How to do system short cuts cross platform integration in Java?

Question

As you may know, the short-cuts of save in Mac OS X is Cmd+S on Windows is Ctrl+S, and the short cuts of close an application is Cmd+Q

Answer 1

The Toolkit method getMenuShortcutKeyMask() is useful in this context. While the method returns Event.CTRL_MASK on Windows, it returns Event.META_MASK on Mac OS X. The resulting mask can be used to construct the KeyStroke used in a menu item's setAccelerator() method.