--- old/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libawt_lwawt/awt/AWTEvent.m	2016-07-04 00:29:37.000000000 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libawt_lwawt/awt/AWTEvent.m	2016-07-04 00:29:37.000000000 +0530
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
     {0, 0, 0}
 };
 
-unichar NsCharToJavaChar(unichar nsChar, NSUInteger modifiers)
+unichar NsCharToJavaChar(unichar nsChar, NSUInteger modifiers, BOOL spaceKeyTyped)
 {
     const struct _char *cur;
     // Mask off just the keyboard modifiers from the event modifier mask.
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@
         return java_awt_event_KeyEvent_CHAR_UNDEFINED;
     }
 
+    // nsChar receives value 0 when SPACE key is typed.
+    if (nsChar == 0 && spaceKeyTyped == YES) {
+        return java_awt_event_KeyEvent_VK_SPACE;
+    }
+	
     // otherwise return character unchanged
     return nsChar;
 }
@@ -757,13 +762,13 @@
  */
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
 Java_sun_lwawt_macosx_NSEvent_nsToJavaChar
-(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jchar nsChar, jint modifierFlags)
+(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jchar nsChar, jint modifierFlags, jboolean spaceKeyTyped)
 {
     jchar javaChar = 0;
 
 JNF_COCOA_ENTER(env);
 
-    javaChar = NsCharToJavaChar(nsChar, modifierFlags);
+    javaChar = NsCharToJavaChar(nsChar, modifierFlags, spaceKeyTyped);
 
 JNF_COCOA_EXIT(env);
 
--- old/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformResponder.java	2016-07-04 00:29:38.000000000 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformResponder.java	2016-07-04 00:29:38.000000000 +0530
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
         int jkeyCode = KeyEvent.VK_UNDEFINED;
         int jkeyLocation = KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_UNKNOWN;
         boolean postsTyped = false;
+        boolean spaceKeyTyped = false;
 
         char testChar = KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED;
         boolean isDeadChar = (chars!= null && chars.length() == 0);
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@
         } else {
             if (chars != null && chars.length() > 0) {
                 testChar = chars.charAt(0);
+				
+                //Check if String chars contains SPACE character.
+                if (chars.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                    spaceKeyTyped = true;
+                }
             }
 
             char testCharIgnoringModifiers = charsIgnoringModifiers != null && charsIgnoringModifiers.length() > 0 ?
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@
                                            NSEvent.nsToJavaEventType(eventType);
         }
 
-        char javaChar = NSEvent.nsToJavaChar(testChar, modifierFlags);
+        char javaChar = NSEvent.nsToJavaChar(testChar, modifierFlags, spaceKeyTyped);
         // Some keys may generate a KEY_TYPED, but we can't determine
         // what that character is. That's likely a bug, but for now we
         // just check for CHAR_UNDEFINED.
--- old/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/NSEvent.java	2016-07-04 00:29:39.000000000 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/NSEvent.java	2016-07-04 00:29:39.000000000 +0530
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
      * There is a small number of NS characters that need to be converted
      * into other characters before we pass them to AWT.
      */
-    static native char nsToJavaChar(char nsChar, int modifierFlags);
+    static native char nsToJavaChar(char nsChar, int modifierFlags, boolean spaceKeyTyped);
 
     static boolean isPopupTrigger(int jmodifiers) {
         final boolean isRightButtonDown = ((jmodifiers & InputEvent.BUTTON3_DOWN_MASK) != 0);