Swing/AWT/SWT :: Code Prevent Cursor From Moving When Inside A Cell Of JTable

Tried creating a simple sample but all works as expected.

The following code prevents the cursor from moving when inside a cell of a JTable.

public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if ( (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_KP_LEFT) || (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_KP_RIGHT)
|| (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) || (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) )
{
//Do nothing
e.consume();
}
}
});

When editing a cell, the existing code would use the right/left cursor keys to move from cell to cell as opposed to from character to character when editing a cell. I planned to override the functionality by tossing in the above code as a test to see if it stops the functionality before I override it.

After placing in the above code, the above functionality no longer occurs, but now the cursor moves within the cell as I wanted which is to move from character to character instead of cell to cell. Its great it works, but it really shouldn't. Essentially the default behavior has been restored when it should have really disabled the left/right keys.

I assume there is some underlying class someplace that is doing something to affect the behavior. Since a sample can't be provided I am wondering in what scenarios would the e.consume() restore default functionality?