Key Listener

[tnrh1]

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to add a Key Listener that will "listen" to a single key when it pressed on a GUI.
I looked for guides and all of them adding the key listener to an instance such as TextArea1.addKey~~
I want they key Listener to work even if the Jar file is minimized and I'm doing somthing else and not only when i'm on a specific textare or somthing.

Any help will be appreciated.

[Norm]

Java can't detect key events when it does not have the focus.

[tnrh1]

So if I'm focused on the Jar window and I want to add a key Listener to a GUI swing for example how would I do that?
Again, all the tutorials showed that the key listener is attached to an instance.. I don't want that .. I want the whole window!

Thanks.

edit: hmmm waitt!! maybe to the panel? I wish I could have now a jde to test it.

edit2: I tried to add a Key Listener to the frame and nothing happend and also to the frame.

[Norm]

I want the whole window!

What class represents the whole window?

[tnrh1]

The JFrame class.
The class sign looks like this: public class ClassName extends JFrame implements KeyListener

And I added this code:
addKeyListener(this);

And the unimplemented methods keyTyped etc ..

[Norm]

Have you looked at Key Binding? That can be easier to use and more reliable.

[tnrh1]

I will check that out,
thank you.