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Asked: 2026-05-22T20:05:17+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Event listener in Java without app having focus? (Global keypress detection) I

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Event listener in Java without app having focus? (Global keypress detection)

I have an application written in Java and I would like to install a truly global keyboard handler. For instance, I want Ctrl+Alt+Whatever to translate into a “New Document” command in my app. This should happen even if my app does not have focus or is minimized to the system tray.

I know that TomBoy Notes on Ubuntu has this behavior, but I believe it is implemented using the Ubuntu key registry. Omni-Focus on the Mac does this, and I assume it is native code watching the windows event loop.

To my knowledge, this is not possible in a pure Java solution. Is that true?
Is there a cross platform way to implement a global keyboard handler as described?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is a library to handle native keyboard and mouse control:
    http://code.google.com/p/jnativehook/

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