Normally, a keystroke registered on a component is activated when the component has the focus. This type of activation condition is called WHEN_FOCUSED
. It is possible to specify that a keystroke be activated if it or any child or descendant component has the focus. This type of keystroke activation condition is called WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT
.
An example where this type of keystroke activation condition is useful is in the case of a scrollpane that handles scrolling navigation keystrokes even when the child component has the focus.
There are three types of activation conditions available: WHEN_FOCUSED
, WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT
, and WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW
. See e620 Activating a Keystroke When Any Component in the Window Has Focus for more details about these activation conditions.