Adding addKeyListener to an applet

[modalman]

Hi. I'm creating an applet for a webpage and I need to detect for the keyboard primarily the arrowkeys. I have tried the following which doesnt seem to work:

public boolean keyDown(Event evt, int key) {
showStatus(String.valueOf(key));
return true;
}

so I have moved up to Java 1.1 and decided to use a KeyListener. How do I set this up so that a keypress is detected whenever the browser has focus?
I am also running a thread if that makes any difference.
Many thanks in advance.
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[LeonTang]

I don't think this has to do with Applet but more of the browser. When the browser loads up, the focus is ON your browser not your Applet even if your browser only contains the applet. Therefore when you press any keys, nothing is shown since the applet does not have the focus and all the event listeners would be inactive. Perhaps you could use javascript? or a more ugly way would be to click(mouse) on your applet first... If you need additional help, you can email to me at zaoliang@hotmail.com I don't guaranty that I will be able to solve your problems but I will try my best