BUG: KEY_PRESSED Event Not Generated for Some Controls (188808)

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a Java project and include the following class:

   import java.awt.*;
   
   // To see JDK 1.1-style events, uncomment this line.
   // import java.awt.event.*;
   
   public class Testevent
   {
      public static void main(String args[])
      {
         Frame f=new Frame();
         f.setLayout(new java.awt.BorderLayout());
         TextArea ta = new TextAreaEvents();
         f.add("Center", ta);
         f.setSize(320,200);
         f.setVisible(true);
         // To see JDK 1.1-style events, uncomment this line.
         // To see JDK 1.02-style events, leave it out.
         // ta.addKeyListener(new TestKeyListener());
      }
   }
   
   class TextAreaEvents extends TextArea
   {
      public boolean handleEvent(Event e)
      {
         System.out.println(e);
         System.out.print(e.id==Event.KEY_PRESS? "KEY_PRESS":"");
         System.out.print(e.id==Event.KEY_RELEASE? "KEY_RELEASE":"");
         System.out.print(e.id==Event.KEY_ACTION? "KEY_ACTION":"");
         System.out.print(e.id==Event.KEY_ACTION_RELEASE?
                          "KEY_ACTION_RELEASE":"");
         System.out.println();
         return super.handleEvent(e);
      }
   }
   
   // To see JDK 1.1-style events uncomment the following class:
   /*
   class TestKeyListener implements KeyListener
   {
      public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
      {
        System.out.println("Listener -- pressed: "+e);
      }
      public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)
      {
         System.out.println("Listener -- typed: "+e);
      }
      public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
      {
         System.out.println("Listener -- released: "+e);
      }
   }
   /* End of block. */ 
   						

2. Build and execute the above Java class. You will notice that the TextArea control does not generate KEY-PRESSED events for the TAB key.

Other Affected Keys

Button     SPACE, ENTER
Choice     SPACE, ENTER, HOME, END, PGUP, PGDOWN, ARROWUP, ARROWLEFT, ARROWRIGHT, ARROWDOWN
Checkbox   SPACE, ENTER
List       SPACE, ENTER, HOME, END, PGUP, PGDOWN, ARROWUP, ARROWLEFT, ARROWRIGHT, ARROWDOWN
TextArea   TAB, PGUP, PGDOWN