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Does JTextField have a getEditor() method?


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();
        }
    }

Solution

  • 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);
    
        }
    
    }