KeyListener not working

Question

For some reason, my KeyListener just isn\'t responding to KeyPressed events.

If it matters, I\'m on Ubuntu 12.04. It should be printing \"Key Pressed\" whenever a k

Answer 1

• Call super.paintComponent (not related to you question, but will solve some issues later on)
• Make the component "focusable" - Component#setFocusable
• Use key bindings over KeyListener
• Use Component#requestFocusInWindow over Component#requestFocus...

From the Java Docs

Because the focus behavior of this method is platform-dependent, developers are strongly encouraged to use requestFocusInWindow when possible