do a GetEditor().getEditorComponent () to get the JTextField , and the set a Document (extend PlainDocument) on it which will filter out undesirable input.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vella, John Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:56 PM To: Advanced-Swing (E-mail) Subject: What's the recommended way to prevent keyboard input to a text field? I need to use an editable JComboBox where I want to prevent the user from typing any characters other than the caret-control keys(like the left/right arrows, home, end, etc). The text shown in the text field could be long, which is why it's important for my users to be able to scroll it. However I need to prevent them from actually typing into the text field. I'll support using DnD to get text into the field or the use of the combobox's dropdown list. So my question is: what is the "best way" to prevent users from typing anything into the text field but still allowing caret position control? Thanks, John (using 1.3.1) _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing
