<Swing Dev> [15] RFR JDK-8216329: Cannot resize CheckBoxItemMenu in Synth L&F with setHorizontalTextPosition

[Volodin, Vladislav]

Hello Pankaj,

I apologize, if I interfere your job, I decided to study your code to learn JDK better, and I found out that the class BasicMenuItemUI has the method that looks quite simple:

    /*Returns a property prefix
     * @return a property prefix */
    protected String getPropertyPrefix() {
        return "MenuItem";
    }

I don't understand  why it was created as the method. Since you are changing this part, maybe it will make sense and replace it with a constant string? I hope Java compile can optimize method calls in situations like this one, if you use constant strings: 

     String prefix = getPropertyPrefix();
    ...
    (...) iconFactory = (...) UIManager.get(prefix + ".checkIconFactory");

Another thing:
I see that in your code, you extract checkIcon, that might be overwritten by "if" statement:

checkIcon = UIManager.getIcon(prefix + ".checkIcon"); // here we assign, and (look down)
boolean isColumnLayout = ...;
if (isColumnLayout) { ...
    if (...) {
        checkIcon = iconFactory.getIcon(menuItem); // <-- here we might overwrite checkIcon
    }
}

What do you think, would it be more efficient, if your "first" line will be executed in the "else" branch of the "if" statement?

Feel free to ignore my suggestion, if you think that it misleading.

Thanks,
Vlad

-----Original Message-----
From: swing-dev <swing-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of Pankaj Bansal
Sent: Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2020 14:00
To: Sergey Bylokhov <sergey.bylokhov at oracle.com>; swing-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: <Swing Dev> [15] RFR JDK-8216329: Cannot resize CheckBoxItemMenu in Synth L&F with setHorizontalTextPosition

Hello Sergey,

<< ok.
<<Do we need to remove the listener added to the menuItem?
<<I guess it will be added every time we change L&F to the windows and will never be removed.


Yes, it should be done.
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pbansal/8216329/webrev02/

Regards,
Pankaj

-----Original Message-----
From: Sergey Bylokhov 
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:59 AM
To: Pankaj Bansal <pankaj.b.bansal at oracle.com>; swing-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: <Swing Dev> [15] RFR JDK-8216329: Cannot resize CheckBoxItemMenu in Synth L&F with setHorizontalTextPosition

On 1/29/20 2:25 am, Pankaj Bansal wrote:
> One more point, I am able to reproduce the current issue with Synth LookAndFeel in all platforms without fix and it works fine with the fix.

ok.

Do we need to remove the listener added to the menuItem?
I guess it will be added every time we change L&F to the windows and will never be removed.


> 
> Regards,
> Pankaj
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pankaj Bansal
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 3:19 PM
> To: Sergey Bylokhov; swing-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: <Swing Dev> [15] RFR JDK-8216329: Cannot resize CheckBoxItemMenu in Synth L&F with setHorizontalTextPosition
> 
> Hello Sergey,
> 
> << Can you please double check that it is not possible to reproduce JDK-8152981 even if the test is modified in some way?
> <<For example if some other "basic" L&F will be used(Motif, Aqua)?
> I changed the test in JDK-8152981 to run on all installed LookAndFeels on windows, linux and Mac after removing the windows only condition. The tests passes on all platforms with all LookAndFeels with the current fix.
> I can check in this change in JDK-8152981  test along with the current fix if needed, though I feel it is not required as the issue was originally only in WindowsLookAndFeel.
> 
> Regards,
> Pankaj Bansal
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sergey Bylokhov
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 1:17 PM
> To: Pankaj Bansal; swing-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: <Swing Dev> [15] RFR JDK-8216329: Cannot resize CheckBoxItemMenu in Synth L&F with setHorizontalTextPosition
> 
> On 1/28/20 4:33 pm, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
>> On 1/27/20 7:15 am, Pankaj Bansal wrote:
>>> << It is not a big issue, but for such a fix we will need a proper specification and CSR, it is like adding a new method to the public class. It is preferable to try to fix it in some other way first.
>>> I did not realize earlier that this can be done by making changes in WindowsMenuItemUI without calling the updateCheckIcon by moving the code in updateCheckIcon method in WindowsMenuItemUI class. I have made the changes for the same and all works fine. Also, I have removed the updateCheckIcon method from BasicMenuItemUI class as it is not needed.
>>
>> Can you please double check that it is not possible to reproduce JDK-8152981 even if the test is modified in some way?
> 
> For example if some other "basic" L&F will be used(Motif, Aqua)?
> 
> 


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Best regards, Sergey.