<Swing Dev> [9] Review request for 8158566 Provide a Swing property to not close toggle menu items on mouse click

[Philip Race]

+1 .. please file a CCC.

-phil.

On 6/24/16, 5:33 AM, Alexandr Scherbatiy wrote:
>
> Could you review the updated fix:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alexsch/8158566/webrev.02
>
> On 6/20/2016 10:55 PM, Phil Race wrote:
>>   59 * Some times it is required to select several check box menu 
>> items from a button
>>   60  * group. In this case it is useful that clicking on one check 
>> box menu item
>>   61  * does not close the menu. Such behavior can be controlled by 
>> the Look and Feel
>>   62  * property named {@code "CheckBoxMenuItem.closeOnMouseClick"}.
>>
>> Just to make things clear, insert here : "The default value is {@true}."
>     Updated.
>>
>> Setting
>>   63  * the property to {@code false} prevents the menu from closing 
>> when it is clicked
>>   64  * by the mouse.
>>   65  * Note: some {@code L&F}s may ignore this property.
>>
>> It appears to me that all L&Fs that inherit from Basic should inherit 
>> this behaviour.
>> Can we safely say something like :
>> "All built-in L&Fs and all L&Fs that subclass the BasicLookAndFeel 
>> will inherit this behaviour".
>>
>> Otherwise its untestable.
>     L&Fs which subclass the BasicLookAndFeel and set its own mouse 
> handler will not automatically handle the closeOnMouseClick property.
>     That is why the Motif UI has been updated.
>
>    I left the suggested phrase as: "* Note: some {@code L&F}s may 
> ignore this property. All built-in L&Fs inherit this behaviour."
>
>    Thanks,
>    Alexandr.
>>
>>
>> -phil.
>>
>> On 06/20/2016 10:59 AM, Alexandr Scherbatiy wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Could you review the updated fix:
>>>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alexsch/8158566/webrev.01/
>>>
>>> The documentation is added to the JCheckBoxMenuItem and 
>>> JRadioButtonMenuItem classes.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alexandr.
>>>
>>> On 6/19/2016 9:05 PM, Philip Race wrote:
>>>> So how does one know of the existence of this property ?
>>>> There seems to be a documentation/specification element missing here.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps if you query the supported properties on the component
>>>> it is returned, but you still need documentation to explain how
>>>> it is used/interpreted.
>>>>
>>>> If it is not documented .. it can not be supported API, which is 
>>>> what we
>>>> need here.
>>>>
>>>> If the answer is that none of the others are documented,
>>>> then that is a problem too .. no matter how long standing.
>>>>
>>>> -phil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/14/16, 12:49 PM, Alexandr Scherbatiy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you review the fix:
>>>>>   bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8158566
>>>>>   webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alexsch/8158566/webrev.00
>>>>>
>>>>>   The proposed "RadioButtonMenuItem.closeOnMouseClick" and 
>>>>> "CheckBoxMenuItem.closeOnMouseClick" properties allows to control 
>>>>> JRadioButtonMenuItem and JCheckBoxMenuItem closing on mouse click.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>>  Alexandr.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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