BUG: java.awt.TextArea Does Not Provide Shortcut Menus

ID: Q177752

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SDK for Java, versions 2.0, 2.01, 2.02, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
Internet Explorer (Programming), version 4.01

SYMPTOMS

The default right-click Shortcut menus that JDK1.1 provides for java.awt.TextArea is not seen with the Microsoft virtual machine provided in the SDK for Java 2.0 and later and Internet Explorer 4.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

To reproduce this behavior, create a Java project and include the following class:


import java.awt.*;
public class Test
{
   public static void main(String a[])
   {
      Frame f = new Frame();
      TextArea t = new TextArea();
      f.add(t, "Center");
      f.setSize(300,300);
      f.setVisible(true);
   }
}

When you right-click on the Frame, you do not see the Shortcut menus with the following options:

Undo

Copy

Paste

Delete

Select All

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual J++ and the SDK for Java, please see the following pages on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/visualj/

http://support.microsoft.com/support/java/

Additional query words: popup menus TextArea


Keywords          : kbSDKJava300 kbSDKJava310 AWTPkg JVM kbSDKJava320 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.02,3.0,3.1,3.2
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999