Name: rl43681 Date: 12/20/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
[kevin@glynnis kevin]$ java -version
java version "1.4.1-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-rc-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-rc-b19, mixed mode)
[kevin@glynnis kevin]$

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION : RedHat Linux 7.3


EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
J2sdk, versions 1.4.0_01 or 1.4.1

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Running an application for which I have no source code, it
works
as expected under sdk 1.3.1 and earlier. But under 1.4.x,
two things
have changed that are not good:

1) The file chooser dialog box does not sort filenames. In
my medium-
to-large directories, this is highly confusing and makes it
nearly
impossible to use.

2) Many keyboard shortcuts have been changed, sometimes to
things that cannot be keyed in under X-windows with KDE 3,
because the windowing system uses those combinations.

Reverting to an earlier JDK (just by changing an environment
variable) restores everything to normal function.



REGRESSION. Last worked in version 1.3.1

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Download the application (it's free) from
www.xmission.com/~kwalker/jgame (it's the hex version)
2.Start application
3.Click File->open, and navigate to a directory with a lot
of files, where the natural order is not alphabetic (i.e. they were
not created in alpha order)

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Expect files and directories in alpha order

get them in some other order, possibly just in physical
order

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
Sorry, can't do that.
---------- END SOURCE ----------

Release Regression From : 1.3
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.

Release Regression From : 1.3
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.

(Review ID: 163566)
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This can be reproduced on RH8 and Solaris 8 with 1.4.2 b10.
Sorting fails after changing directories.

Sample code:

import java.awt.*;

public class bug4797032 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
new FileDialog(new Frame()).show();
    }
}

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