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setDefaultButton with JTextField's

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    • kestrel
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      Name: el35337 Date: 09/17/98


      I read in the book: CORE Java Foundation Classes from Kim Topley that the
      setDefaultButton method (of JRootPane) only works when you are not in a text
      component.

      Now when you want to fill in a form (linked to a database) that is a combination
      of JTextField's en JLabel's the focus is always in a JTextField and pushing the
      ENTER key won't work. I don't think this is desired behaviour. Everywhere where
      you fill in forms you can push ENTER to transmit your filled in data.

      Since a JTextField doesn't do a thing with KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, why not change this
      behaviour? It would be more appropriate if ENTER would trigger the default button.
      Of course not when the focus is for example on a JTextArea.
      (Review ID: 38973)
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            tprinzing Tim Prinzing
            elarsen Erik Larsen (Inactive)
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