2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/newt/classes/com/jogamp/newt/Window.java b/src/newt/classes/com/jogamp/newt/Window.java
index 0bebf330a..f63c03738 100644
--- a/src/newt/classes/com/jogamp/newt/Window.java
+++ b/src/newt/classes/com/jogamp/newt/Window.java
@@ -406,7 +406,11 @@ public interface Window extends NativeWindow, WindowClosingProtocol {
      * Sets a {@link KeyListener} allowing focus traversal with a covered window toolkit like AWT.
      * <p>
      * The {@link KeyListener} methods are invoked prior to all other {@link KeyListener}'s
-     * allowing to suppress the {@link KeyEvent} via the {@link InputEvent#consumedTag}.
+     * allowing to suppress the {@link KeyEvent} via the {@link InputEvent#consumedTag}
+     * and to perform focus traversal with a 3rd party toolkit.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * The {@link KeyListener} methods are not invoked for {@link KeyEvent#isAutoRepeat() auto-repeat} events. 
      * </p>
      * @param l
      */
diff --git a/src/newt/classes/jogamp/newt/WindowImpl.java b/src/newt/classes/jogamp/newt/WindowImpl.java
index 1ac97b07c..6787f0ab3 100644
--- a/src/newt/classes/jogamp/newt/WindowImpl.java
+++ b/src/newt/classes/jogamp/newt/WindowImpl.java
@@ -2535,15 +2535,15 @@ public abstract class WindowImpl implements Window, NEWTEventConsumer
     
     protected void consumeKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) {
         boolean consumedE = false;
-        if(null != keyboardFocusHandler) {
+        if( null != keyboardFocusHandler && !e.isAutoRepeat() ) {
             consumedE = propagateKeyEvent(e, keyboardFocusHandler);
             if(DEBUG_KEY_EVENT) {
-                System.err.println("consumeKeyEvent: "+e+", keyboardFocusHandler consumed: "+consumedE);
+                System.err.println("consumeKeyEvent(kfh): "+e+", keyboardFocusHandler consumed: "+consumedE);
             }
         }
         if(DEBUG_KEY_EVENT) {
             if( !consumedE ) {
-                System.err.println("consumeKeyEvent: "+e);
+                System.err.println("consumeKeyEvent(usr): "+e);
             }
         }
         for(int i = 0; !consumedE && i < keyListeners.size(); i++ ) {