InputMethodWindow / linux focus managment

I created an InputMethod which uses context.createInputMethodWindow("my input method")
to create a window that holds a virtual keyboard.
On windows2000, everything work great.
When the user types a key on the virtual keyboard, the keyboard does not get the focus
(which is what I expect) and so I can find the current focus owner (such as a JTextfield),
generate a KeyEvent which I dispatch through the focus manager.
However, on linux, it doesn't work.
When the user types a key, the focus is taken away from the current focus owner (such as
a JTextField). The virtual keyboard in the input method window doesn't get the focus.
Instead it tells me that nothing has focus.
Does anyone know if this is due to the Xwindow manager (KDE) or is it due to a bug
in the virtual machine? Any ideas of how to work around it?
I was hoping to use linux in our deployed system.
Thanks,
Paul Bade

i am doing the same work. Can you post the code of virtual keyboard and how you are finding which window is having focus among all the visible windows? I am having the same focus problems with linux OS
i would appreciate please send a mail to [email protected]
thanks

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