diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/Event.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/Event.java
index 646590948fa89e760c84ebedc452997b2fdb775b..6535d2d76ef7dbb74785fadd2fe0db7c547437d6 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/Event.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/Event.java
@@ -36,25 +36,25 @@ public class Event {
     // Should the types below be represented by separate classes instead? It would be cleaner
     // but probably a bit too much
     // An event we don't handle in Latin IME, for example pressing Ctrl on a hardware keyboard.
-    final public static int EVENT_NOT_HANDLED = 0;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_NOT_HANDLED = 0;
     // A key press that is part of input, for example pressing an alphabetic character on a
     // hardware qwerty keyboard. It may be part of a sequence that will be re-interpreted later
     // through combination.
-    final public static int EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS = 1;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS = 1;
     // A toggle event is triggered by a key that affects the previous character. An example would
     // be a numeric key on a 10-key keyboard, which would toggle between 1 - a - b - c with
     // repeated presses.
-    final public static int EVENT_TOGGLE = 2;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_TOGGLE = 2;
     // A mode event instructs the combiner to change modes. The canonical example would be the
     // hankaku/zenkaku key on a Japanese keyboard, or even the caps lock key on a qwerty keyboard
     // if handled at the combiner level.
-    final public static int EVENT_MODE_KEY = 3;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_MODE_KEY = 3;
     // An event corresponding to a gesture.
-    final public static int EVENT_GESTURE = 4;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_GESTURE = 4;
     // An event corresponding to the manual pick of a suggestion.
-    final public static int EVENT_SUGGESTION_PICKED = 5;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED = 5;
     // An event corresponding to a string generated by some software process.
-    final public static int EVENT_SOFTWARE_GENERATED_STRING = 6;
+    final public static int EVENT_TYPE_SOFTWARE_GENERATED_STRING = 6;
 
     // 0 is a valid code point, so we use -1 here.
     final public static int NOT_A_CODE_POINT = -1;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class Event {
     // or dead-abovering.
     final private static int FLAG_DEAD = 0x1;
 
-    final private int mType; // The type of event - one of the constants above
+    final private int mEventType; // The type of event - one of the constants above
     // The code point associated with the event, if relevant. This is a unicode code point, and
     // has nothing to do with other representations of the key. It is only relevant if this event
     // is of KEYPRESS type, but for a mode key like hankaku/zenkaku or ctrl, there is no code point
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class Event {
     // Some flags that can't go into the key code. It's a bit field of FLAG_*
     final private int mFlags;
 
-    // If this is of type EVENT_SUGGESTION_PICKED, this must not be null (and must be null in
+    // If this is of type EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED, this must not be null (and must be null in
     // other cases).
     final public SuggestedWordInfo mSuggestedWordInfo;
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class Event {
     private Event(final int type, final CharSequence text, final int codePoint, final int keyCode,
             final int x, final int y, final SuggestedWordInfo suggestedWordInfo, final int flags,
             final Event next) {
-        mType = type;
+        mEventType = type;
         mText = text;
         mCodePoint = codePoint;
         mKeyCode = keyCode;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class Event {
         mNextEvent = next;
         // Sanity checks
         // mSuggestedWordInfo is non-null if and only if the type is SUGGESTION_PICKED
-        if (EVENT_SUGGESTION_PICKED == mType) {
+        if (EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED == mEventType) {
             if (null == mSuggestedWordInfo) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Wrong event: SUGGESTION_PICKED event must have a "
                         + "non-null SuggestedWordInfo");
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ public class Event {
 
     public static Event createSoftwareKeypressEvent(final int codePoint, final int keyCode,
             final int x, final int y) {
-        return new Event(EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, keyCode, x, y,
-                null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null);
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, keyCode, x, y,
+                null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null /* next */);
     }
 
     public static Event createHardwareKeypressEvent(final int codePoint, final int keyCode,
             final Event next) {
-        return new Event(EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, keyCode,
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, keyCode,
                 Constants.EXTERNAL_KEYBOARD_COORDINATE, Constants.EXTERNAL_KEYBOARD_COORDINATE,
                 null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, next);
     }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class Event {
     // This creates an input event for a dead character. @see {@link #FLAG_DEAD}
     public static Event createDeadEvent(final int codePoint, final int keyCode, final Event next) {
         // TODO: add an argument or something if we ever create a software layout with dead keys.
-        return new Event(EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, keyCode,
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, keyCode,
                 Constants.EXTERNAL_KEYBOARD_COORDINATE, Constants.EXTERNAL_KEYBOARD_COORDINATE,
                 null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_DEAD, next);
     }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class Event {
      */
     public static Event createEventForCodePointFromUnknownSource(final int codePoint) {
         // TODO: should we have a different type of event for this? After all, it's not a key press.
-        return new Event(EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, NOT_A_KEY_CODE,
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, NOT_A_KEY_CODE,
                 Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE, Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE,
                 null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null /* next */);
     }
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ public class Event {
     public static Event createEventForCodePointFromAlreadyTypedText(final int codePoint,
             final int x, final int y) {
         // TODO: should we have a different type of event for this? After all, it's not a key press.
-        return new Event(EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, NOT_A_KEY_CODE, x, y,
-                null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null /* next */);
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS, null /* text */, codePoint, NOT_A_KEY_CODE,
+                x, y, null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null /* next */);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ public class Event {
      * @return an event for this suggestion pick.
      */
     public static Event createSuggestionPickedEvent(final SuggestedWordInfo suggestedWordInfo) {
-        return new Event(EVENT_SUGGESTION_PICKED, suggestedWordInfo.mWord,
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED, suggestedWordInfo.mWord,
                 NOT_A_CODE_POINT, NOT_A_KEY_CODE,
                 Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE, Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE,
-                suggestedWordInfo, FLAG_NONE, null);
+                suggestedWordInfo, FLAG_NONE, null /* next */);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -199,13 +199,26 @@ public class Event {
      * @return an event for this text.
      */
     public static Event createSoftwareTextEvent(final CharSequence text, final int keyCode) {
-        return new Event(EVENT_SOFTWARE_GENERATED_STRING, text, NOT_A_CODE_POINT, keyCode,
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_SOFTWARE_GENERATED_STRING, text, NOT_A_CODE_POINT, keyCode,
                 Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE, Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE,
                 null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null /* next */);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates an input event representing the manual pick of a punctuation suggestion.
+     * @return an event for this suggestion pick.
+     */
+    public static Event createPunctuationSuggestionPickedEvent(
+            final SuggestedWordInfo suggestedWordInfo) {
+        final int primaryCode = suggestedWordInfo.mWord.charAt(0);
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED, suggestedWordInfo.mWord, primaryCode,
+                NOT_A_KEY_CODE, Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE,
+                Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE, suggestedWordInfo, FLAG_NONE,
+                null /* next */);
+    }
+
     public static Event createNotHandledEvent() {
-        return new Event(EVENT_NOT_HANDLED, null /* text */, NOT_A_CODE_POINT, NOT_A_KEY_CODE,
+        return new Event(EVENT_TYPE_NOT_HANDLED, null /* text */, NOT_A_CODE_POINT, NOT_A_KEY_CODE,
                 Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE, Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE,
                 null /* suggestedWordInfo */, FLAG_NONE, null);
     }
@@ -218,25 +231,26 @@ public class Event {
     // Returns whether this is a fake key press from the suggestion strip. This happens with
     // punctuation signs selected from the suggestion strip.
     public boolean isSuggestionStripPress() {
-        return EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS == mType && Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE == mX;
+        return EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED == mEventType;
     }
 
     public boolean isHandled() {
-        return EVENT_NOT_HANDLED != mType;
+        return EVENT_TYPE_NOT_HANDLED != mEventType;
     }
 
     public CharSequence getTextToCommit() {
-        switch (mType) {
-        case EVENT_MODE_KEY:
-        case EVENT_NOT_HANDLED:
-        case EVENT_TOGGLE:
+        switch (mEventType) {
+        case EVENT_TYPE_MODE_KEY:
+        case EVENT_TYPE_NOT_HANDLED:
+        case EVENT_TYPE_TOGGLE:
             return "";
-        case EVENT_INPUT_KEYPRESS:
+        case EVENT_TYPE_INPUT_KEYPRESS:
             return StringUtils.newSingleCodePointString(mCodePoint);
-        case EVENT_GESTURE:
-        case EVENT_SOFTWARE_GENERATED_STRING:
+        case EVENT_TYPE_GESTURE:
+        case EVENT_TYPE_SOFTWARE_GENERATED_STRING:
+        case EVENT_TYPE_SUGGESTION_PICKED:
             return mText;
         }
-        throw new RuntimeException("Unknown event type: " + mType);
+        throw new RuntimeException("Unknown event type: " + mEventType);
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
index 2fd8ace93f051a4953de4752bac7568906a89c7b..c89be35ad96e16b1a192d06db8c0a838d6649269 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
@@ -210,15 +210,7 @@ public final class InputLogic {
             // So, LatinImeLogger logs "" as a user's input.
             LatinImeLogger.logOnManualSuggestion("", suggestion, index, suggestedWords);
             // Rely on onCodeInput to do the complicated swapping/stripping logic consistently.
-            final int primaryCode = suggestion.charAt(0);
-            // TODO: we should be using createSuggestionPickedEvent here, but for legacy reasons,
-            // onCodeInput is expected a software keypress event for a suggested punctuation
-            // because the current code is descended from a time where this information used not
-            // to be available. Fix this.
-            final Event event = Event.createSoftwareKeypressEvent(primaryCode,
-                    Event.NOT_A_KEY_CODE /* keyCode*/,
-                    Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE /* x */,
-                    Constants.SUGGESTION_STRIP_COORDINATE /* y */);
+            final Event event = Event.createPunctuationSuggestionPickedEvent(suggestionInfo);
             if (ProductionFlag.USES_DEVELOPMENT_ONLY_DIAGNOSTICS) {
                 ResearchLogger.latinIME_punctuationSuggestion(index, suggestion,
                         false /* isBatchMode */, suggestedWords.mIsPrediction);