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Thread: Remove focus from JSpinner?

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    Default [SOLVED] Remove focus from JSpinner?

    I'm working on program that has the arrow keys traverse a JList via a KeyboardEventDispatcher, and it works on a global level like I want. But I also have a spinner and it keeps changing value when I hit the up or down arrow. How do I get it to ignore keystrokes? I've tried setting focusable to false with no success.
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    Default Re: Remove focus from JSpinner?

    what platform are you using? I use Netbeans and sometimes use forms, on forms there is a properties that you can remove focus. other wise I think the code would go:
    jSpinner.setFocus(false);

    some platforms you can use ctrl + space bar to bring up a list. I have noticed that when using keystrokes that you need to remove all the focus on most components to get the desired results needed.

    hope this helps.

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    Default Re: Remove focus from JSpinner?

    Can you provide an SSCCE that demonstrates the problem?
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    Default Re: Remove focus from JSpinner?

    Assuming you mean you're using a KeyEventDispatcher (not a KeyboardEventDispatcher), you need to be very careful how you use these. If you don't want the event dispatched to other components, return false from dispatchKeyEvent(). I would recommend controlling focus via setting the focus cycle root and using a custom FocusTraversalPolicy to set the default focus component appropriately. YMMV.

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    Default Re: Remove focus from JSpinner?

    Ok, I've solved this one. Apparently setting focasable to false on the spinner alone isn't enough; I have to setFocusable(false) on every component of the JSpinner editor object too.

    Component[] comps = mySpinner.getEditor().getComponents();
    for (Component component : comps) {
        component.setFocusable(false);
    }

    Now it works as expected

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