8218917: KeyEvent.getModifiers() returns inconsistent values for ALT keys

[amosshi]

Backport of JDK-8218917

Testing

• Local: Test passed
  • AltGraphModifierTest.java: Test results: no tests selected
  • AltKeyBug.java: Test results: passed: 1
• Pipeline: All checks have passed
• Testing Machine: SAP nightlies passed on 2024-03-13,14,15

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• JDK-8218917: KeyEvent.getModifiers() returns inconsistent values for ALT keys (Bug - P2 - Approved)

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This backport pull request has now been updated with issue from the original commit.

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@amosshi This change now passes all automated pre-integration checks.

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8218917: KeyEvent.getModifiers() returns inconsistent values for ALT keys

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At the time when this comment was updated there had been 22 new commits pushed to the master branch:

• cb1b9a6: 8292717: Clean up checking of testing requirements in configure
• 7ed3c3e: 8320943: Files/probeContentType/Basic.java fails on latest Windows 11 - content type mismatch
• d1bdb25: 8322239: [macos] a11y : java.lang.NullPointerException is thrown when focus is moved on the JTabbedPane
• 2921ad6: 8321489: Update LCMS to 2.16
• 0f09d0b: 8324238: [macOS] java/awt/Frame/ShapeNotSetSometimes/ShapeNotSetSometimes.java fails with the shape has not been applied msg
• 1d102e8: 8248667: Need support for building native libraries located in the test/lib directory
• 7de6f3f: 8314283: Support for NSS tests on aarch64 platforms
• a097faa: 8320129: "top" command during jtreg failure handler does not display CPU usage on OSX
• 1b3c570: 8290203: ProblemList vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/scenarios/capability/CM03/cm03t001/TestDescription.java on linux-all
• 5cf250f: 8292716: Configure should check that jtreg is of the required version
• ... and 12 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/compare/f3069d13d23301405b096db6d4843500a5f5fa56...master

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/approval request "Backporting for parity with 11.0.24-oracle. Clean backport. SAP nightlies passed on 2024-03-13,14,15”

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@amosshi
8218917: The approval request has been created successfully.

[amosshi]

/integrate

[openjdk]

Going to push as commit 21f04a2.
Since your change was applied there have been 58 commits pushed to the master branch:

• aa16bfe: 8319128: sun/security/pkcs11 tests fail on OL 7.9 aarch64
• 2e46aad: 8268974: GetJREPath() JLI function fails to locate libjava.so if not standard Java launcher is used
• eca3696: 8310923: Refactor Currency tests to use JUnit
• 2f285fd: 8323994: gtest runner repeats test name for every single gtest assertion
• 9ac4063: 8299677: Formatter.format might take a long time to format an integer or floating-point
• 6808c5c: 8320005: Allow loading of shared objects with .a extension on AIX
• 910eb0e: 8306714: Open source few Swing event and AbstractAction tests
• 1bbf93c: 8305943: Open source few AWT Focus related tests
• 8e46e37: 8305942: Open source several AWT Focus related tests
• fa8f02e: 8318727: Enable parallelism in vmTestbase/vm/gc/concurrent tests
• ... and 48 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/compare/f3069d13d23301405b096db6d4843500a5f5fa56...master

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@amosshi Pushed as commit 21f04a2.

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