Problems with FileDialog

[Stephan Aßmus]

Hi,

On 27.05.2013 11:05, Robert Krüger wrote:
> This works as expected with Apple's JDK6 but with current OpenJDK8 the
> first time I open the dialog, it only shows the "Media" category in
> the dialog's sidebar. Nothing else is visible but a progress indicator
> is displayed next to the "new folder" button but it never stops.
> Additionally it hangs when selecting folders and there sometimes is a
> long (several seconds) delay until folder contents is displayed.
>
> I could not reproduce this in a simple test application yet. That's
> why I'm asking if anyone else had similar problems before I try to
> dissect our rather complex app to produce a simple test case that
> exhibits the same behavior.

Yes, I have the same problem in my SWT application and I already filed a 
bug report. Exact same symptoms. Due to the problems with the bug 
website, I cannot give you the bug ID.

I believe it has to do with what thread the UI runs on. I haven't had 
the time yet, but from recent messages to this list, it may be that the 
latest OpenJDK 8 build contain a fix for this. If you give that a try 
and it works, I would be very interested to hear.

Best regards,
-Stephan