JDK-4165987 : Applications need lightweight keyboard navigation of combo boxes
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.swing
  • Affected Version: 1.2.0
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 1998-08-12
  • Updated: 1999-01-15
  • Resolved: 1999-01-15
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1.2.0 1.2fcsFixed
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JDK-6559152 - editable JComboBox: Can't select with keys inside JTable
Description
Currently, if you keyboard navigate through a combo box's items, the combo box will commit each keypress as a change of the current selection.  This is too heavyweight for many types of applications that can't afford to have the selection changed at every keypress.  The file chooser is even downright disfunctional due to this.
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CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: generic FIXED IN: 1.2fcs INTEGRATED IN: 1.2fcs
14-06-2004
PUBLIC COMMENTS Currently, if you keyboard navigate through a combo box's items, the combo box will commit each keypress as a change of the current selection. This is too heavyweight for many types of applications that can't afford to have the selection changed at every keypress. The file chooser is even downright disfunctional due to this.
10-06-2004
EVALUATION JComboBox will need a propery added to it in order to fix this problem. We can put in a workaround for JFileChooser for 1.2fcs. tom.santos@eng 1998-08-12 I've added the property and it all seems to work. tom.santos@eng 1998-08-21
12-08-1998