How to listen to keyboard events in a console application

Question

Now, I'm developing a command-line application somewhat like bash. For implementing the autocomplete functionality, I must know users have pressed Tab key. But i don't know how to listen to keyboard events in a console application.

any ideas? Thanks in advance.

You have to use KeyListener OR KeyAdapter event handlers. Example can be found at http://www.kodejava.org/examples/224.html — Ravindra Gullapalli, Jan 31 '12 at 07:26
Then you can have a look at reading a character from console. Once you read this, you can find if it is TAB and can proceed further. - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2597841/scanner-method-to-get-a-char — Ravindra Gullapalli, Jan 31 '12 at 07:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '12 at 07:18

1

This is slightly more complicated than it looks.

Maybe you should have a look at the jline project that handles everything for you.

answered Jan 31 '12 at 07:18

Nicolas Modrzyk

13,961
2
36
40

How to listen to keyboard events in a console application

1 Answers1

Linked

Related