Re: Keyboard-shortcuts to JButtons

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From: Gavster McRavster
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:00

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yep - you need accelerator jeys - these are available for menu options -
which are extenstions of jbutton so i see no problem in implementing these
if you cn find the right code!
Felix Lipov <felix.lipov@thortech.com> wrote in message
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> I'm using a JToolbar with several JButtons, running WinNT. I want to be
> able to use keyboard shortcuts to access them (e.g. CTRL-Q). I tried
> setMnemonic('q'), but that requires an ALT-Q, but I want CTRL-Q. I tried
> adding a KeyListener, but it only works when the JToolbar has focus and
> that's not accepable because you need to be able to use the
> keyboard-shortcuts at any point in the app. Any ideas?

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