How can I listen to a TAB key pressed/typed in Java?
private void jTextField1KeyPressed(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) { //cant capture my TAB? System.out.print(evt.getKeyChar()); } What is the simplest way in an java gui to capture the tab key without doing using the focus listening technique? VK_TAB is the tab constant. However: No Tab key-pressed or key-released events are received by the key event listener. This is because the focus subsystem consumes focus traversal keys, such as Tab and Shift Tab. See: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/events/keylistener.html To solve this, apply the following to the component that is firing the