The fix for 4174399 fixed the problem for KEY_PRESSED and KEY_RELEASED events but not for KEY_TYPED events. At least the behaviour for KEY_TYPED events remains inconsistent on Solaris / win32.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class ModifierTest extends Frame implements KeyListener{

    TextArea ta;

    public ModifierTest() {
        ta = new TextArea(8, 30);
        ta.addKeyListener(this);
        add(ta);
        pack();
        show();
    }

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

    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
        System.out.println(e);
    }
    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
        System.out.println(e);
    }
    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt) {
        System.out.println(evt);
    }

}

Pressing Shift-A when the TextArea is in focus:

$ uname -a
SunOS ibm7 5.6 Generic_105181-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
$ /usr/local/java/jdk1.1.8/solaris/bin/java -fullversion
java full version "JDK1.1.8I"
$ /usr/local/java/jdk1.1.8/solaris/bin/java ModifierTest
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_PRESSED,keyCode=16,keyChar='',modifiers=Shift] on text0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_PRESSED,keyCode=65,keyChar='A',modifiers=Shift] on text0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_TYPED,keyCode=0,keyChar='A'] on text0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_RELEASED,keyCode=65,keyChar='A',modifiers=Shift] on text0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_RELEASED,keyCode=16,keyChar='',modifiers=Shift] on text0

On WinNT4.0 SP3:
D:\KeyTest>\JDK1.1.8I-bin\jdk1.1.8\bin\java -fullversion
java full version "JDK1.1.8I"

D:\KeyTest>\JDK1.1.8I-bin\jdk1.1.8\bin\java ModifierTest
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_PRESSED,keyCode=16,keyChar=' ',modifiers=Shift] on t
ext0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_PRESSED,keyCode=65,keyChar='A',modifiers=Shift] on t
ext0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_TYPED,keyCode=0,keyChar='A',modifiers=Shift] on text
0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_RELEASED,keyCode=65,keyChar='A',modifiers=Shift] on
text0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_RELEASED,keyCode=16,keyChar=' '] on text0

The KEY_TYPED event includes modifiers=Shift for WinNT but not on Solaris.


stuart.lawrence@eng 1999-03-09