--- old/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m	2012-03-13 15:53:02.000000000 +0300
+++ new/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTView.m	2012-03-13 15:53:02.000000000 +0300
@@ -384,7 +384,14 @@
 
     jstring characters = NULL;
     if ([event type] != NSFlagsChanged) {
-        characters = JNFNSToJavaString(env, [event characters]);
+        
+        int modifierFlags = [event modifierFlags];  
+        // process key char for mnemonics
+        if((modifierFlags & NSControlKeyMask != 0) && (modifierFlags & NSAlternateKeyMask !=0)){
+            characters = JNFNSToJavaString(env, [event charactersIgnoringModifiers]);            
+        }else{
+            characters = JNFNSToJavaString(env, [event characters]);            
+        }
     }
 
     static JNF_CLASS_CACHE(jc_NSEvent, "sun/lwawt/macosx/event/NSEvent");