On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:28:20 GMT, Martin Fox <m...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> A KeyCharacterCombination should match a key if the target character is 
> printed on that key. For example, the user should be able to invoke the 
> `Shortcut+'+' ` combination by holding down the Shortcut key and pressing a 
> key that has '+' printed on it. This should work even if '+' is a shifted 
> symbol but the user doesn't hold down the Shift key. 
> 
> The Mac implements KeyCharacterCombinations by monitoring keystrokes to 
> discover the relationship between keys and characters. Currently the system 
> only records the character the user typed and no other characters on the same 
> key. This means a shortcut targeting a shifted character may not work until 
> the user types that character using Shift so the system learns the 
> relationship.
> 
> This PR keeps the same mechanism in place but always records the shifted and 
> unshifted character for each keystroke.
> 
> For the Mac the KeyboardTest app was modified to remove tests for characters 
> accessed using Option. We don't look for these characters because under the 
> hood just about every key has some symbol assigned to the Option modifier 
> that the user probably isn't even aware of. For these character we fall back 
> to the existing logic; once the user types the character it will start 
> working as a shortcut.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: cda623d7
Author:    Martin Fox <m...@openjdk.org>
Committer: Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/commit/cda623d74a17c1aac034bac175e4fb10bd1fd52b
Stats:     46 lines in 2 files changed: 35 ins; 1 del; 10 mod

8087700: [KeyCombination, Mac] KeyCharacterCombinations behave erratically

Reviewed-by: angorya, kcr

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1209

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