org.gjt.sp.jedit.gui
Class KeyEventTranslator

java.lang.Object
  org.gjt.sp.jedit.gui.KeyEventTranslator

public class KeyEventTranslator

extends java.lang.Object

In conjunction with the KeyEventWorkaround, hides some warts in the AWT key event API.

Version:

$Id: KeyEventTranslator.java,v 1.23 2004/07/12 19:25:07 spestov Exp $

Author:

Slava Pestov

Nested Class Summary

static class

KeyEventTranslator.Key

Constructor Summary

KeyEventTranslator()

Method Summary

static void	addTranslation(KeyEventTranslator.Key key1, KeyEventTranslator.Key key2) Adds a keyboard translation.
static java.lang.String	getModifierString(java.awt.event.InputEvent evt) Returns a string containing symbolic modifier names set in the specified event.
static char	getSymbolicModifierName(int mod) Returns a the symbolic modifier name for the specified Java modifier flag.
static java.lang.String	modifiersToString(int mods)
static KeyEventTranslator.Key	parseKey(java.lang.String keyStroke) Converts a string to a keystroke.
static void	setModifierMapping(int c, int a, int m, int s) Changes the mapping between symbolic modifier key names (C, A, M, S) and Java modifier flags.
static KeyEventTranslator.Key	translateKeyEvent(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) Pass this an event from KeyEventWorkaround.processKeyEvent(java.awt.event.KeyEvent).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

KeyEventTranslator

public KeyEventTranslator()

Method Detail

addTranslation

public static void addTranslation(KeyEventTranslator.Key key1,
                                  KeyEventTranslator.Key key2)

Adds a keyboard translation.

Parameters:

key1 - Translate this key

key2 - Into this key

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre3

translateKeyEvent

public static KeyEventTranslator.Key translateKeyEvent(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt)

Pass this an event from KeyEventWorkaround.processKeyEvent(java.awt.event.KeyEvent).

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre3

parseKey

public static KeyEventTranslator.Key parseKey(java.lang.String keyStroke)

Converts a string to a keystroke. The string should be of the form modifiers+shortcut where modifiers is any combination of A for Alt, C for Control, S for Shift or M for Meta, and shortcut is either a single character, or a keycode name from the KeyEvent class, without the VK_ prefix.

Parameters:

keyStroke - A string description of the key stroke

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre3

setModifierMapping

public static void setModifierMapping(int c,
                                      int a,
                                      int m,
                                      int s)

Changes the mapping between symbolic modifier key names (C, A, M, S) and Java modifier flags. You can map more than one Java modifier to a symobolic modifier, for example :

	setModifierMapping(
		InputEvent.CTRL_MASK,
		InputEvent.ALT_MASK | InputEvent.META_MASK,
		0,
		InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK);


 You cannot map a Java modifer to more than one symbolic modifier.


Parameters:
c - The modifier(s) to map the C modifier to
a - The modifier(s) to map the A modifier to
m - The modifier(s) to map the M modifier to
s - The modifier(s) to map the S modifier to
Since:
  
jEdit 4.2pre3

getSymbolicModifierName

public static char getSymbolicModifierName(int mod)

Returns a the symbolic modifier name for the specified Java modifier flag.

Parameters:

mod - A modifier constant from InputEvent

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre3

modifiersToString

public static java.lang.String modifiersToString(int mods)

getModifierString

public static java.lang.String getModifierString(java.awt.event.InputEvent evt)

Returns a string containing symbolic modifier names set in the specified event.

Parameters:

evt - The event

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre3