JDK-4165650 : Swing-1.1beta2 - JComboBox with Java L&F has problems with posting menus.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.swing
  • Affected Version: 1.2.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: solaris_2.6
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 1998-08-11
  • Updated: 1998-09-15
  • Resolved: 1998-09-15
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Description
Swing-1.1beta2 - JComboBox with Java L&F has problems with posting menus.

For editable JComboBox, 
- Pressing Alt+Down Arrow causes '?' to be appended to the text
Comments
EVALUATION This is a problem with the interaction between Text and Combo Boxes. The text field is reacting to the alt-down keystroke and putting a '?' character in the text. Combo box needs a way to tell the text field to ignore certain keystrokes. tom.santos@eng 1998-08-11 Here's more info on the problem from the text-guy: Yes, this happens only on solaris right? There aresome bugs in awt at the native level in the generation of key typed events. Pressing Alt+Down Arrow should not generate a key typed event (which text components will use in insert a character) but it does on both win32 and solaris. The difference is that on win32 the modifiers come through so I can spot it and filter these bad events at the java level. On solaris there are no modifiers and it looks like the user typed in a character in the normal manner.
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