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I believe that is what the .consume() method is for, as in

void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) {
  e.consume();
  super.processKeyEvent(e);
}

This will stop the parent container(s) from seeing the event.

Stuart Morse wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Today I extended the regular awt TextField object in order to
> overload the TextField's processKeyEvent method. This allowed
> me to trap key stroke events and act on them. However it appears
> that unless you call super.processKeyEvent somewhere in your
> new method the event gets passed up to the super object and is
> processed anyway. This appears similar to the behaviour under
> java 1.0.X when an overloaded event handling method returned
> false.
>
> I would like to avoid passing the event to the super object under
> certain circumstances. Any ideas?
>
> Stuart Morse