RFR: 8371067: RichTextArea: requestLayout by inline node doesn't reach VFlow [v7]

[Ambarish Rapte]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 16:32:56 GMT, Andy Goryachev <angorya at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Requesting `VFlow` re-layout when signaled by a `Node` embedded in `TextCell`.
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>> ### NOTES
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>> - this PR depends on https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1974 (resolved)
>> - the fix can be verified visually using the latest standalone Monkey Tester https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/MonkeyTest
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>> <img width="1232" height="741" alt="Screenshot 2025-11-17 at 13 43 12" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/58b2ef77-094c-45bd-8a04-3caaa4672df1" />
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> Andy Goryachev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   2026

Overall looks good to me, with one query and a comment in the discussion that @Maran23 had started about traversal in getAncestorOfClass().

modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/com/sun/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/util/RichUtils.java line 767:

> 765:                 }
> 766:             }
> 767:             return null;

It seems this if condition would never be true in current situation, and very likely be never true in future in context of RTA. A VFlow cannot be Window.
Can this code be removed ? keeping only the required else block.

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Changes requested by arapte (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1975#pullrequestreview-3649236786
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1975#discussion_r2680933790