Name: rm29839 Date: 10/28/97


There's no way to use a plain function key (e.g.,
the F5 key) as a menu shortcut. The API insists
on adding CTRL (or Command, or whatever modifier)
to all shortcuts. This makes sense for alphabetic
shortcuts, but not for function keys. People
should be able to use F5 as a shortcut for one
thing and CTRL-F5 as a shortcut for another thing
and SHIFT-F5 as a shortcut for a third thing.
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Name: diC59631 Date: 1997-11-04

Here is another....

The code belkow attempts to assign F3 as a menu shortcut. However, dropping down the menu shows the shortcut as "Ctrl-R"!

This refers to my earlier bug report, rejected ...

newsGroupID : 16522
bugtraqID : 0
dateCreated : 1997-09-24 14:46:00.0
dateEvaluated : 1900-01-01 00:00:00.0
delReason : Unclear Request
synopsis : Cannot use function keys in a MenuShortcut
reviewerID : rm29839

------------code ----------------
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class test extends Frame {
  public test () {
    MenuBar menubar = new MenuBar();
    Menu menu = new Menu("File");

    menu.add(new MenuItem("Exit", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_F3)));
    menubar.add(menu);
    setMenuBar(menubar);
    setBounds(0, 0, 200, 200);
    show();
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    new test();
  }

}

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