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Build 200112170331. Go into: Tools/Options/Editing/Editor Settings/Java Editor/Abbreviations/Add... (open the dialog). After dialog opening, no visible part of the dialog has focus, the user have to do one <tab> to force focus to "Abbreviation:" input line.
The same applies to Tools/Options/Editing/Editor Settings/Java Editor/Macros/Add... (open the dialog).
It works for me. Build 20020110.
Build 200302240100 Linux RH 7.2 GNome JDK 1.4.1 MDI I can reproduce it.
It seems that it is genereal problem. Duplicating. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 31393 ***
Resolved for 3.3.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.