Instead of KeyAdapter
use DocumentListener
. Try next example:
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
public class TestFrame extends JFrame{
public TestFrame(){
init();
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
pack();
setVisible(true);
}
private void init() {
JTextField f = new JTextField();
f.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
@Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
validate(e);
}
@Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
validate(e);
}
@Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
validate(e);
}
private void validate(DocumentEvent e) {
try {
String text = e.getDocument().getText(0, e.getDocument().getLength());
if(text.equals("hello")){
System.out.println("ok");
}
} catch (BadLocationException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
f.setText("hello");
add(f);
}
public static void main(String... s){
new TestFrame();
}
}