<AWT Dev> MacOS: precise scrolling is too fast

[Victor D'yakov]

Sergey, Thanks.

Alexandr, please look at this P2 high priority issue. It seems we need a 
quick turnover as affecting anyone switched on Sierra Mac OS 10.12 release.

Thanks,
Victor
On 9/25/2016 3:38 PM, Sergey Malenkov wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> JetBrains has some problems to continue Oracle support, and I have no
> ability to submit a CR for now.  But there is a critical issue in AWT
> scrolling after Sierra have been released.
> http://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8166591
>
> I solved this issue in our custom JDK:
> http://sites.google.com/site/malenkov/java/160926
>
> This fix is safe for existing third-party code, but it removes support
> of precise scrolling. It is OK for now, because Swing does not support
> it. I can provide another fix, but it may affect third-party
> developers and requires additional changes in Swing. For example, the
> following bug must be fixed in another way:
> http://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7141296
> I think there are may be other issues, but I have not access to
> test/closed repository to check this. Could you please move UI tests
> to open-source like I did for java.beans?
>
>
> I see the following steps to do:
> 1. fix 8166591 for comfortable scrolling in Sierra
> - apply my fix (simple and almost safe) or update it
>    to restore precise scrolling and fix all usages of MouseWheelEvent
> 2. implement new feature: Precise scrolling in Swing
> - now it uses integers only
> 3. implement new feature: Imitate native scroll bars on Mac
>
>
> I'll try to raise the issue severity as soon as we restore access to
> Oracle support.
>