Accelerators - odd behavior

Kevin Rushforth kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
Fri Sep 26 17:41:33 UTC 2014


It may or may not be a bug, but it will be good to investigate.

-- Kevin


Stephen F Northover wrote:
> Two on Windows, one on Mac.  See 
> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-38830
>
> Steve
>
> On 2014-09-26, 1:25 PM, Stephen F Northover wrote:
>> This is on Mac.  Will try Windows.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On 2014-09-26, 1:24 PM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>>> Is this on a Mac or on Windows?  I just ran your test case and I get 
>>> two runnables, which is what I would expect.
>>>
>>> -- Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> Stephen F Northover wrote:
>>>> I am only seeing the runnable fired once in FX 8u40.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> Steps:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Run TestKeyCombination
>>>> 2) Press Control+-
>>>>
>>>> Here is the test code:
>>>>
>>>> import javafx.application.Application;
>>>> import javafx.scene.Group;
>>>> import javafx.scene.Scene;
>>>> import javafx.scene.control.Button;
>>>> import javafx.scene.input.KeyCharacterCombination;
>>>> import javafx.scene.input.KeyCode;
>>>> import javafx.scene.input.KeyCodeCombination;
>>>> import javafx.scene.input.KeyCombination;
>>>> import javafx.stage.Stage;
>>>>
>>>> public class TestKeyCombination extends Application {
>>>>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>>>>         Application.launch(args);
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>>     @Override public void start(Stage stage) {
>>>>         stage.setTitle("Test KeyCombination");
>>>>         Scene scene = new Scene(new Group(), 600, 450);
>>>>         Button button1 = new Button();
>>>>         button1.setText("Click Me");
>>>>         stage.setScene(scene);
>>>>         stage.show();
>>>>
>>>>         KeyCombination cmdMinus = new 
>>>> KeyCodeCombination(KeyCode.MINUS, KeyCombination.CONTROL_DOWN);
>>>>         KeyCombination cmdMinusFromCharacter = new 
>>>> KeyCharacterCombination("-", KeyCombination.CONTROL_DOWN);
>>>>         Runnable runnable = () -> System.out.println("HI");
>>>>         scene.getAccelerators().put(cmdMinus, runnable);
>>>>         scene.getAccelerators().put(cmdMinusFromCharacter, runnable);
>>>>     }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2014-09-26, 1:01 PM, Scott Palmer wrote:
>>>>> KeyCombination cmdMinus = new Key*Code*Combination(KeyCode.MINUS,
>>>>> KeyCombination.CONTROL_DOWN);
>>>>> KeyCombination cmdMinusFromCharacter = new 
>>>>> Key*Character*Combination("-",
>>>>> KeyCombination.CONTROL_DOWN);
>>>>>
>>>>> Using the above like this:
>>>>> scene.getAccelerators().put(cmdMinus, runnable);
>>>>> scene.getAccelerators().put(cmdMinusFromCharacter, runnable);
>>>>>
>>>>> Will result in the runnable being fired twice from the same keypress.
>>>>>
>>>>> I propose changing the accelerator processing logic so that only one
>>>>> runnable gets called as the intention appears to be that a 
>>>>> KeyCombination
>>>>> can only have one runnable associated with it, but the logic in 
>>>>> Map doesn't
>>>>> see the above two KeyCombinations as the same key in the Map.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note: With the second combination above I really wanted something 
>>>>> that
>>>>> worked for both MINUS and SUBTRACT simultaneously - since they 
>>>>> both type
>>>>> the same Character and only one accelerator can be set on a MenuItem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>
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