RFR: DRAFT 8273743: KeyCharacterCombination for "+" does not work on US QWERTY keyboard layout [v4]
Martin Fox
duke at openjdk.java.net
Fri Dec 17 18:36:22 UTC 2021
On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:40:47 GMT, Martin Fox <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:
>> There was a mismatch between the way `get_glass_key` generated the Java key code for a given key press and how `getKeyCodeForChar` determined the key code for the matching character. For example, when pressing the plus sign on a US keyboard `get_glass_key` correctly generated `KeyCode.EQUALS` but `getKeyCodeForChar("+")` generated `KeyCode.PLUS`.
>>
>> In this PR `getKeyCodeForChar` mirrors the behavior of `get_glass_key`; it determines which key the character lies on and generates a key code based on the unshifted character on the same key.
>>
>> I'm working on a more comprehensive test case that allows you to press any key on the keyboard and test whether a KeyCharacterCombination for that character will succeed or not. I've attached it to this thread. It might be worth submitting as a manual test case
>> [CharComboTest.txt](https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/files/7247265/CharComboTest.txt)
>> .
>
> Martin Fox has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> Learn-as-they-type approach to implementing getKeyCodeForChar
I marked this as draft in hopes that #694 goes through instead. The review cycles were useful as very similar code is in #694 and will be needed to address [JDK-8278924](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8278924).
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/635
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