cannot detect when text area is empty

[Oxymoron]

I have a text area, which extends KeyAAdapater.
so each time a character is released a KeyEvent is sent to my KeyHandler class.
What I want to do is detect when the user has deleted (by backspace or del) all th text in the text area.
at the moment I have this:
-----------------code-------------------------------
if (textArea.getText().length() == 0)
{
label.setText("No text in textArea"
}
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However when the user does delete all text in text1, nothing happens...

Does anyone know why this may be, and what i can do to get it to work???
Any and all suggestions are very welcome!
Thanks,
Oxy

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[palbano]

first, are you sure...

if (textArea.getText().length() == 0)

executes at the time you want it to?

next, have you looked at the value of textArea.getText().length() ? What is the value?

Assuming the code executes when you think it does then the length of the text in textArea must not be equal to zero.

-pete

 

[JavelinMan]

Maybe this is too simple (I think pete is correct to look at your events) but consider changing this

-----------------code-------------------------------
if (textArea.getText().length() == 0)
{
label.setText("No text in textArea"
}
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to this

-----------------code-------------------------------
if ( textArea.getText().equals("&quot )
{
label.setText("No text in textArea"
}
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Just a thought.

Javelin