Doubts on KeyCode

[Scott Palmer]

If I recall correctly there is one keycode named PLUS and another named ADD. One of them refers to the numeric keypad.

Scott

> On Mar 30, 2015, at 6:58 AM, Tom Schindl <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at> wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> suppose you have the following code:
> 
>> package application;
>> 
>> import javafx.application.Application;
>> import javafx.scene.Scene;
>> import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
>> import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
>> import javafx.stage.Stage;
>> 
>> public class Main extends Application {
>>    @Override
>>    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
>>        try {
>>            BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
>>            Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 400);
>>            
>>            TextField f = new TextField();
>>            f.setOnKeyReleased( e -> {
>>                System.err.println(e.getCode());
>>            });
>>            root.setCenter(f);
>>            
>>            primaryStage.setScene(scene);
>>            primaryStage.show();
>>        } catch (Exception e) {
>>            e.printStackTrace();
>>        }
>>    }
>>    
>>    public static void main(String[] args) {
>>        launch(args);
>>    }
>> }
> 
> For default ASCII-Chars like a, b, c, ... I get the correct KeyCode but
> e.g. for +, -, ... the information is totally bogus. Please note I get
> the correct keyCode when pressing the NumPad char but e.g. CLOSE_BRACKET
> when pressing "+" on my keyboard.
> 
> If I'm not completely mistaken the KeyCode defintion for the current +
> is the one for the keypad "+" and the one for the ordinary + is missing?
> 
> This means that the definition:
> 
> PLUS(0x0209, "Plus")
> 
> has to be
> 
> PLUS(0x0209, "Plus", KeyCodeClass.KEYPAD)
> 
> What I can not explain is why the keyboard "+" (ascii-code 43) maps to
> "]" (ascii-code 93) from a native-keyevent to KeyCode happens in
> Glass-Layer.
> 
> Tom
> 
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