Most JavaFX apps unusable on Windows 10 (combo boxes bug)

[Kevin Rushforth]

Thanks for confirming it. Another workaround for those who need 
accessibility is to turn Windows Narrator on before clicking on any 
combobox. That also seems to avoid the bug. I put both workarounds in 
the bug report.

-- Kevin


Guillaume Anctil wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this workaround works fine for my use cases where accessibility is not 
> an issue. 
> I added it to all shortcuts / batch files and all combo boxes work 
> fine. I tested with and without the requestFocus workaround for the 
> mouse and it does not interfere.
>
> Thank you for the quick find!
> It is still quite a big issue, but others might find he workaround in 
> the list archives in the meantime to the fix.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Kevin Rushforth 
> <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com <mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     A preliminary evaluation is that this is related to accessibility.
>     A workaround might be:
>
>         java -Dglass.accessible.force=false ...
>
>     If you can try that and let me know if it works for you (it does
>     on our system with the test case attached to the bug report), then
>     I will add that information to the JIRA.
>
>     -- Kevin
>
>
>
>     Guillaume Anctil wrote:
>>     Thanks for looking into this.
>>
>>     Although, I don't believe Intel graphics card have anything to do
>>     with this bug, unlike the reports on Stack Overflow. I tested
>>     with both AMD and Nvidia cards, and the only factor seemed to be
>>     if my touchscreen was plugged in or not on my desktop computer.
>>
>>     Cheers
>>
>>     On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Kevin Rushforth
>>     <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com <mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>>
>>     wrote:
>>
>>         We will take a look at this right away. If it's as serious as
>>         you say then this is a P1 issue.
>>
>>         -- Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>         Chris Nahr wrote:
>>
>>             Yes, I can confirm this bug is present when running on a
>>             Dell XPS 15 which does have both a touchscreen and an
>>             integrated Intel GPU for desktop display (HD 4600). The
>>             application hangs even though I'm using a mouse and not
>>             the touchscreen to click on the combo box.
>>
>>             That's a catastrophic bug that needs to be fixed in an
>>             emergency update. Many new Windows laptops have Intel
>>             GPUs with touchscreens that you can't disconnect, and
>>             Microsoft is pushing Windows 10 to all of them.
>>             Apparently no JavaFX app with a ComboBox can run on them now!
>>
>>             -- Chris
>>
>>             Guillaume Anctil <drakkoon at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:drakkoon at gmail.com>> wrote...
>>
>>                 I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and I now have to
>>                 resort to using a VM to
>>                 use most of my JavaFX based apps since combo boxes
>>                 causes the applications
>>                 to hang when used.
>>
>>                 It seems like this bug as been reported but its cause
>>                 might have been
>>                 misrepresented and/or its severity misjudged. (
>>                 https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132897 &
>>                 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31786980/javafx-windows-10-combobox-error
>>
>>                 for reference)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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