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How to disable CONTROL+PAGE_UP of a JTabbedPane?

How to disable the default behavior of CONTROL+PAGE_UP and CONTROL+PAGE_DOWN of a JTabbedPane?

Solution

  • The following code disables the usual behavior 

    JTabbedPane jTabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
KeyStroke ctrlTab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ctrl PAGE_DOWN");
KeyStroke ctrlShiftTab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ctrl PAGE_UP");
InputMap inputMap = jTabbedPane.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
inputMap.put(ctrlTab, "none");
inputMap.put(ctrlShiftTab, "none");

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