<Swing Dev> [10][JDK-8178430] JMenu in GridBagLayout flickets when label text shows "..." and is updated

[Sergey Bylokhov]

Hi, Krishna.
Can you please clarify in what situation the test will stop working(it 
does not have any assertions)?

On 27/10/2017 02:45, Krishna Addepalli wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Please review the fix for bug:
> 
> 
> Bug: JDK-8178430: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8178430
> 
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kaddepalli/8178430/webrev00/
> 
> Summary:
> 
> The issue is when the label text width is more than the 
> container(JPanel) width, the container tries to render with minimum 
> width for all the components. In such case, the JMenuItem, which is 
> added to the JMenuBar also returns its height dimension as 1 (the 
> default minimum). The test case alternates between the short text and 
> long text on the label, and it gives a flickering effect of the Menu. 
> The fix is to return preferred size from JMenuItem, if its parent is a 
> JMenuBar, since JMenuBar is added to the top level window.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Krishna
> 


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Best regards, Sergey.