I have a JTable with editable cells. When I click in a cell, it enters edit mode; the same happens when I'm moving through cell using the directional arrows.
Now I want to select the cell instead of start editing, and edit the cell only when the Enter key is pressed.
If any other information is needed, please just ask for it.
Edit: Action for Enter key
class EnterAction extends AbstractAction {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JTable tbl = (JTable) e.getSource();
tbl.editCellAt(tbl.getSelectedRow(), tbl.getSelectedColumn());
if (tbl.getEditorComponent() != null) {
tbl.getEditorComponent().requestFocus();
}
}
}
Now this is for left arrow action the rest of 3 are not hard to deduce from this one:
class LeftAction extends AbstractAction {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JTable tbl = (JTable)e.getSource();
tbl.requestFocus();
tbl.changeSelection(tbl.getSelectedRow(), tbl.getSelectedColumn() > 0 ? tbl.getSelectedColumn()-1:tbl.getSelectedColumn(), false, false);
if(tbl.getCellEditor()!=null)
tbl.getCellEditor().stopCellEditing();
}
}
And this is how you bind this actions:
final String solve = "Solve";
KeyStroke enter = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(enter, solve);
table.getActionMap().put(solve, new EnterAction());
final String sel = "Sel";
KeyStroke arrow = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0);
table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(arrow, sel);
table.getActionMap().put(sel, new LeftAction());
Oh,i almost forgot,to select the cell instead of edit on Mouse Click:
public static MouseListener mAdapterTable = new MouseListener()
{
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
JTable tbl=((JTable)e.getComponent());
if(tbl.isEditing())
{
tbl.getCellEditor().stopCellEditing();
}
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
JTable tbl=((JTable)e.getComponent());
if(tbl.isEditing() )
tbl.getCellEditor().stopCellEditing();
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
JTable tbl=((JTable)e.getComponent());
if(tbl.isEditing() )
tbl.getCellEditor().stopCellEditing();
}
};
The EventListner must be added to table like so:
table.addMouseListener(mAdapterTable);
Use Key Bindings for this. Most Look & Feel implementations already bind F2 to the table's startEditing action, but you add a different binding:
tree.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0), "startEditing");
This will effectively replace the previous binding of Enter to the table's selectNextRowCell action.
Here is what i would do:
First enable the single cell selection for the JTable
Create a KeyAdapter or KeyListener for the JTable or for the JPanel,
what contains your table.
In the KeyAdapter's keyPressed() method enter the edit mode of the
selected cell, something like this:
http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/javax.swing.table/StopEdit.html
You can check in the keyPressed() method, if the user pressed the right button for editing. I'm not sure, if the normal (double click) editing is disabled in your table, then what happens, if you try to edit it programmatically, but if it doesn't work, then you can enable the editing on the selected cell, when the user presses the edit button, then when he/she finished, disable it again.
Related
I created a simple mouse event. When the user clicks the JTable it will fetch the records in the JTable and display them in the JTextField. In this case I am trying to display the ID from the Table into the Text Field.
public void fetchRec() {
xtable.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void rowClicked(MouseEvent evt){
xtable =(JTable) evt.getSource();
int row = xtable.rowAtPoint( evt.getPoint() );
int column = xtable.columnAtPoint( evt.getPoint() );
String s=xtable.getModel().getValueAt(row, column)+"";
idLabelField.setText(s);
}
});
}
I am calling the method here but it keeps telling me that rowClicked method is unused. I don't understand how its unused? Everything else I am calling is working except this.
public void bookDimensions() throws Exception {
addTextLabels();
addTextFields();
addPanelButtons();
addRecord();
addTable();
fetchRec();
}
Turn on cell selection and listen to the selection model instead of mouse events. See java: how to select only one cell in a jtable and not the whole row
I have an editable JCombobox . I have already done whats required for loading data from database.
After loading the data, I add some extra data like .next. or - for a specific reason. .next. or - which only work when they are highlighted in the popup menu.I have designed their working already.
However I don't want to view/selected .next. or - in JTextField of JComboBox.
For this purpose, I override JCombobox,
searchCBX.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED
&& (".next.".equals(e.getItem()) || "-".equals(e.getItem()))) {
searchTF.setText("");
}
}
});
Here, searchCBX is my required combobox and searchTF is my textfield of searchCBX. It works fine when I try to select .next. or - by scrolling the JPopupmenu from keyboard, searchTF automatically goes to empty.
Now the problem arises when I try to select .next. or - by mouse click from visible popup menu. It gets selected automatically.
I am trying to override mouseListener but it's not working.
searchCBX.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
if ((".next.".equals(searchTF.getText()) || "-".equals(searchTF.getText()))) {
searchTF.setText("");
}
}
});
So how can I remove the selected data from searchTF after mouse click of a jComboBox popup menu where value is .next. or - . Any help would be really appreciated.
To my understand you need to remove the text of the searchTF once you select the .next. or - from the dropdown of the searchCBX. If its the case , you dont need to worry about a MouseListener here. Just the ItemStageChage event can do the work.
Here is a required part of the code :
public class Example extends JFrame {
private JComboBox searchCBX;
private JTextField searchTF;
/**
* Creates new form Example
*/
public Example() {
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents() {
searchCBX = new JComboBox();
searchTF = new JTextField();
searchCBX.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
searchCBXItemStateChanged(evt);
}
});
}
private void searchCBXItemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
if (evt.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED
&& (".next.".equals(evt.getItem()) || "-".equals(evt.getItem()))) {
searchTF.setText("");
} else {
searchTF.setText(searchCBX.getSelectedItem().toString());
}
}
}
I have a situation where I have a popup menu created when a JTable is right clicked on. Standard way of creating the popup menu:
aJTable.setComponentPopupMenu(rightClickMenu);
Now afterwards in the action that gets registered, I am unable to find out which cell was right clicked on to get that popup menu to appear.
rightClickMenuItem.addActionListener(new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// Work out what cell was right clicked to generate the menu
}
});
Any ideas on how you do this?
Astonishing fact: with a componentPopupMenu installed, a mouseListener never sees the mouseEvent that is the popupTrigger (reason is that showing the componentPopup is handled globally by a AWTEventListener installed by BasicLookAndFeel, and that listener consumes the event).
The only place which sees the mousePosition of that trigger is the getPopupLocation(MouseEvent), so the only reliable way to get hold of it (for doing location dependent config/actions) is #Mad's suggestion to override that method and store the value somewhere for later use.
The snippet below uses a clientProperty as storage location:
final JTable table = new JTable(new AncientSwingTeam()) {
#Override
public Point getPopupLocation(MouseEvent event) {
setPopupTriggerLocation(event);
return super.getPopupLocation(event);
}
protected void setPopupTriggerLocation(MouseEvent event) {
putClientProperty("popupTriggerLocation",
event != null ? event.getPoint() : null);
}
};
JPopupMenu popup = new JPopupMenu();
Action action = new AbstractAction("show trigger location") {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JPopupMenu parent = (JPopupMenu) SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(
JPopupMenu.class, (Component) e.getSource());
JTable invoker = (JTable) parent.getInvoker();
Point p = (Point) invoker.getClientProperty("popupTriggerLocation");
String output = p != null ? "row/col: "
+ invoker.rowAtPoint(p) + "/" + invoker.columnAtPoint(p) : null;
System.out.println(output);
}
};
popup.add(action);
popup.add("dummy2");
table.setComponentPopupMenu(popup);
#MadProgrammer's suggestion of getPopupLocation looked promising, but I couldn't work out how to get the information across between the table and the actionEvent...
I got around this by making sure that the row was selected when you rightclicked on it -> since the popup menu prevents the selection of the row, you can add in a mouse listener that makes sure the row gets selected no matter what click (left or right) is pressed.
aTable.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
int r = aTable.rowAtPoint(e.getPoint());
if (r >= 0 && r < clt.getRowCount()) {
aTable.setRowSelectionInterval(r, r);
} else {
aTable.clearSelection();
}
}
});
This means that in the rightClickMenuItem's action listener, you can grab the table's selected cell / row
rightClickMenuItem.addActionListener(new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
aTable.get details about the selected one....
}
});
Too easy! Thanks everyone for the help.
JTable has methods
int row = rowAtPoint(p);
int col = columnAtPoint(p);
So pass the MouseEvent's point and use the values
Add a MouseListener and store the last right click point somewhere.
I need to override the enter key functionality on a JTable. At present the default behaviour is to move the row selection down one row when the user presses the 'Enter' key. I want to disable this and get it to do something different based on their selection. The problem is that it seems to move down before it goes into my keylistener which takes in the row selection - this therefore opens another window with the wrong row selected.
This is my code so far...:
public class MyJTable extends JTable {
public MyJTable(){
setRowSelectionAllowed(true);
addListeners()
}
public void addListeners(){
addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
int key = e.getKeyCode();
if (key == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
openChannel();
}
}
});
}
public void openChannel(){
for (int selectedRow : getSelectedRows()){
//Code to open channel based on row selected
}
}
}
+1 to #Robin's answer
Adding to my comment...
Swing uses KeyBindings simply replace exisitng functionality by adding a new KeyBinding to JTable (the beauty happens because of JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT):
private void createKeybindings(JTable table) {
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0), "Enter");
table.getActionMap().put("Enter", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
//do something on JTable enter pressed
}
});
}
simply call this method and pass JTable instance to override standard functionality of JTable ENTER
This is implemented using key bindings, which is preferred over key listeners. I strongly suggest you do the same: replace your key listener by a key binding.
The solution is replace the entry in the InputMap to point to your own Action (which you insert in the action map), or to just replace the appropriate entry in the action map.
The key bindings tutorial contains more info
I have a JComboBox component in the panel and ItemListener attached to it. But it gets fired after every up/down keypress (when scrolling though opened popup list). I want to change the selected value after the user accepts selection by pressing for example Enter key.
This is not a case when using mouse. When I move mouse over the combobox's list the highlight follows mouse pointer, but selected item is not changed until I press the mouse button. I would like to have the same behavior for keyboard, i.e. moving highlight via up/down arrow does not change selected item, but pressing Enter does.
I believe you should be able to do:
comboBox.putClientProperty("JComboBox.isTableCellEditor", Boolean.TRUE);
after you have created your comboBox instance to get this functionality
In Java 8 they have fixed this behaviour, but only trigger if u set one UI property
UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults().put("ComboBox.noActionOnKeyNavigation", true);
the JComboBox.isTableCellEditor method works for arrow movement through the list, but does not work for type-ahead supported by the KeySelectionManager. i.e. you still get ActionEvents for every non-navigation key the user types, as the JComboBox interprets those characters for searching though the model to move to (or move close to) the user's intended selection.
this solution has a drawback in that it changes the action command for mouse clicks, which was a OK compromise for me because the the flow of the GUI forces the user to change the focus away from the combo box
I ended up making a special KeyListener, that relys on changing the combo box's default action command from comboBoxChanged to comboBoxMovement. Here's the line of code I need after my combo box is all initialized:
setExplicitSelectionManager(myComboBox);
... and here is the method and its contained class that do all the work:
private void setExplicitSelectionManager(JComboBox comboBox) {
class ExplicitSelectionManager implements KeyListener, FocusListener {
private JComboBox src;
private KeyListener superKeyListener;
ExplicitSelectionManager(JComboBox src) {
this.src = src;
// we like what the default key listener does, but not the action command
// it uses for ActionEvents it fires for plain text type-ahead characters
this.superKeyListener = src.getKeyListeners()[0]; // we only have one
src.removeKeyListener(superKeyListener); // will be replace right away, below
}
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
// basic combo box has no code in keyTyped
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
// in the default JComboBox implementation, the KeySelectionManager is
// called from keyPressed. I'm fine with the implementation of
// the default, but I don't want it firing ActionEvents that will cause
// model updates
src.setActionCommand("comboBoxMovement");
this.superKeyListener.keyPressed(e);
src.setActionCommand("comboBoxChanged");
if (e.getKeyCode() == 10) {
src.setSelectedIndex(src.getSelectedIndex());
}
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
// basic combo box has no code in keyReleased
}
#Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
}
#Override
// this will also give us the event we want, if the user decides to Tab out of
// the combo box, instead of hitting Enter
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
src.setSelectedIndex(src.getSelectedIndex());
}
}
ExplicitSelectionManager newSelectionManager = new ExplicitSelectionManager(comboBox);
comboBox.addKeyListener(newSelectionManager);
comboBox.addFocusListener(newSelectionManager);
}
... and here's the action performed method
private void comboBoxActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
JComboBox source = (JComboBox) evt.getSource();
// "comboBoxChanged" is the default,
// so any normal JComboBox can also use this action listener
if (evt.getActionCommand().equals("comboBoxChanged")) {
updateModel(source.getName(), (String) source.getSelectedItem());
}
}
Its the expected behavior with the ItemListener. whenever the displayed value changes the event is fired. For your requirement use an ActionListener.