How do I read the status of Num Lock key?

By I Wayan Saryada in AWT, Core API 2 Comments

This example show you how to detect if the Num Lock key is in active mode. If you run the program you will get an output telling you that the Num Lock button is active or not active.

package org.kodejava.awt;

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

public class NumLockState {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();

        // Get the locking state of the Num Lock button. This method
        // return boolean true value if it is "on".
        boolean isOn = toolkit.getLockingKeyState(KeyEvent.VK_NUM_LOCK);

        System.out.println("NumLock button is " + (isOn ? "on" : "off"));
    }
}

How do I read the status of Caps Lock key?

By I Wayan Saryada in AWT, Core API 0 Comment

This example show you how to detect if the Caps Lock key is in active mode.

package org.kodejava.awt;

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

public class CapsLockState {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Get the locking state of the Caps Lock button. This method
        // return boolean true value if it is "on".
        boolean isOn = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getLockingKeyState(
                KeyEvent.VK_CAPS_LOCK);

        System.out.println("CapsLock button is " + (isOn ? "on" : "off"));
    }
}

How do I create key press event using Robot class?

By I Wayan Saryada in AWT, Core API 0 Comment

In this example we use the java.awt.Robot class to generate a key press event. We can call the keyPress(int keyCode) method to produce this event.

package org.kodejava.awt;

import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

public class CreatingKeyboardEvent {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Robot robot = new Robot();

            // Create a three seconds delay.
            robot.delay(3000);

            // Generating key press event for writing the QWERTY letters
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_Q);
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_W);
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_E);
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_R);
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_T);
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_Y);
        } catch (AWTException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}