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[alix]

i'm interested in capturing the escape key
whenever i press it i want system.exit(1);
any help on that?

[wim DC]

addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {

    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {}


    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {

        if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE){

            frame.dispose();

        }

    }


    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {}

});

You do the addKeyListener on the object where you want to catch it on. Could be a JFrame, JPanel, JTextField, any gui component

JFrame frame;

...

frame.addKeyListener(...);

extra info: How to Write a Key Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)