[Bug swing/24650] New: JTextField refuses to accept any input if initially set to the empty string.

[audriusa at bluewin dot ch]

After calling JTextField().setText(""), the text refuses to accept any keyboard
input. The attached test case demonstrates the problem.

If I set the non empty field content, it is possible to enter text inside the
non-empty area (the characters being right from the cursor shifts correctly to
the right). However if I click the mouse right from the last character in the
field, no input is possible. It may be logical that the empty string results no
initial text area - and the input is not possible.

This is potentially severe bug, as adding input into an initially empty area is
between the main functions of this component. The bug blocks the new set of the
RMI/IIOP examples.

Reported agains Classpath 0.18+CVS as it was on November 3, 2005, under JamVm
1.3.3 and Fedora Linux.


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           Summary: JTextField refuses to accept any input if initially set
                    to the empty string.
           Product: classpath
           Version: 0.18
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P3
         Component: swing
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: audriusa at bluewin dot ch


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24650