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

• SDK for Java, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

The default right-click Shortcut menus that JDK1.1 provides for java.awt.TextArea is not seen with the Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java provided in the SDK for Java 2.0 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. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. 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);
            }
         }
   
   
   

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REFERENCES

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