Bug report request opening the File → Dl from OSM menu item...

[anonymous]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. File → Download from OSM

What is the expected result?
The appearing the download window

What happens instead?
bug report request

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if
possible.

Revision: 6238
Repository Root: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn
Last Changed Author: Don-vip
Last Changed Date: 2013-09-20 00:19:19 +0200 (Fri, 20 Sep 2013)
Build-Date: 2013-09-20 01:34:27
URL: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Repository UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last Changed Rev: 6238

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (6238 it) Linux Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Memory Usage: 190 MB / 910 MB (131 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 1.8.0-ea, Oracle Corporation, Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
VM arguments: [-Xmx1024m]

Plugin: AddrInterpolation
Plugin: CommandLine (29854)
Plugin: FastDraw (29854)
Plugin: FixAddresses (29971)
Plugin: HouseNumberTaggingTool (29854)
Plugin: ImportImagePlugin (29854)
Plugin: OpeningHoursEditor (29854)
Plugin: PicLayer (29854)
Plugin: RoadSigns
Plugin: SeaMapEditor (29918)
Plugin: SimplifyArea
Plugin: buildings_tools
Plugin: continuosDownload (28565)
Plugin: contourmerge
Plugin: dataimport (29854)
Plugin: download_along
Plugin: ext_tools
Plugin: geotools (29767)
Plugin: importvec (29854)
Plugin: irsrectify (29210)
Plugin: jts (29854)
Plugin: lakewalker (29854)
Plugin: log4j (29853)
Plugin: mirrored_download (29854)
Plugin: namemanager (29930)
Plugin: notes (v0.6)
Plugin: opendata
Plugin: pbf (29854)
Plugin: pdfimport (29913)
Plugin: photo_geotagging (29854)
Plugin: plastic_laf (29854)
Plugin: poly (29854)
Plugin: print (29854)
Plugin: proj4j (29854)
Plugin: reltoolbox (29854)
Plugin: reverter
Plugin: scripting (30560)
Plugin: tag2link (29854)
Plugin: tageditor (29854)
Plugin: tagging-preset-tester
Plugin: terracer (29854)
Plugin: turnlanes (29854)
Plugin: turnrestrictions
Plugin: utilsplugin2
Plugin: walkingpapers (29854)
Plugin: waypoint_search (29854)
Plugin: wikipedia (29854)
Plugin: wms-turbo-challenge2 (29854)

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.awt.datatransfer.SystemFlavorMap.getAllNativesForType(SystemFlavorMap.java:1327)
	at java.awt.datatransfer.SystemFlavorMap.getNativesForFlavor(SystemFlavorMap.java:702)
	at sun.awt.datatransfer.DataTransferer.getFlavorsForFormats(DataTransferer.java:851)
	at sun.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardTransferable.<init>(ClipboardTransferable.java:90)
	at sun.awt.X11.XClipboard.getContents(XClipboard.java:108)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.tagging.ac.AutoCompletingComboBox$AutoCompletingComboBoxDocument.insertString(AutoCompletingComboBox.java:120)
	at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.replace(AbstractDocument.java:669)
	at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setText(JTextComponent.java:1720)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboBoxEditor.setItem(BasicComboBoxEditor.java:85)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.tagging.ac.AutoCompletingComboBox.configureEditor(AutoCompletingComboBox.java:208)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboBoxUI$Handler.contentsChanged(BasicComboBoxUI.java:1865)
	at javax.swing.AbstractListModel.fireContentsChanged(AbstractListModel.java:118)
	at javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel.setSelectedItem(DefaultComboBoxModel.java:93)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.widgets.ComboBoxHistory.addElement(ComboBoxHistory.java:77)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.tagging.ac.AutoCompletingComboBox.setPossibleItems(AutoCompletingComboBox.java:245)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.download.PlaceSelection.buildSearchPanel(PlaceSelection.java:115)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.download.PlaceSelection.addGui(PlaceSelection.java:138)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.download.DownloadDialog.buildMainPanel(DownloadDialog.java:117)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.download.DownloadDialog.<init>(DownloadDialog.java:195)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.download.DownloadDialog.getInstance(DownloadDialog.java:63)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.DownloadAction.actionPerformed(DownloadAction.java:36)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2346)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
	at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:289)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3322)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2235)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2293)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4877)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4533)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4462)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2279)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2705)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:746)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:97)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:691)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:719)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:717)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:716)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:220)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:135)
...<snip>...

[Don-vip]

Java bug: ​https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026262

You should use Java 7 instead of development builds of Java 8.

[Don-vip]

Ticket #9240 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

[Don-vip]

Ticket #9239 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.