods (Show and ShowDialog) accepts an instance of the IWin32Window interface
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To get the HWND of an Outlook explorer object (e.g. Application.ActiveExplorer), cast it to IOleWindow and call IOleWindow.GetWindow(). Also you may find the
How to get the IWin32Window for Outlook
article helpful. -
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