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Best Way to Implement Java Onscreen Keyboard Input

843806Nov 14 2007 — edited Nov 14 2007

Hello!

I'm working on an embedded device that will run J2SE, using a touchscreen, but no keyboard. The UI will be in Swing. When the user focuses a text field, I'd like an on-screen keyboard to be displayed.

My question is as to the best way to have Swing text component receive the key events (?) that this keyboard will generate. The options I saw so far are

1. Write an input method provider
2. Use java.awt.Robot

But I think I might be missing some easier way.

Thanks for advice, or pointing me to an existing project.

~Jesse

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