The behavior of Container.findComponentAt in jdk5 is different form that in jdk1.4.2 and jdk6.
Those should be the same.

REPRODUCE :
 1)Compile the attached program and invoke "java TP2" in each jdk version.
 2)Click "findComponentAt(100, 100)" button.
 3)Input some text string in text field
 4)Click "findComponentAt(100, 100)" button.
 Only the message in jdk5 is different, only "null" shows up.

RESULT:
The followings are the result in several jdk versions.
K:\usersJ\licensee-work\ContainerfindComponentAt>java -showversion TP2
java version "1.4.2_16"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_16-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_16-b05, mixed mode)

java.awt.TextField[textfield0,4,30,292x243,text=,editable,selection=0-0]
java.awt.TextField[textfield0,4,30,292x243,text=kakdshfiwehkslah,editable,selection=16-16]

K:\usersJ\licensee-work\ContainerfindComponentAt>java -showversion TP2
java version "1.5.0_15"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_15-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_15-b04, mixed mode)

null
null

K:\usersJ\licensee-work\ContainerfindComponentAt>java -showversion TP2
java version "1.6.0_04"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_04-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode)

java.awt.TextField[textfield0,4,30,292x243,text=,editable,selection=0-0]
java.awt.TextField[textfield0,4,30,292x243,text=kajdhsfpiwaehnvdsaklhdsahf,editable,selection=26-26]

NOTE:
 The test program tries to get component at specified  customer .
 In jdk5, findComponentAT does not seem to return correct value.
Posted Date : 2008-03-17 04:08:11.0

N/A

Indeed, Container.findComponentAt() is broken in JDK1.5 for some unknown reason, while with 1.4.2, 6.0, 6.0_10 and 7.0-b21 the test behaves correctly.
Posted Date : 2008-03-19 15:44:19.0

Container.findComponentAt() calls Component.isRecursivelyVisible()
which requires all parents to be visible. However for top level components its parent doesn't have to be visible.
Posted Date : 2008-05-01 18:58:42.0

Where is TP2?

I downloaded 5.0u18, but build version is 1.5.0_18-b02.
How to download 5.0u18-rev(b04)?