Module java.desktop
Package java.awt.event

Interface WindowFocusListener

All Superinterfaces:
EventListener
All Known Implementing Classes:
AWTEventMulticaster, BasicToolBarUI.FrameListener, JMenu.WinListener, WindowAdapter
public interface WindowFocusListener extends EventListener
The listener interface for receiving WindowEvents, including WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS and WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS events. The class that is interested in processing a WindowEvent either implements this interface (and all the methods it contains) or extends the abstract WindowAdapter class (overriding only the methods of interest). The listener object created from that class is then registered with a Window using the Window's addWindowFocusListener method. When the Window's status changes by virtue of it being opened, closed, activated, deactivated, iconified, or deiconified, or by focus being transferred into or out of the Window, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked, and the WindowEvent is passed to it.
Since:
1.4
See Also:
WindowAdapter, WindowEvent, Tutorial: Writing a Window Listener

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    windowGainedFocus​(WindowEvent e)
    Invoked when the Window is set to be the focused Window, which means that the Window, or one of its subcomponents, will receive keyboard events.
    void
    windowLostFocus​(WindowEvent e)
    Invoked when the Window is no longer the focused Window, which means that keyboard events will no longer be delivered to the Window or any of its subcomponents.

  • Method Details

    • windowGainedFocus

      void windowGainedFocus​(WindowEvent e)
      Invoked when the Window is set to be the focused Window, which means that the Window, or one of its subcomponents, will receive keyboard events.
      Parameters:
      e - the event to be processed

    • windowLostFocus

      void windowLostFocus​(WindowEvent e)
      Invoked when the Window is no longer the focused Window, which means that keyboard events will no longer be delivered to the Window or any of its subcomponents.
      Parameters:
      e - the event to be processed