Mac Keyboard Shortcuts with Nimbus LAF

Question

Is there a way to use Nimbus LAF (Look And Feel) on OS X while still being able to use the Meta key for cut/copy/paste and select-all operations?

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Answer 1

Using the getMenuShortcutKeyMask() method works with NimbusLookAndFeel to enable the ⌘ key, as shown in this example. See also this related answer.

In the particular case of a JTextField, you can use the mask in a key binding that evokes the original action.

int MASK = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask();
JTextField jtf = new JTextField("Test");
jtf.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_A, MASK), "select-all");
jtf.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, MASK), "copy");
jtf.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_X, MASK), "cut");
jtf.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_V, MASK), "paste");