<Swing Dev> [9] Review request for 8072767 DefaultCellEditor for comboBox creates ActionEvent with wrong source object

[Alexander Scherbatiy]

On 4/3/2015 2:42 PM, Alexander Scherbatiy wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Could you review the fix:
>   bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072767
>   webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alexsch/8072767/webrev.00
>
>   This is a regression from the fix 8019180 Use JComboBox as it's own 
> ActionListener leads to unexpected behaviour
>
>   JComboBox has unexpected behaviour if it is used as it's own 
> ActionListener: the selected value is empty and
>   the drop down popup is closed after each up/down key event.
>
>   The original fix filters action events which source does not equal 
> JComboBox editor or editor component.
>   However, in case of the JTable the event source is DefaultCellEditor 
> which is different from the JComboBox editors.
>
>   The suggested solution is to revert the fix for the issue 8019180 
> back and fix the JComboBox unexpected behaviour.
>    - Update the editor value  for the new selected item.
>    -  "JComboBox.isTableCellEditor"  UIManager property can be used in 
> a user application to avoid action events firing
>   on each key navigation.
     Small correction. The "ComboBox.noActionOnKeyNavigation" UIManager 
property should be used instead.

   Thanks,
   Alexandr.
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>
> Thanks,
> Alexandr.
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