Swing VK_X and VK_C Issue

[kc3]

I have an issue where for some reason the VK_X and VK_C KeyEvents do not work at all, I can change them to anything else and it works, I've tried this on two other PCs as well... It just acts like Ctrl-C and X are in use or something, the combination is displayed in the menu so I imagine I typed it in right. This is my code

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class ExProject implements ActionListener {
	JLabel selectedItem;
	JTextArea textContents;
	
	ExProject() {
		JFrame jfrm = new JFrame("Experimental GUI");
		jfrm.setSize(215, 350);
		jfrm.setLocation(350, 350);
		jfrm.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		
		/*** Start Menus ***/
		
		JMenuBar jmb = new JMenuBar();
		
		JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
		JMenu editMenu = new JMenu("Edit");
		
		JMenuItem newFile = new JMenuItem("New");
		JMenuItem openFile = new JMenuItem("Open");
		JMenuItem exitProg = new JMenuItem("Exit");
		
		newFile.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_N, InputEvent.CTRL_MASK));
		openFile.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_O, InputEvent.CTRL_MASK));
		exitProg.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_E, InputEvent.CTRL_MASK));
		
		newFile.addActionListener(this);
		openFile.addActionListener(this);
		exitProg.addActionListener(this);
		
		fileMenu.add(newFile);
		fileMenu.add(openFile);
		fileMenu.addSeparator();
		fileMenu.add(exitProg);
		
		JMenuItem cutFrom = new JMenuItem("Cut");
		JMenuItem copyFrom = new JMenuItem("Copy");
		JMenuItem pasteTo = new JMenuItem("Paste");
		
		cutFrom.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_X, InputEvent.CTRL_MASK));      /***** PROBLEM LINE!!! *****/
		copyFrom.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, InputEvent.CTRL_MASK));     /***** PROBLEM LINE!!! *****/
		pasteTo.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_P, InputEvent.CTRL_MASK));
		
		cutFrom.addActionListener(this);
		copyFrom.addActionListener(this);
		pasteTo.addActionListener(this);
		
		editMenu.add(cutFrom);
		editMenu.add(copyFrom);
		editMenu.add(pasteTo);
		
		jmb.add(fileMenu);
		jmb.add(editMenu);
		
		/*** End Menus ***/
		
		/*** Start Main Contents ***/
 
		selectedItem = new JLabel("Selected Items Log");
		jfrm.add(selectedItem, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		
		textContents = new JTextArea();
		textContents.setEditable(false);
		JScrollPane windowContents = new JScrollPane(textContents);
		jfrm.add(windowContents, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		
		/*** End Main Contents ***/
		
		jfrm.setJMenuBar(jmb);
		jfrm.setVisible(true);
	}
	
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
		String cmd = ae.getActionCommand();
		String contents = textContents.getText();
		if (cmd.equals("Exit")) {
			System.exit(0);
		}  else {
			textContents.setText(contents +
					"Selected Item - " + cmd + "\n");
		}
	}
	
	public static void main(String args[]) {
		new ExProject();
	}
}

I've tried changing the keys to other ones and it works, also keeping the KeyEvent but changing the InputEvent to ALT_MASK works as well, all other accelerators work in this code, am I just missing something?

[doWhile]

Are those events are being captured/consumed by a Text component, for instance the JTextArea? They have by default their own action map and accelerators for copy/cut/paste.

[kc3]

[edit] nvm :) that helped, didn't realize that the accelerators were default for JTextArea, thanks!