Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 18. Mouseless Operation and Printing

• Mouseless Operation

• Keyboard Traversal

  - Standard AWT Components and Keyboard Traversal

  - Custom Components and Keyboard Traversal

• Menu Shortcuts

  - Menu Classes and Shortcuts

  - A Menu Shortcuts Example

• Printing

  - Obtaining a Reference to a PrintGraphics

  - An Applet That Prints Itself

  - The Print Dialog and Its Properties

  - Pagination

• Summary

This chapter explores both mouseless operation and printing.

The AWT supports mouseless operation on two fronts: tabbing between components and menu shortcuts. We'll explore both mechanisms in this chapter.

Printing support is seamlessly integrated into the existing AWT graphics model; as a result, it is intuitive and simple to use. The flip side of this, however, is that ...