Problems with FileDialog

[Robert Krüger]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi at gmx.de> wrote:
> 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.
>
I saw your post regarding this. Cool, I will check this out. You mean
the current weekly build?

Regards,

Robert