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JDialog is specify that pressing the Escape key cancels the dialog
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import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JRootPane;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
class EscapeDialog extends JDialog {
public EscapeDialog() {
super((Frame) null, false);
}
protected JRootPane createRootPane() {
JRootPane rootPane = new JRootPane();
KeyStroke stroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ESCAPE");
Action actionListener = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
System.out.println("about to disappear");
setVisible(false);
}
};
InputMap inputMap = rootPane.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
inputMap.put(stroke, "ESCAPE");
rootPane.getActionMap().put("ESCAPE", actionListener);
return rootPane;
}
}
public class EscapeDialogTest {
public static void main(String[] a) {
EscapeDialog dlg = new EscapeDialog();
dlg.add(new JButton("asdf"));
dlg.setSize(300, 100);
dlg.setVisible(true);
}
}
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