Re: Using Copy (Ctrl-C) functionality with disabled JTextFields

From: Raymond DeCampo (rdecampo_at_hold-the-spam.twcny.rr.com)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 01:29:17 GMT

JMBollard wrote:
> I am working on a Swing application (Java 1.4 ) and I am having
> trouble implementing the following functionality:
> A JTextField that should not be part of focus traversal (should
> not be tabbed to), but the text can be selected and copied (Ctrl-C).
>
> This is a requirement across the whole application, which is
> hundreds of panels, so 'hard-coding' the tab order is not an option.
>
I believe the best way to accomplish this is with the
Component.setFocusTraversalPolicy() method. You could pass it a
subclass of ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy with an accept() method
that rejects all JTextFields.

HTH,
Ray

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