Thread: Java Applet Help: Keylistener/

So for my computer science class we are required to make a video game. I've made a game using an Applet, and it runs properly. Problem is, the KeyListener and the ActionListener won't cooperate. The button will work, but the arrow keys moving the sprite will not. I tried making a seperate class for the button and the game, but they won't work together either. Is there any way around this?

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.Button;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 
 
public class VideoGameProject extends Applet implements Runnable, KeyListener, ActionListener
 
{   
	Button battle; 
 
	Image background;
	Image frontview;
 
	int dx, dy;
	int xpos, ypos;
	int random;
 
	int xCoord, yCoord;
 
	Thread runner;
 
	public void init() 
	{
		battle = new Button("Look for Pokemon");
		battle.addActionListener(this);
		add(battle);
 
		background = getImage(getDocumentBase(),"BACKGROUND.png");	
		frontview = getImage(getDocumentBase(),"frontview.png");
		addKeyListener(this);
		add (battle);
	}
 
	public void start()
	{
		if (runner == null)
		{
			runner = new Thread(this);
			runner.start();
		}
	}
 
	public void stop()
	{
		if (runner != null)
		{
			runner.stop();
			runner = null;
		}
	}
 
	public void run()															
	{
		setBackground(new Color(102,197,153));
		while(true)
		{
 
			repaint();
 
			xpos+=dx;
			ypos+=dy;
 
			if (xpos>getWidth()-30 || xpos<0)
				dx*=0;
			if (ypos>getHeight()-30 || ypos<0)
				dy*=0;
 
			try {Thread.sleep(100);}
			catch(InterruptedException e) { }
 
		}
 
	}
 
	public void paint(Graphics g) 
		{
					this.setSize(370, 540);
					g.drawImage(background,0,0,this);
 
					g.drawImage(frontview, xpos, ypos, this);
 
					g.setColor(Color.gray);
					g.fillRect(45,40,60,20);
					g.fillRect(65,20,20,60);
					g.setColor(new Color(200,30,26));
					g.fillOval(260,50,30,30);
					g.fillOval(300,30,30,30);
					g.setColor(Color.white);
					g.drawString("A",271,70);
					g.drawString("B",310,50);
 
					if(xCoord >500 && yCoord >150 && xCoord <530 && yCoord<200)	
								{
									g.drawImage(background,0,0,this);
								} 
		}
 
 
    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
        if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) {
            dx = -10;
        }
        else if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) {
            dx = 10;
        }
        else if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP) {
            dy = -10;
        }
        else if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) {
            dy = 10;
        }
        repaint( );
    }
 
 
  public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
 
  		dx = 0;
  		dy = 0;
 
  	} 
 
  public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)    {}
 
  	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
	{
		System.out.println("Placeholder");
	}
 
}

I'm really desperate for help; my teacher doesn't know how to use the ActionListener and all the chat groups require pay, and I don't have any money. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

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The key listener requires that the component has the focus. There are some methods for requesting the focus. Sometimes clicking on a component will give it the focus if it is capable of receiving the focus.

Which of the focus requesting/enabling methods have you tried?