Help with KeyListener

[armyson]

Hi, I am trying to write a program that basically moves a man across the screen with the 'W' 'A' 'S' and 'D' keys. I have been working for hours trying to figure out what is wrong with my code but I cannot. For some reason my keyListener is never picking up that a key is being pressed.
Here is the code:

package edu.truman.mrsamt;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class SceneComponent extends JComponent 
{
	private ArrayList<ButtonShape> shapes;
	private MoveableMan person;
	private Rectangle boundingBox;
	
	public SceneComponent()
	{
		shapes = new ArrayList<ButtonShape>();
		this.addKeyListener(new 
				KeyAdapter()
				{
					public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
					{
						System.out.println("Key is pressed!");
						if (e.getKeyChar() == 'w')
						{
							System.out.println("A key is pressed!");
							person.translate(0, 1);
							boundingBox.translate(0, 1);
							repaint();
						}
						else if (e.getKeyChar() == 'a')
						{
							person.translate(-1, 0);
							boundingBox.translate(-1, 0);
						}
						else if (e.getKeyChar() == 's')
						{
							person.translate(0, -1);
							boundingBox.translate(0, -1);
							repaint();
						}
						else if (e.getKeyChar() == 'd')
						{
							person.translate(1, 0);
							boundingBox.translate(1, 0);
							repaint();
						}
				
						}
			});
	}
	
	public void add(MoveableMan p)
	{
		person = new MoveableMan(p.getX(), p.getY(), p.getHeight());
		boundingBox = new Rectangle(p.getX(), p.getY()); 
	}
	
	public void add(ButtonShape s)
	{
		shapes.add(s);
		repaint();
	}
	
	public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
	{
		Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
		person.draw(g2);
		for(ButtonShape s: shapes)
		{
			s.paintComponent(g2);
		}
	}
}

[Norm]

Does the component with the key listener have the focus? Is that component able to get the focus?
Read the API doc for the JComponent class. It has several links to the tutorial about the Focus subsystem and about how to handle keystrokes.
Java Platform SE 6