RFR: 8361606 : ConsumeNextMnemonicKeyTypedTest.java fails on Windows: character typed with VK_A: a [v3]

[Harshitha Onkar]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:43:51 GMT, Anass Baya <abaya at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> **Analysis :**
>> When the problem occurrs, the key press event related to the mnemonic triggers the item selection. However, as we returned to the menu, the subsequent key typed event arrived and was treated as a normal key press instead of being recognized as part of the mnemonic sequence.
>> 
>> **Proposed Fix:**
>> As a fix, we are tagging the next key typed event to be consumed by the Keyboard Focus Manager
>> 
>> 
>>     public void processKeyEvent(Component focusedComponent, KeyEvent e) {
>>         // consume processed event if needed
>>         if (consumeProcessedKeyEvent(e)) { <--- consumed here
>>             return;
>>         }
>> ...
>
> Anass Baya has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   add Linux bug ID 8321303

@anass-baya Did a quick check, this test still fails on macOS. Since the proposed fix is in common code - BasicPopupMenuUI.java shouldn't it resolve the issue on all 3 platforms - windows, macOS and linux?

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Changes requested by honkar (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26790#pullrequestreview-3258916880