Nokia Serie60 and 40 bug: softkey codes are not reported on a normal Canvas

This bug is reported by forum.nokia.com in their "Knowledge Base" section.

Some key codes are not reported through the keyPressed(), keyRepeated(), and keyReleased (methods of the Canvas class on a normal, non-full screen Canvas. This applies especially to the left, middle (when present), and right softkeys. Those are only reported back to the above key-capturing methods on full-screen Canvas instances.

The MIDP 2.0 specification says:

For some devices the keys used for commands may overlap with the keys that will deliver key code events to the canvas. If this is the case, the device will provide a means transparent to the application that enables the user to select a mode that determines whether these keys will deliver commands or key code events to the application.

This does not happen on all tested devices.

The tested devices are Nokia 6301, Nokia 6555, Nokia N95, Nokia E61i. The families affected are S40 5th Edition (and FP1) and S60 3rd Edition (and FP1 and FP2) .