Hi I am using jdk1.2-pre2 glibc2.0 on RedHat5.2 I have to menuitems one with shortcut Ctrl+O and the other with shurtcut Chtrl+I Ctrl+O worls fine, Ctrl+I is almost always ignored and sometimes even causes application to stop responding. No exceptions or other errors are thrown. The code where I add shortcuts: JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); JMenu menu; JMenuItem menuItem; frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar); menu = new JMenu("View"); . . . menuItem = new JMenuItem("Zoom In"); menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke (KeyEvent.VK_I, ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK)); menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_I); menuItem.addActionListener(this); menu.add(menuItem); menuItem = new JMenuItem("Zoom Out"); menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke (KeyEvent.VK_O, ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK)); menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_O); menuItem.addActionListener(this); menu.add(menuItem); isn't it strange? -mk P.S. and, btw, thanks for great port! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]