AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Arrow keys / Cursor keys in a ButtonGroup with radiobuttons          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java GUI Toolkits View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Goetz Markgraf Guest Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:02 am    Post subject: Arrow keys / Cursor keys in a ButtonGroup with radiobuttons Hi, I am using swing on Windows Platform. On other windows-GUIs, radio buttons can be selected by the arrow or cursor keys. If one radio button has the focus, you just press the right or down key and the next one is selected. I am pretty sure, that can be done with swing, too. Any help? Thanx, Goetz Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 11:00 am    Post subject: Re: Arrow keys / Cursor keys in a ButtonGroup with radiobutt "Goetz Markgraf" <goetz.markgraf (AT) t-online (DOT) de> wrote .... Quote: I am using swing on Windows Platform. On other windows-GUIs, radio buttons can be selected by the arrow or cursor keys. .... I am pretty sure, that can be done with swing, too. I thought it would be a 'look-and-feel' thing, but I just checked my own software project and can report the following.. Metal LnF and Windows LnF behave the same way (in this regard) - you need to 'tab' vertically between choices, but you _can_ traverse the buttons in a radio group (or rows of buttons, for that matter) _horizontally_ using either LnF. I don't think Sun quite got the Windows LnF right here. (That is the limit of my expertise on LnF, though a more experienced GUI person might be able to confirm whether your problem might be solved by altering an exisiting LnF) -- Andrew Thompson * http://www.PhySci.org/ PhySci software suite * http://www.1point1C.org/ 1.1C - Superluminal! * http://www.AThompson.info/andrew/ personal site Back to top Goetz Markgraf Guest Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Arrow keys / Cursor keys in a ButtonGroup with radiobutt "Andrew Thompson" <andrew64 (AT) bigNOSPAMpond (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Goetz Markgraf" <goetz.markgraf (AT) t-online (DOT) de> wrote in message news:f5ac480b.0311170202.1e333749 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... ... I am using swing on Windows Platform. On other windows-GUIs, radio buttons can be selected by the arrow or cursor keys. ... I am pretty sure, that can be done with swing, too. I thought it would be a 'look-and-feel' thing, but I just checked my own software project and can report the following.. Metal LnF and Windows LnF behave the same way (in this regard) - you need to 'tab' vertically between choices, but you _can_ traverse the buttons in a radio group (or rows of buttons, for that matter) _horizontally_ using either LnF. I don't think Sun quite got the Windows LnF right here. (That is the limit of my expertise on LnF, though a more experienced GUI person might be able to confirm whether your problem might be solved by altering an exisiting LnF) I did not find out about the LnF-Stuff, but I solved it with adding an inputMap/actionMap pair to the surrounding Panel. Thanx everybody Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java GUI Toolkits All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Java Newsgroups----------------Java DiscussionsWeb-based java games comp.lang.java 3D Graphics API's for Java Java: Support and criticism Java System Announcements comp.lang.java.api JavaBeans Java and CORBA Java and Databases comp.lang.java.developer Java GUI Toolkits Java Help comp.lang.java.javascript JVM, native methods and hardware comp.lang.java.misc Java Language Programming Security and Java comp.lang.java.setup Java Software Tools comp.lang.java.tech ibm.software.java.linux  Non-English Java Newsgroups----------------Java Language (German)Language Java (Français)Java (Italian)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.