/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011 IBM Corporation and others. * * This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ * * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.swt.events; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; /** * Instances of this class are sent as a result of * keys being pressed and released on the keyboard. *

* When a key listener is added to a control, the control * will take part in widget traversal. By default, all * traversal keys (such as the tab key and so on) are * delivered to the control. In order for a control to take * part in traversal, it should listen for traversal events. * Otherwise, the user can traverse into a control but not * out. Note that native controls such as table and tree * implement key traversal in the operating system. It is * not necessary to add traversal listeners for these controls, * unless you want to override the default traversal. *

* * @see KeyListener * @see TraverseListener * @see Sample code and further information */ public class KeyEvent extends TypedEvent { /** * the character represented by the key that was typed. * This is the final character that results after all modifiers have been * applied. For example, when the user types Ctrl+A, the character value * is 0x01. It is important that applications do not attempt to modify the * character value based on a stateMask (such as SWT.CTRL) or the resulting * character will not be correct. */ public char character; /** * the key code of the key that was typed, * as defined by the key code constants in class SWT. * When the character field of the event is ambiguous, this field * contains the unicode value of the original character. For example, * typing Ctrl+M or Return both result in the character '\r' but the * keyCode field will also contain '\r' when Return was typed. * * @see org.eclipse.swt.SWT */ public int keyCode; /** * depending on the event, the location of key specified by the * keyCode or character. The possible values for this field are * SWT.LEFT, SWT.RIGHT, SWT.KEYPAD, * or SWT.NONE representing the main keyboard area. *

* The location field can be used to differentiate key events that have * the same key code and character but are generated by different keys * on the keyboard. For example, a key down event with the key code equal * to SWT.SHIFT can be generated by the left and the right shift keys on * the keyboard. *

* The location field can only be used to determine the location of * the key code or character in the current event. It does not include * information about the location of modifiers in the state mask. *

* * @see org.eclipse.swt.SWT#LEFT * @see org.eclipse.swt.SWT#RIGHT * @see org.eclipse.swt.SWT#KEYPAD * * @since 3.6 */ public int keyLocation; /** * the state of the keyboard modifier keys and mouse masks * at the time the event was generated. * * @see org.eclipse.swt.SWT#MODIFIER_MASK * @see org.eclipse.swt.SWT#BUTTON_MASK */ public int stateMask; /** * A flag indicating whether the operation should be allowed. * Setting this field to false will cancel the operation. */ public boolean doit; static final long serialVersionUID = 3256442491011412789L; /** * Constructs a new instance of this class based on the * information in the given untyped event. * * @param e the untyped event containing the information */ public KeyEvent(Event e) { super(e); this.character = e.character; this.keyCode = e.keyCode; this.keyLocation = e.keyLocation; this.stateMask = e.stateMask; this.doit = e.doit; } /** * Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable * description of the receiver. * * @return a string representation of the event */ @Override public String toString() { String string = super.toString (); return string.substring (0, string.length() - 1) // remove trailing '}' + " character='" + ((character == 0) ? "\\0" : String.valueOf(character)) + "'=0x" + Integer.toHexString(character) + " keyCode=0x" + Integer.toHexString(keyCode) + " keyLocation=0x" + Integer.toHexString(keyLocation) + " stateMask=0x" + Integer.toHexString(stateMask) + " doit=" + doit + "}"; } }