Thread: addActionListeners() not recognized ENTER key event for a JTextField

Hello, all. I have the following code in my init() method:

		friend = new JTextField(TEXT_FIELD_SIZE);
		friend.setActionCommand("Add Friend");
		add(friend, WEST);
		add(new JButton("Add Friend"), WEST);
 
		canvas = new FacePamphletCanvas();
		add(canvas);
 
		addActionListeners();

and the following code in my actionPerformed submethod:

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    	String cmd = e.getActionCommand();
    	if(cmd.equals("Add")) addProfile();
    	if(cmd.equals("Delete")) deleteProfile();
    	if(cmd.equals("Lookup")) lookupProfile();
 
    	if(cmd.equals("Change Status")) changeStatus();
    	if(cmd.equals("Change Picture")) changePicture();
    	if(cmd.equals("Add Friend")) addFriend();
	}

I'm using Eclipse as my compiler. I used the debugging tools to discover that when I hit the ENTER key, my program is not recognizing the ActionEvent. It does recognize the ActionEvent when I hit the JButton with the same ActionCommand. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Originally Posted by copeg

Focus occurs when you type inside, or by calling requestFocus

Thanks, copeg. But when I run the program, I do click in the JTextField, type a string, and then hit ENTER. Nothing happens. When I hit the JButton that has the same CommandAction, then the event fires. Any other ideas why my program isn't recognizing the ENTER key as a CommandAction event?

Pardon my newbie-ness... what's an SSCCE? Also, is there a different way to add the ActionListener to the JTextField specifically? I thought I had already added it properly as demonstrated in the 1st set of code above. Thank you so much for your continued help.

I hope this is an SSCCE. I think you should be able to run this and recreate my results. Thanx again for any help.

import acm.program.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class TestActionListeners extends ConsoleProgram {
 
	public void init() {
		JTextField status = new JTextField(25);
		status.setActionCommand("Change Status");
		add(status, WEST);
		add(new JButton("Change Status"), WEST);
 
		addActionListeners();
	}
 
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
		String cmd = e.getActionCommand();
		if(cmd.equals("Change Status")) println("Status changed.");
	}
 
}

Thanks, copeg. I will check out the reading and go from there.