Why is my KeyAdapter acting weird? - please don't move to awt/swing

[elliotHenry]

Hello

Sorry about the title, but my last post got moved and since hasn't had any attention, and yes, I'm new to Java so I feel this is the correct forum to post on. Anyway, onto the issue.

private class Watcher extends KeyAdapter
  @Override
  public void keyPressed(KeyEvent k)
    {
       Character c = k.getKeyChar();
       char cA = c.toUpperCase(c);
       System.out.println(cA);
     }

When I run the code and press a key I get cA twice. What's going on there?

Thanks in advance.

[Norm]

Are you saying your method is being called two times?
There are can be several reasons for that:
How many instances of the class with the method are there?
How many times has an instance of that class been added as a key listener?

[elliotHenry]

Hi Norm

Answers as follows
There is only one instance of the class with the method.
There are 20 times the instance of that class has been added. This is part of my problem(hence the title of the thread). I need to add a key listener to the GUI but don't know where to add it. The only options I have are the buttons or the menu. Everything else is private in the parent class. I think this may be where the issue lies. My menu watcher is fine and my button watcher is fine but the key listener is weird (I can't change the parent class).

Thanks

[DarrylBurke]

Hello

Sorry about the title, but my last post got moved and since hasn't had any attention

Please see http://www.java-forums.org/content/113-forum-rules.html

please don't move to awt/swing

That's not your choice. There's a reason we have separate sections for disparate topics.

I'm moving this thread to AWT/Swing and closing it. Any additional post for the same question may lead to a ban. Please continue the discussion in your original thread, in AWT/Swing.