Technical Q&A JAVA 18 - Inputting characters using InputMethod (13-September-1999) Q: I can’t input Japanese characters using InputMethod into a text field. Why not? A: There are several issues to consider when using the InputMethod into a text field. If you are using an applet, you may encounter difficulty under MRJ 2.1.x. No matter which input mode of the InputMethod, Roman alphabetic characters will be sent to the text field. This problem is fixed in MRJ 2.2EA1 (and later). If you need to support earlier versions of the MRJ, please consider using JTextFields or JTextArea components that are part of swing, instead of using the AWT components. This problem also affects applets running in Netscape Navigator with the MRJ plugin. Applications are not affected by this problem. -- Takahiro Kaneko Worldwide Developer Technical Support Technical Q&As | Contents Previous Question To contact us, please use the Contact Us page.