RFR: 8356652: Input field ignores custom input source characters

Andy Goryachev angorya at openjdk.org
Thu May 15 17:53:56 UTC 2025


On Wed, 14 May 2025 15:31:46 GMT, Martin Fox <mfox at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Under the hood the Keyman input method appears as a US English keyboard layout. The characters attached to an NSEvent are always US English Roman even if the selected Keyman layout is, say, Hebrew or Dvorak. Keyman sends the correct Hebrew or Dvorak character to insertText:replacementRange: instead.
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> This PR special-cases the Keyman layout, detecting it using the same method that AWT does. When Keyman is active Glass records the insertText: character and uses that when sending out KeyEvents.

The change fixes the immediate problem with keyman, I'll create a separate ticket for the rendering bug.

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Marked as reviewed by angorya (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1805#pullrequestreview-2844560408


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