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Chris:

Please don't post html.

Have you checked BugParade on this yet?

-Rich

Chris Vinson wrote:
> 
> Clarification:
> Yes, the focusGained() event _is not_ sent to the JCheckBox (as
> advertised in Sun's javadoc).
> However, the actionPerformed event is sent to the JCheckBox!
> The state of the JCheckBox component changes even though the data in
> the component with focus is invalid!
> So, I'd like to rephrase my question::
> 
> Has anyone found a way prevent other components from gaining focus
> receiving an actionPerformed() event when a user's entry in a
> JTextField fails validation?
> I would like to prevent ALL components from receiving focus receiving
> an actionPerformed() event if validation fails.  Is this possible?
> 
> -CV
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Vinson wrote:
> 
> > I'm one of the many who would like Swing to provide a useful
> > validation
> > solution on JTextField components.  On the web yesterday, I read
> > that
> > kestrel, jdk13rc1, contains a new class called InputVerifier so I
> > downloaded it and took it for a spin around the block.
> >
> > Today I ran their test program and verified that focus just not get
> > shifted to another JTextField if validation fails.  However, I added
> > a
> > toolbar and button to the same panel in their test program and found
> > out
> > that this new class does not prevent other components to gain focus
> > when
> > the validation fails.
> >
> > Has anyone found a way prevent other components from gaining focus
> > when
> > a user's entry in a JTextField fails validation?
> > I would like to prevent ALL components from receiving focus if
> > validation fails.  Is this possible?
> >
> > -CV
> > vinson C L @ pebio.com (no spaces)
> >
> > //----------------------code
> > below------------------------------------------
> >
> > import java.awt.*;
> > import java.util.*;
> > import java.awt.event.*;
> > import javax.swing.*;
> >
> >  // This program demonstrates the use of the Swing InputVerifier
> > class.
> >  // It creates two text fields; the first of the text fields expects
> > the
> >
> >  // string "pass" as input, and will allow focus to advance out of
> > it
> >  // only after that string is typed in by the user.
> >
> > public class VerifierTest extends JFrame
> > {
> >   JTextField jTextField1 = new JTextField();
> >   JTextField jTextField2 = new JTextField();
> >   JToolBar jToolBar1 = new JToolBar();
> >   JButton jButton1 = new JButton();
> >
> >  public VerifierTest ()
> >  {
> >    addWindowListener (new MyWAdapter ());
> >
> >     try
> >     {
> >       jbInit();
> >     }
> >     catch(Exception e)
> >     {
> >       e.printStackTrace();
> >     }
> >  }
> >
> >   public static void main (String [] args)
> >   {
> >     Frame f = new VerifierTest ();
> >     f.pack();
> >     f.show();
> >   }
> >
> >   class MyWAdapter extends WindowAdapter
> >   {
> >     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event)
> >     {
> >       System.exit (0);
> >     }
> >   }
> >
> >   class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier
> >   {
> >     public boolean verify(JComponent input)
> >     {
> >       JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
> >       String pass = tf.getText();
> >
> >       boolean bRet = false;
> >
> >       if (pass.equals("pass"))
> >          bRet = true;
> >
> > System.out.println("#verify <" + pass + ">, boolean = " + bRet );
> >
> >       return bRet;
> >     }
> >
> > //    public boolean shouldYieldFocus(JComponent input)
> > //    {
> > //      JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
> > //      String pass = tf.getText();
> > //      boolean bRet = false;
> > //
> > //      if (pass.equals("pass"))
> > //         bRet = true;
> > //
> > //System.out.println("#shouldYieldFocus <" + pass + ">, boolean = "
> > +
> > bRet );
> > //
> > //      return bRet;
> > //    }
> >   }
> >
> >   private void jbInit() throws Exception
> >   {
> >     jTextField1.setText("jTextField1");
> >     jTextField2.setText("jTextField2");
> >     jButton1.setText("jButton1");
> >     jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener()
> >     {
> >       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
> >       {
> >         jButton1_actionPerformed(e);
> >       }
> >     });
> >
> >     this.getContentPane().add(jTextField1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
> >     this.getContentPane().add(jTextField2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
> >     this.getContentPane().add(jToolBar1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
> >     jToolBar1.add(jButton1, null);
> >
> >     jTextField1.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
> >     jTextField2.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
> >   }
> >
> >   void jButton1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
> >   {
> > System.out.println("Button was clicked");
> >   }
> > }

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