KeyListener in JTextField not working

[AndrewM16921]

I tried adding a KeyAdapter for a JTextField, but it never seems to fire the event. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

chat.addKeyListener(new ChatListener(this, message));

import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class ChatListener extends KeyAdapter
{
	private final NTFrame parent;
	private final JTextField field;
	
	public ChatListener(NTFrame parent, JTextField field)
	{
		this.parent = parent;
		this.field = field;
	}
	
	@Override
	public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
	{
		//System.out.println(e.getKeyCode());
		if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
		{
			String message = field.getText();
			field.setText("");
			parent.messageNormal("Test", message);
			
		}
	}
}

[Fubarable]

Why would you want to do this? Please tell us the details of the problem you are trying to solve with this. Who knows, perhaps you'd be better served using either a DocumentListener or a DocumentFilter.

[AndrewM16921]

Well, imagine an IRC client type of thing. I have a JTextField that users type their messages into. Then, when they hit enter it sends that message to be added to a JTextPane where I format it accordingly. I'm not that familiar with swing, so if there's a better way to do this please let me know! :)

[Fubarable]

Well, imagine an IRC client type of thing. I have a JTextField that users type their messages into. Then, when they hit enter it sends that message to be added to a JTextPane where I format it accordingly. I'm not that familiar with swing, so if there's a better way to do this please let me know! :)

Yes, there is a much better way, and you would most definitely not want to use a KeyListener. Instead, just add an ActionListener to the JTextField, and the code in this will be called when the enter key is pressed.

[AndrewM16921]

Ok, thanks

[Fubarable]

You're welcome. As a general rule, with of course a few exceptions, you will want to avoid using KeyListeners with Swing GUI's.