turning off key-repeat

[gib65]

Is there a way to turn off key-repeat in a Java program? I'm talking about when you press a key down and after about a second it repeats continuously.

[Fubarable]

I think that this is controlled by the OS and not by Java. If I'm correct, then no, there's no way to change this behavior in Java.

[crikey]

If this is a GUI, you can right up a key listener. Inside this listener, if the System.getCurrentTimeMillis() between two keytypes is less then 100ms, you can set the JComponent to disabled.

[gib65]

I think that this is controlled by the OS and not by Java. If I'm correct, then no, there's no way to change this behavior in Java.

Does Java have utilities for talking to the OS?

[Dennis]

You can use this:

			boolean b = false;
			public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
				if(!b){
					//Here the code
				}
				b = true;
			}

			public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
				b = false;
			}