AS a footnote to this, the reason I was using a frame was because I couldn't figure out how to get keyboard focus otherwise.
The solution I found was to add the key listener to the parent frame, rather than the window that is drawing. William [Message sent by forum member 'afishionado' (afishionado)] http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=136893 =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".