Hello, Anton.

Did you run all the KeyEvent-related regression tests?
May be we could right a regression test for this one? From your evaluation I 
have an impression that Ctrl+Key combination is now broken in normal layout 
too? Is this correct?

Thank you.
With best regards. Petr.

On May 23, 2014, at 7:14 PM, anton nashatyrev <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hello,
>    could you please review the following fix:
> 
> fix: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~anashaty/8028617/9/webrev.00/ 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eanashaty/8028617/9/webrev.00/>
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028617
> 
>    Problem: Dvorak keyboard mapping not honored when Ctrl key pressed
> 
>    Evaluation:
>        The problem is in the AWTView.m:deliverJavaKeyEventHelper(): for 
> taking a character we use NSEvent::characters which works fine until the Ctrl 
> modifier is pressed. In this case the 'charaters' returns empty string. The 
> typed character is then calculated via key code using the standard keyboard 
> layout. Of course that doesn't work for any other layout including DVORAK.
> 
>    Fix: We should use NSEvent::charactersIgnoringModifiers property instead 
> (especially taking into account that sun.lwawt.macosx.event.NSEvent 
> constructor parameter name is 'charactersIgnoringModifiers')
> 
> Thanks!
> Anton.

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