RFR: JDK-8325874: Improve checkbox-based interface in summary pages

[Pavel Rappo]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:37:54 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review a change to improve the user experience and implementation for the checkbox-based interface to selectively display content on API summary pages:
> 
>  - Add a checkbox to toggle (select/unselect) all checkboxes in the page.
>  - Remove the `Table.setAlwaysShowDefaultTab(boolean)` setter as it is redundant and can be replaced by `!renderTabs`.
>  - Consolidate the code to generate checkboxes into a new protected `SummaryListWriter.getCheckbox` method.

It'd work for a few more years, but it doesn't scale well. On the other hand, it is very simple:

<img width="850" alt="image" src="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/32523691/26919228-db98-4041-833f-f01c34125331">

Nit: if you check "all" and then uncheck something else, then "all" will remain selected. That is a confusing state.

<img width="846" alt="image" src="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/32523691/49c1d803-57b3-483b-857f-64781bf96ce0">

I'll have a look at the code change a bit later. Thanks.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18194#issuecomment-1989120925