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I think I found a workaround, might be messy code, but worth a test.

The problem with the paintComponent() is I can't use it in an if-else statement. The if-else statment checks what key was pressed, and ignores it if it is a certain key.

I want to get the graphics object associated with the canvas object, then call its drawString() method. So if its named graph, I can call graph.drawString().

I was trying to get the Graphics object associated with a Canvas object, then use it's drawString method. I'm making a program that handles key events and then draws them on a Canvas object. One...

I used this code:


System.out.println(comp.getGraphics());


Result:
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