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From: Knute Johnson <september@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: event listener (how to)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:27:38 -0700
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On 8/8/2011 7:16 PM, wee wrote:
> hello,
>
> i added an actionListener to a JButton. it works well when i click it
> with a mouse. if i put the focus on the button using the tab key and
> press the keyboard enter key, nothing happens. my question then is,
> how can i make the JButton react to both mouse click and the keyboard
> enter key? do i need to add a keypressed listener on top of the
> actionListener? any help would be appreciated.
>
> thank you.

Look at JRootPane.setDefaultButton().

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Knute Johnson