Re: [platform-swt-dev] Capturing TAB key in Text Widget

[Steve Northover <Steve_Northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

See http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet241.java

Change the doit from true to false and
you will see the tab key in the text control.  Note that overriding
tab might make your users mad when they expect it to traverse to the next
control.

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Subject	[platform-swt-dev] Capturing TAB key in Text Widget

Hello,

I have a Text widget with a KeyListener attached to it. I want to
listen for TAB events, but cannot capture them.

This is the snippet of code:
======
    myTextWidget.addKeyListener(new KeyListener(){

    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {

        System.out.println("Key Pressed");
        if (e.keycode == SWT.TAB)
        {
            System.out.println("Detected
TAB key");
        }
    }

    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {

        System.out.println("Key Released");
    }}
    );

=======

I get output for every key that I press on a standard keyboard except
for the tab key, which forces the focus to the next widget on the
display. It seems like a special system event which cannot be
bypassed. I need to capture the tab key so I can force focus on
another widget - overriding the default tab sequence.

Does anyone know how I can achieve this?

Any help is much appreciated.

Kashif.
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