Parse string of special keys to get KeyCode

Question

Am working on a JavaFX tool that requires the user to type in String representations of keyboard keys they want.

For this purpose I'm using the KeyCode.getKeyCode(String) function, where the documentation says

Parses textual representation of a key."

That works perfectly for letters like "A", "B", "C" and so on, but not on special keys like "ESCAPE".

That one is obviously on the list of constants for KeyCode. Is there another list of possible "textual representation" which are supposed to be used for receiving the key code?

Huge thanks!

Answer 1

Since KeyCode is an enum, you could use KeyCode.valueOf(String) to obtain the enum value from a string representation of the value, rather than relying on KeyCode.getKeyCode(String).

For KeyCode.ESCAPE, simply use KeyCode.valueOf("ESCAPE").

The String representation must match the enum value exactly. For KeyCode.BACK_SLASH, you must use KeyCode.valueOf("BACK_SLASH").