[SOLVED] Navigate with Cursor keys

[hannehomuth]

Hello Everyone,

is there anything like a TabIndex in a JDialog?. I want to navigate with my cursor keys through the TextFields of my mask (JDialog) but I cant find JDialog.TabIndex or anything like this. What can I use to do this?

Thx for suggestions

[Eranga]

As far as I know there is an automatic order to set the index. It's, automatic indexing are added from left to right and from top to bottom order. I never seen any other way to change this.

[hannehomuth]

mhm, does that mean it is not possible?!?

[Eranga]

No way, there is a solution. But you have to be careful to use it.

FocusTraversalPolicy()

[hannehomuth]

ah ok, i will look at this. Thank you

[Eranga]

Ya, have a try and see. It's not difficult at all. Set the order from one to the other in the order you want. Just like indexing.

[hannehomuth]

Oh thats not what I wanted, the Indexorder is correct, but I can only naviagte with TAB and SHIFT+TAB. And I wanted to navigate with SHIFT + TAB, TAB and with Cursor UP, Cursor DOWN. But you send me in the right Direction. It works with.

public class AddContactView extends javax.swing.JFrame {
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    public AddContactView() {
        initComponents();
        contact = new Contact();
        Set<AWTKeyStroke> forwardKeys = getFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS);
        Set<AWTKeyStroke> backwardKeys = getFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS);
        Set<AWTKeyStroke> newForwardKeys = new HashSet<AWTKeyStroke>(forwardKeys);
        Set<AWTKeyStroke> newBackwardKeys = new HashSet<AWTKeyStroke>(backwardKeys);
        newForwardKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0));
        newBackwardKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP,0));
    
        this.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, newForwardKeys);
        this.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, newBackwardKeys);
    }

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Thank you very much!!!

[Eranga]

It's pleasure at all. I've forget that key strokes there.