RFR: 5108458: JTable does not properly layout its content [v11]

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:44:11 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I actually reused it from `JTableHeader` class and yeah it will be `parent.getWidth ` always as of now, but I thought it might be for future purpose, but not sure... Should we retain or just use `parent.getWidth` directly?
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> You don't call `parent.getWidth()` here, you always call `this.getWidth()`.
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> I don't know why `JTableHeader` has special handling for it… Yet in the case of `JTableHeader` it may be reasonable: the header follows the table width if it's auto-resizable. I presume the table handles this mode somehow.
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>> I thought it might be for future purpose, but not sure... Should we retain or just use `parent.getWidth` directly?
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> In both cases, you call the same implementation of `getWidth`. I'm for removing the `getWidthInRightToLeft` method altogether unless there's a specific purpose for doing it, which I can't see — use `getWidth` directly.

Did you test RTL with auto-resizing table?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16374#discussion_r1411061421