RFR: 8359061: Update and ProblemList manual test java/awt/Cursor/CursorDragTest/ListDragCursor.java

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 21:17:22 GMT, Damon Nguyen <dnguyen at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This change is to restore the original intent of the test by updating the instructions to check that the type of Cursor is preserved when clicked and dragged. Now the test correctly has instructions to check that an I-beam cursor stays an I-beam until released over a List with its cursor being updated to a Hand cursor.
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> There is a bug where this does not correctly update in macOS (found in [JDK-7177297](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-7177297)). So, this test needs to be problem-listed.
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> I have confirmed that preserving the cursor image when dragging is native behavior across macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu. And I have checked that the test passes on both Windows and Ubuntu, while macOS fails and immediately updates the cursor as it leaves the TextArea.

test/jdk/java/awt/Cursor/CursorDragTest/ListDragCursor.java line 48:

> 46: 
> 47:                 If the mouse cursor starts as a Text Line Cursor (I-beam),
> 48:                 and does not change until you reached the List and

Is it really how native applications behave on macOS?

At least on Windows, the cursor changes as soon as drag operation is started. The cursor shouldn't remain the I-beam when you drag from one component to another.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25705#discussion_r2137893328