How do I catch the Enter key event on a JTextField?

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How do I catch the Enter key event on a JTextField?

The following example shows a JDialog with one JTextField. When the Enter key is detected, it will perform a doClick on the OK button.

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Author of answer: Joris Van den Bogaert

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