FullScreen Swing Components Fail to Receive Keyboard Input on Java 7 on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Question

Update 12/21:

7u10 was recently released. Confirmed that:

1. The issue still persists
2. Thankfully, the workaround still function

Answer 1

Instead, use key bindings, as shown in this FullScreenTest. Also, consider a DocumentListener, shown here, for text components.