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Re: ActionListener

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From: Michael Nguyen
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:00
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Greg,

But neither the space bar or Enter trigger ActionListener.  They only trigger
keyListener.

Michael,

Greg Hamer wrote:

> Pressing the space bar will. Enter is more general as it usually applies no
> matter what control has focus (The cancel button could have focus, but
> pressing enter  usually counts as hitting Ok). So all the controls that dont
> use enter themselves are usually listened to for enter or esc so that the
> right thing can be done.
>
> Michael Nguyen wrote:
>
> > I installed an ActionListener for a awt.Button.  It is invoked only when
> > I
> > click on the button but not when I tab to the button and press the Enter
> > key.
> > To handle the Enter key, I need to install keyListener.  Why doesn't the
> >
> > key press invoke the ActionListener handler ?  What other conditions
> > is the ActionListner handler invoked besides mouseClick ?
> > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Michael,
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