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I'm using TWLSlick.zip and have it setup like so:

MyStateBasedGame extends TWLStateBasedGame (which extends [slick's] StateBasedGame)

Then I also have HelloState extends BasicTWLGameState

What I would like is to have is global keyboard shortcuts that work regardless if TWL or Slick picks them up and regardless of which State it is in... For example, if I press 'Print Screen', it should call my printScreen() method (even if a GUI is up, or even if I'm in the main menu state).

In my previous version (with just TWLInputForward, not TWLSlick), I was handling this in MyStateBasedGame; but seems to not get it with TWLSlick (unless I remove input.consume() in the TWLInputForward).

Design wise, where is the best place to handle these global hot keys? I'm thinking maybe MyStateBasedGame , but implementation wise it seems tricky to get the key inputs to pick them up.

You can either put it into the RootPane, or you define an <inputMap> and bind an action in the root pane.

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TWL - The Themable Widget Library

ok, thanks. I extended RootPane and @Override this protected boolean handleEvent(Event evt)