A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
In java/awt/Window.java there is a hook in the function 'preProcessKeyEvent()' that prints all the child components to System.out every time the 'Ctrl+Shift+F1' keyboard combination is pressed. This hard-coded short-cut is quite annoying for an application that uses Ctrl+Shift+F1 as a common short-cut - the console output fills up with component dumps. This is especially noticeable when performing automated GUI testing that uses the short-cut frequently.

I would suggest that either:

a) It is turned off by default, and can be turned on via a system property (eg, java.awt.debug=true)

b) It is turned on by default, but can be turned off via a system property

c) It uses java.util.logging framework so that it can be disabled by configuration

d) It is removed completely

It seems that having a hard-coded shortcut that prints debugging information to System.out is not something that Java/JRE typically does - feels a little out of character.


JUSTIFICATION :
In java/awt/Window.java there is a hook in the function 'preProcessKeyEvent()' that prints all the child components to System.out every time the 'Ctrl+Shift+F1' keyboard combination is pressed. This hard-coded short-cut is quite annoying for an application that uses Ctrl+Shift+F1 as a common short-cut - the console output fills up with component dumps. This is especially noticeable when performing automated GUI testing that uses the short-cut frequently.

It also seems that having a hard-coded shortcut that prints debugging information to System.out is not something that Java/JRE typically does - it seems a little out of character.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Expect that this would only be enabled via some type of debug setting or logging configuration.
ACTUAL -
There is no way to prevent the component dump from printing to System.out when the key combination is pressed.

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N/A. Can't write a test that asserts System.out.

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
None found