<Swing Dev> JSplitPane / heavyweight vs. lightweight components

[Anthony Petrov]

Hi Christopher,

On 1/17/2012 8:36 PM, Christopher Deckers wrote:
>>> Great, that's it "-Djava.awt.smartInvalidate=true" solves the problem,
> 
> What was the reasoning of having the smart invalidate algorithm not
> being the default?

The algorithm caused a number of regressions in Swing that were 
identified too late in the release cycle of JDK 7, and as such it was 
decided to make this functionality optional in order to not delay the 
release of JDK 7.

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best regards,
Anthony