RFR: 8274928: JavaFX virtual keyboard missing ^ character

[Andy Goryachev]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:38:50 GMT, Ziad El Midaoui <zelmidaoui at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Added "^" character to JavaFX virtual keyboard.

modules/javafx.controls/src/main/resources/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TextBoard.txt line 2:

> 1: #removed unsupported ymacron, yhook
> 2: [q|1|\[ ][w|2|\] ][e|3|{|egrave|eacute|ecirc|euml ][r|4|}|reg ][t|5|<|tm ][y|6|^|>|ygrave|yacute|ycirc|yuml ][u|7|laquo|ugrave|uacute|ucirc|uuml ][i|8|raquo|igrave|iacute|icirc|iuml ][o|9|`|ograve|oacute|ocirc|otilde|ouml|oslash|deg ][p|0|~|para|pi ]

I think the order should be different, since `>` might be more frequently used than `^`.  I don't have any data to support this statement though.

Another reason is symmetry, since it is prettier to show `5<` and `6>`

My suggestion is to move `^` after `>`:


[y|6|>|^|ygrave|yacute|ycirc|yuml ]

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2053#discussion_r2733508700