Question

I am making a program that allows user to custom keyboard shortcuts, for this i need the available keys to be displayed, what is the best way to achieve this in java swing?

    KeyEvent.class.getDeclaredFields() 

I am intrested in dynamic example of below,

keysLST.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[] { 'CTRL', 'ALT', 'SHIFT' })); 

one way i know is to get all from the keyevent class but i am not sure how to integrate it to the list. any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Instead of picking from a list, add a KeyListener to any component (a JTextField works) and record the key code as the user presses the key. You can also record modifiers (ctrl,alt,shift) this way.

public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {     int keyTheUserJustPressed = e.getKeyCode();      // then use for ctrl/alt/shift     e.getModifiersEx();      // or use     e.isAltDown();     e.isShiftDown(); }