Hi, (This is my first post here, hope I'm following the right path)
It seems JavaFX TextFields (and friends) do not automatically convert <dead key>+<space> into simply <dead key character>. They make it into <dead key character>+<space>, which is very atypical. I would consider this behavior a bug, since it is different from any editor I know (and makes it very hard to enter a dead key character on its own). We ran into this with Java 8, I also reproduced it with openjdk 21 + openjfx 23. For instance if in a JavaFX TextField I type a '^' keystroke, it waits for the next keystroke (which is normal since it's a dead key, possibly followed by a character on which to put the '^'). But if I then type <space> I expect a simple '^' to appear. Instead, in JavaFX, '^ ' appears. This does not happen in Swing, nor in any editor or shell or ... Background context: a user of our JavaFX application couldn't authenticate with their password (typed in a PasswordField). After an awful lot of troubleshooting we found that they used a '^' in their password. Of course the user didn't notice that after typing ^+space two dots appeared in the PasswordField. Now that user knows they have to backspace after typing ^+space ... I suppose inserting a Swing JPasswordField in our JavaFX app would work around this issue, but ... isn't there a better solution? Shouldn't this be regarded as a bug? -- Johan
