In this code (attached) , you can see mouseEvents are understandable by the second scene but key events are not.

Workaround : Press ALT+TAB key (twice) to get the focus back into the application window, this time key event works well


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/*
 * Main.fx
 *
 * Created on Dec 1, 2008, 11:18:07 AM
 */

package keyeventscene;

import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyCode;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

var zoom = 1.0;
var s_new : Scene;

var s = Scene {
    fill: Color.BLACK
    content: [
        ImageView {
            translateX: 80
            translateY: 100
            image: Image {
                height: 60
                width: 60
                url: "{__DIR__}flower1.PNG"
            }
            onMouseClicked: function( e: MouseEvent ):Void {
                s_new = s1;
            }
            onKeyPressed: function( e: KeyEvent ):Void {
                if(e.code == KeyCode.VK_ENTER){
                    s_new = s1;
                }
            }
        },
        Text {
            x: 20
            y: 200
            fill: Color.WHITE
            content: "Press Enter or click on the \nphoto to go to the next scene"
        }
    ]
};

var s1 = Scene {
    fill: Color.BLACK
    content: [
        ImageView {
            translateX: 80
            translateY: 80
            image: Image {
                height: 60
                width: 60
                url: "{__DIR__}insect.PNG"
            }
            // opacity: bind op
            scaleX: bind zoom
            onMouseClicked: function( e: MouseEvent ):Void {
                zoom = 0.5;
            }
            onKeyPressed:function(e:KeyEvent):Void {
                if(e.code == KeyCode.VK_LEFT) {
                    zoom = 1.0 ;
                }
                if(e.code == KeyCode.VK_RIGHT) {
                    zoom = 2.0 ;
                }
            }
        },
        Text {
            x: 20
            y: 180
            fill: Color.WHITE
            content: "- Pressing Right/Left arrow keys should \nstress/shrink the image in X direction\n \n- Click on the image with mouse, \nimage get shrinked"
        }
    ]
};

s_new = s;

Stage {
    title: "Changing Scene"
    width: 250
    height: 280
    scene: bind s_new

}

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