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Re: Tab in Java



2008/5/18 Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net>:
> On Saturday 17 May 2008 14:56:23 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Even in Windows there is no ability to tab between the text fields in
>> this particular Java applet. Or in all Java applets, for all I know.
>> Actually, that is my question. Does Java use a different method of
>> keyboarding between fields?
>
> Well, that's quite obnoxious! I haven't had the displeasure of using any
> Java applets in quite a long time. It could be just a limitation of the GUI
> toolkit (e.g. AWT) or the program itself -- if it doesn't support keyboard
> tabbing, then there most likely isn't much hope for fixing it.
>
> One simple minded suggestion: try CTRL-I. That emits a tab character in many
> contexts. But given the above, it probably won't work either.

Thanks. I tried Ctrl-l, but it did not work. Neither did any other
Ctrl-char for that matter. But good thinking nonetheless.

Dotan Cohen

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