Class FocusManager

javax.swing.FocusManager

All Implemented Interfaces:: KeyEventDispatcher, KeyEventPostProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:: DefaultFocusManager

public abstract class FocusManager extends DefaultKeyboardFocusManager

This class has been obsoleted by the 1.4 focus APIs. While client code may still use this class, developers are strongly encouraged to use java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager and java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager instead.

Please see How to Use the Focus Subsystem, a section in The Java Tutorial, and the Focus Specification for more information.

Since:

1.2

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final String`	`FOCUS_MANAGER_CLASS_PROPERTY`	This field is obsolete, and its use is discouraged since its specification is incompatible with the 1.4 focus APIs.

Fields declared in class KeyboardFocusManager

BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, DOWN_CYCLE_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, UP_CYCLE_TRAVERSAL_KEYS

Constructor Summary

FocusManager()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`disableSwingFocusManager()`	Deprecated. as of 1.4, replaced by `KeyboardFocusManager.setDefaultFocusTraversalPolicy(FocusTraversalPolicy)`
`static FocusManager`	`getCurrentManager()`	Returns the current `KeyboardFocusManager` instance for the calling thread's context.
`static boolean`	`isFocusManagerEnabled()`	Deprecated. As of 1.4, replaced by `KeyboardFocusManager.getDefaultFocusTraversalPolicy()`
`static void`	`setCurrentManager(FocusManager aFocusManager)`	Sets the current `KeyboardFocusManager` instance for the calling thread's context.

Methods declared in class DefaultKeyboardFocusManager

dequeueKeyEvents, discardKeyEvents, dispatchEvent, dispatchKeyEvent, downFocusCycle, enqueueKeyEvents, focusNextComponent, focusPreviousComponent, postProcessKeyEvent, processKeyEvent, upFocusCycle

Methods declared in class KeyboardFocusManager

addKeyEventDispatcher, addKeyEventPostProcessor, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, clearFocusOwner, clearGlobalFocusOwner, downFocusCycle, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, focusNextComponent, focusPreviousComponent, getActiveWindow, getCurrentFocusCycleRoot, getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager, getDefaultFocusTraversalKeys, getDefaultFocusTraversalPolicy, getFocusedWindow, getFocusOwner, getGlobalActiveWindow, getGlobalCurrentFocusCycleRoot, getGlobalFocusedWindow, getGlobalFocusOwner, getGlobalPermanentFocusOwner, getKeyEventDispatchers, getKeyEventPostProcessors, getPermanentFocusOwner, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, redispatchEvent, removeKeyEventDispatcher, removeKeyEventPostProcessor, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, setCurrentKeyboardFocusManager, setDefaultFocusTraversalKeys, setDefaultFocusTraversalPolicy, setGlobalActiveWindow, setGlobalCurrentFocusCycleRoot, setGlobalFocusedWindow, setGlobalFocusOwner, setGlobalPermanentFocusOwner, upFocusCycle

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

FOCUS_MANAGER_CLASS_PROPERTY

public static final String FOCUS_MANAGER_CLASS_PROPERTY

This field is obsolete, and its use is discouraged since its specification is incompatible with the 1.4 focus APIs. The current FocusManager is no longer a property of the UI. Client code must query for the current FocusManager using KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager(). See the Focus Specification for more information.

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Constructor Details

FocusManager

protected FocusManager()

Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Details

getCurrentManager

public static FocusManager getCurrentManager()

Returns the current KeyboardFocusManager instance for the calling thread's context.

Returns:

this thread's context's KeyboardFocusManager

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setCurrentManager

public static void setCurrentManager(FocusManager aFocusManager)

Sets the current KeyboardFocusManager instance for the calling thread's context. If null is specified, then the current KeyboardFocusManager is replaced with a new instance of DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.

Parameters:

aFocusManager - the new KeyboardFocusManager for this thread's context

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disableSwingFocusManager

@Deprecated public static void disableSwingFocusManager()

Deprecated.

as of 1.4, replaced by KeyboardFocusManager.setDefaultFocusTraversalPolicy(FocusTraversalPolicy)

Changes the current KeyboardFocusManager's default FocusTraversalPolicy to DefaultFocusTraversalPolicy.

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isFocusManagerEnabled

@Deprecated public static boolean isFocusManagerEnabled()

Deprecated.

As of 1.4, replaced by KeyboardFocusManager.getDefaultFocusTraversalPolicy()

Returns whether the application has invoked disableSwingFocusManager().

Returns:

true if focus manager is enabled.

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