How to stop repeated keyPressed() / keyReleased() events in Swing

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So the problem that I am having
appears to be a bug that occurs only
on Linux

Yes this is a Linux problem.

On Windows when a key is held down you get multiple KeyPressed events but only a single KeyReleased event.

This question is asked often and I’ve never seen a good solution.

But I think the basis of a solution is to use a Timer. When the key is pressed you start a Timer. When you get another keyPressed you restart the Timer. So as long as the Timer interval is greater than the repeat rate of the key board the Timer will be continually reset when a key is held down. When keyPresses stop being generated the Timer will fire so you assume the key has been released. This implies you will have a delay in processing the keyReleased.

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