This is really weird. I just tried it again, without changing any code and now it works fine!
On Jan 28, 11:03 am, Brian Reilly <brian.irei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting... maybe the alert box is getting the key press event, > which isn't being fired until after the alert has popped up because > that's happening on key down. Maybe using > event.getNativeEvent().getKeyCode() in a KeyPressHandler will work. > I'm not sure because I haven't run into this case myself. > > The workaround link that David Chandler posted is to issue #5558 in > the GWT issue tracker: > > http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5558 > > In particular, Thomas Broyer posted what looks like some nice code for > reliably detecting theenterkey: > > http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5558#c6 > > -Brian > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Michael Phoenix > > <michaelandrewphoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I'm ran into this problem while doing the tutorial. I applied > > your solution, but it still doesn't work properly. When I pressenter > > in the text box, the error alert comes up, but only for a fraction of > > second, after which it disappears. It works fine for the button click. > > Here's my pertinent code. Any idea what I might be missing? Google > > should really update their tutorial so it works. This type of thing > > doesn't encourage people who are new to the product to continue to use > > it. > > > // Listen for keyboard events in the input box. > > newSymbolTextBox.addKeyDownHandler(new KeyDownHandler() { > > public void onKeyDown(KeyDownEvent event) { > > if (event.getNativeEvent().getKeyCode() == KeyCodes.KEY_ENTER) > > { > > addStock(); > > } > > } > > }); > > > } > > > /** > > * Add stock to FlexTable. Executed when the user clicks the > > addStockButton or > > * pressesenterin the newSymbolTextBox. > > */ > > private void addStock() { > > final String symbol = > > newSymbolTextBox.getText().toUpperCase().trim(); > > newSymbolTextBox.setFocus(true); > > > // Stock code must be between 1 and 10 chars that are numbers, > > letters, or dots. > > if (!symbol.matches("^[0-9A-Z\\.]{1,10}$")) { > > Window.alert("'" + symbol + "' is not a valid symbol."); > > newSymbolTextBox.selectAll(); > > return; > > } > > > newSymbolTextBox.setText(""); > > > // TODO Don't add the stock if it's already in the table. > > > // TODO Add the stock to the table. > > > // TODO Add a button to remove this stock from the table. > > > // TODO Get the stock price. > > > } > > > On Dec 3 2010, 12:36 pm, Brian Reilly <brian.irei...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greg, > > >> As I mentioned in a thread earlier today > >> (http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/browse_thread/threa...), > >> try using a KeyDownEvent handler and inspect > >> event.getNativeEvent().getKeyCode() > >> instead of event.getCharCode(). > > >> From the other thread, it sounds like this behavior may have changed in > >> 2.1, > >> so it could be that the documentation is wrong, but only as of fairly > >> recently. > > >> -Brian > > >> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Greg Dougherty > >> <dougherty.greg...@mayo.edu>wrote: > > >> > Ok, the tutorial says that to get a user pressing anenterkey in a > >> > TextBox you should write something like the following: > > >> >http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/tutorial/manageevents.html > > >> > public void onKeyPress (KeyPressEvent event) > >> > { > >> > char keyPress = event.getCharCode(); > >> > int keyCode = keyPress; > >> > if (keyPress == KeyCodes.KEY_ENTER) > >> > goToRecord (); > >> > } > > >> > Unfortunately, when I do that, I get a keyCode of 0 for Enter, Tab, > >> > and Left Arrow (the keys I tested), while I get the actual key when I > >> > type a number key. What gives? Is the tutorial wrong? 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