OS: RedHat Linux 6.2 KDE
JDK: jdk1.3.0rc1-b17

DELETE key functionality is broken in JPasswordField. 
Instead of deleting characters,pressing "Delete" key prints 
stars '*' into JPasswordField.
To reproduce bug:
1- Compile and run the following code
2- type some text into JPasswordField
3- Press the "Home" key to get to start of text
4- Press "DEL" key continuously
5- Note that none of the characters are deleted, and that more characters
are inserted.

----------Code---------------

/* Copyright (c) Sun Microsystems 1998

$Header: /home/sun/src/JDK1.2/jPasswordField.java,v 1.13 2000/03/30 08:13:08 isam Exp $

*/

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class jPasswordField extends JApplet
{
public void init()
{ 
        pass1 pass = new pass1();
        getContentPane().add(pass);
}

public static void main(String[] argv)
{

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644");
        frame.setContentPane(new pass1());
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter()
        {
             public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e)
             {
                 System.exit(0);
             }
        });

}
}

class pass1 extends JPanel
{
public pass1()
{

        JPanel p = new JPanel();
        p.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2, 2, 2));
        JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
        label1.setFont(new Font("Lucida Sans regular",Font.PLAIN,10));
        label1.setText("\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0645\u0020\u05e9\u05dd");
        p.add(label1);
        p.add(new JTextField());
        JLabel label2 = new JLabel();
        label2.setFont(new Font("Lucida Sans regular",Font.PLAIN,10));
        label2.setText("\u05e1\u05e1\u05de\u05d4\u0020\u0643\u0644\u0645\u0629\u0020\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631");
        p.add(label2);
        JPasswordField pass = new JPasswordField();              
        pass.setEditable(true);
        p.add(pass);
        setLayout(new FlowLayout()); 
        add(p);
        validate();
}
}

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WorkAround:
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N/A

Middle keyblock delete key should work like keypad delete key.
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2000-09-25

from the original submitter Isam:
- Testing under Merlin b52/ Not fixed yet
- Testing under LadyBird b15, Fixed
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2001-03-01

The bug is not reproducible in Merlin build b58.
Submitter, please verify that the bug is fixed.
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2001-03-30

Closing not reproducible.
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2001-04-24