Unexpected return value for KeyUpEvent.getKeyName

[hin3x]

We are seeing unexpected results for the method KeyUpEvent.getKeyName().
For instance, with below code:

TextItem txt = new TextItem();
txt.addKeyUpHandler(new KeyUpHandler() {

public void onKeyUp(final KeyUpEvent event) {
String keyName = event.getKeyName();
log("KeyUpEvent.keyName()=" + keyName);
}
});


This works well for normal characters, enter, delete etc.
But since Firefox15, when pressing ù on azerty, this returns "Alt"
Also, when pressing µ, this returns "$i9"
Pressing ^ returns "Shift"
Pressing $ gives "Alt"
The list goes on, with ) and - returning null
< returning ,

We have found though that only since Firefox 15 the ù returns Alt, which is the most pressing problem for us.

Can this be looking into please?

(SNAPSHOT_v8.3d_2012-10-11/Pro Deployment (built 2012-10-11)

[Isomorphic]

Interesting. It sounds like the azerty keyboard layout is reporting different keyCode values from those we make use of for the US-querty layout, at least for this browser.

You can probably resolve this issue within your application by looking at the result of EventHandler.getKeyEventCharacter() / EventHandler.getKeyEventCharacterValue() - the expectation would be that these will be null for a true modifier keypress (alt, shift etc), but will have the correct value for meaningful character keys.

This should allow you to get your app working correctly and we will assign a developer to look into how best to address this issue at the framework level

Regards
Isomorphic Software

[hin3x]

Thanks, looking forward to your final solution.

best regards