<Swing Dev> 8071705: Java application menu misbehaves when running multiple screen stacked vertically

[Alexander Scherbatiy]

   The fix looks good to me.

  Just update the copyright year in the test.

  Thanks,
  Alexandr.


On 2/10/2015 6:46 PM, Mario Torre wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-01-28 at 17:14 +0300, Alexander Scherbatiy wrote:
>> On 1/27/2015 11:02 PM, Mario Torre wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've just created this bug:
>>>
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8071705
>>>
>>> Basically, there's a problem when using menus with a dual (or more)
>>> monitor configuration and the screens are stacked one on top of the
>>> other.
>>>
>>> In this case, the JMenu code that calculates the position for the popup
>>> does not account the screen bounds relative y coordinate, resulting in
>>> application that have popups on the bottom side of the second screen to
>>> have their popup growing upward even if there is space downward.
>>>
>>> A proposed fix for the issue is here:
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~neugens/8071705/webrev.00/
>>>
>>> I need to create an automated test case, however I'm not entirely sure
>>> how to do that (since it needs a dual screen setup). Perhaps a manual
>>> test will do?
>>      You can check number of screen devices and pass the test in case
>> there is only one screen.
> Hi Alexander,
>
> The test is a bit more complicated than what I wanted, but most of it is
> just because of setup and preparation:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~neugens/8071705/webrev.02/jdk.patch
>
> It basically tests if there would be enough screen real estate to allow
> for a menu to popup downward, and then check if this is indeed the case.
>
> I let the test pass if there is only one screen or the screens are not
> vertically stacked, or if there is no space for a downward facing popup.
>
> Cheers,
> Mario
>
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