I search for an answer to my problem but nothing helps. Here is my code:
jtf = new JTextField(15);
jtf.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
{
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent evt)
{
if(evt.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
{
jb.doClick();
}
}
});
How can I trigger JButton when pressing enter in a JTextField or panel or whatever else?
edit: solved!
private class ListenForButton implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Object source = e.getSource();
if (source == jb2) {
System.exit(0);
} else if (source == jb) {
..
} else {
..
}
}
catch (SQLException | HeadlessException a) {
..
}
} else if (source == jtf) // its work now
{
jb.doClick();
}
}
Can you give us more context?
I tried adding a enter listener on the text field and it seems to be working just fine, here is my code.
package com.apixandru.jvshot;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import static java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST;
import static javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog;
/**
* @author Alexandru-Constantin Bledea
* @since Sep 12, 2016
*/
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JButton jb = new JButton("Search");
jb.addActionListener((evt) -> showMessageDialog(null, "Button 'clicked'"));
JTextField jtf = new JTextField(15);
jtf.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent evt) {
if (evt.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
jb.doClick();
}
}
});
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panel.add(jtf);
panel.add(jb, EAST);
panel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setContentPane(panel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}