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<body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span>> </span><span>But now I have a new question…</span></div><div id="x99354d8890154d97bd0da3f8ddf9a7af"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">> Is there any way to get the “usual” letter for a “common” operation?</p></div><div><br /></div><div>Hmm. Good question. Not that I know of.</div><div><br /></div><div><div id="xc650e78cbcd648f0917524dae88567a5"><div>> <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px;">Again, one could create a scratch text area and grovel through its input map, but that seems hacky.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div id="xdfaca6f86172442490e96b5554bfed4d"><div style="margin: 0px;">I agree sifting through the L&F seems hacky.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span>I don’t think I understand exactly what you’re trying to implement here. If you give me a more concrete example: maybe I (or someone on this list) can offer a more concrete suggestion?</span></div></div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>I’ll add some context in case this speaks to your question.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>By default Swing gets this information in places like BasicTextUI#getInputMap(), which calls:</div><div><br /></div><div><div id="x2b470291896542f49c92d4521e1b153b"><pre style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;">InputMap shared </span><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">=<br /> (</font><span style="font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;">InputMap</span><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">)</font><span style="font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;">DefaultLookup</span><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">.</font><span style="color:#080808;font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:9.8pt;font-style:italic;">get</span><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">(</font><span style="color:#871094;font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:9.8pt;">editor</span><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">, </font><span style="color:#0033B3;font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:9.8pt;">this</span><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">,<br /> getPropertyPrefix() + </font><span style="color:#067D17;font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:9.8pt;">".focusInputMap</span><font color="#067d17" size="3">”</font><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3">);</font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#080808" face="JetBrains Mono, monospace" size="3"></font></pre></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The following works on my Mac & Windows machine (I think using JDK 19), but I wouldn’t be surprised if it fails in other platforms / L&F’s. It feels brittle, but it might (?) have potential:</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt; color: rgb(0, 51, 179);">private </span><span style="font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;">KeyStroke </span><span style="font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt; color: rgb(0, 98, 122);">getCopyKeyStroke</span><span style="color: rgb(8, 8, 8); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;">() {</span></div></div></div><div><div style="color: rgb(8, 8, 8); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;"><pre> <span style="color:#000000;">InputMap inputMap </span>= (<span style="color:#000000;">InputMap</span>) <span style="color:#000000;">UIManager</span>.getDefaults().get(<span style="color:#067d17;">"TextField.focusInputMap"</span>);<br /> <span style="color:#0033b3;">for </span>(<span style="color:#000000;">KeyStroke keyStroke </span>: <span style="color:#000000;">inputMap</span>.keys()) {<br /> <span style="color:#000000;">Object action </span>= <span style="color:#000000;">inputMap</span>.get(<span style="color:#000000;">keyStroke</span>);<br /> <span style="color:#0033b3;">if </span>(<span style="color:#067d17;">"copy-to-clipboard"</span>.equals(<span style="color:#000000;">action</span>)) {<br /> <span style="color:#0033b3;">return </span><span style="color:#000000;">keyStroke</span>;<br /> }<br /> }<br /> <span style="color:#8c8c8c;font-style:italic;">// this will show all the default keystrokes<br /></span><span style="color:#8c8c8c;font-style:italic;">// System.out.println(Arrays.asList(inputMap.allKeys()));<br /></span><span style="color:#8c8c8c;font-style:italic;"> <br /></span><span style="color:#8c8c8c;font-style:italic;"> </span><span style="color:#0033b3;">return null</span>;<br />}</pre></div></div><div></div><div>Regards,</div><div> - Jeremy</div><div style="clear:both"><i><br /></i></div><div style="clear:both"><br /></div>
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<div>Date 3/3/24, 6:00:46 PM</div>
<div>Subject RE: how to get find out the keyboard shortcut for the paste action?</div></div><div><br /></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the response! I didn’t expect to get one at this point
<span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It does indeed answer my question!<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Though you didn’t quite get the name right: there’s no Ex at the end…<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I take it you’ve done some Windows programming at some point)<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But now I have a new question…<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there any way to get the “usual” letter for a “common” operation?<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For instance, lots of programs support copy and paste.<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a way to ask Java “what is the standard letter for paste” and get back “V”?<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Again, one could create a scratch text area and grovel through its input map, but that seems hacky.<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
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