FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_04-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Typing on a US-english 101-key keyboard _is_ an input-method, right? That being so, typing a key on said keyboard should cause InputMethodEvents. You don't really expect us to write code treating that as a special case?!

Using KeyListener is not at all appropriate ... I want to deal with textual changes. I don't want to have to track the state of the text by interpreting what a SHIFT+LEFT_ARROW, SHIFT+LEFT_ARROW, BACKSPACE sequence actually does.

You've gone to the trouble of designing this nice InputMethod API that encapsulates the desired functionality. Why can't we use it?

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4474633

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Run the test program in a debugger, and type into the JTexfField. Set debug points on the inputMethodTextChanged and caretPositionChanged.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
As each key is pressed, InputMethodEvent objects are sent to System.out. The debug points are triggered.
ACTUAL -
Nothing is printed. No debug points are triggered.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent;
import java.awt.event.InputMethodListener;


public class InputMethodTester extends JPanel {

    private JTextField input;

    public InputMethodTester() {

        super(new BorderLayout());

        this.input = new JTextField("");
        this.input.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,20));
        add(this.input, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        this.input.addInputMethodListener(new InputMethodListener() {
            // grr. http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4474633.html
            // grr. http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4395801.html
            public void inputMethodTextChanged(InputMethodEvent event) {
                System.out.println(event.toString());
            }

            public void caretPositionChanged(InputMethodEvent event) {
                System.out.println(event.toString());
            }
        });

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputMethodTester2 tester = new InputMethodTester2();
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Input Method Tester");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.add(tester);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

}
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