#About NetBeans Caps Lock Notifier

A simple NetBeans plugin which demonstrates usage of @OnStart annotation

When the plugin is installed, it shows CAPS if the caps lock key is pressed by the user

#How does it work

1. The plugin uses an annotation org.openide.modules.OnStart for the plugin to be available on startup
2. Using the java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager register a KeyEventDispatcher to capture key board inputs
3. If the key code in the key event is caps lock, key, it toggles CAPS on the status bar.

#Inspiration

I was struggling to do register, a keyevent handler for the whole of the IDE when I stumbled upon (literally) Geertjan's blog post [Listening to Key Events in NetBeans IDE] (https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/listening_to_key_events_in)

#Downloading the plugin

The plugin is available for download from the [NetBeans plugin portal] (http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/69579/?show=true) The plugin will also be available in the NetBeans plugin manager once it is verified.

#Attributions

#Geertjan's blog post [Listening to Key Events in NetBeans IDE] (https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/listening_to_key_events_in) #Balloon Icon Some icons by Yusuke Kamiyamane. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. #Notification API understanding from DZone