Key typed event: getKeyCode() returns 0

Question

I want to write this listener to the "keyTyped" event.(Not keyPressed event) Here's my code.

 private void jTableKeyTyped(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) {                               
    if (evt.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.VK_ENTER){
         int y = evt.getKeyCode();
         System.out.println(y);
    }
}     

The problem is that for any key is being typed, the results is 0. Why this isn't working.

Answer 1

key typed events: the getKeyCode method always returns VK_UNDEFINED which returns 0.

If you want to know when any key is pressed or released, you need to implement keyPressed() or keyReleased()

key pressed and key released events, the getKeyCode method returns the event's keyCode

See KeyEvent