java swing shortcut key / key bindings in a JPanel -

i have jpanel lots of components in it. when user presses "a", want , consume "a", except if user in textbox (or other part of screen accepts "a")--in case, don't want know "a".

in code below, notified of "a", if focus on text box (typing "a" while in textbox puts "a" in textbox , notifies me "a").

        jcomponent jc = panel...;         inputmap inputmap = jc.getinputmap(jcomponent.when_ancestor_of_focused_component);         actionmap actionmap = jc.getactionmap();         inputmap.put(keystroke.getkeystroke(keyevent.vk_a, 0), "qcaccept");         actionmap.put("qcaccept", new abstractaction("qcaccept") {              @override             public void actionperformed(actionevent e) {                 system.out.println("a pressed, " + e);             }         }); 

inputmap.put(keystroke.getkeystroke(keyevent.vk_a, 0), "qcaccept"); 

you listening keypressed event. text components listen keytyped event. why both bindings still working. try:

inputmap.put(keystroke.getkeystroke("typed a"), "qcaccept");