<AWT Dev> [9] Review request for 8163101: dual-screen issue with JMenu, JPopupMenu

[Semyon Sadetsky]

On 23.09.2016 20:52, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
> On 23.09.16 20:40, Semyon Sadetsky wrote:
>>> Screen in our specification is a our own term. We have GraphicsDevice
>>> per screen. We have s special notion about "combined virtual screen"
>>> which "share the same coordinate system". Our methods and
>>> specification are not depends from the native WM implementation. In
>>> the current discussion toolkit should return the bounds of the primary
>>> screen which is default GraphicsDevice. So in the current fix the code
>>> related to popup menu should be updated. The new bug should be filed
>>> against toolkit.
>> Sorry, i didn't get what do you think should be updated in the current
>> fix? This is a regression fix. I just reverted part of the previous
>> patch to fix the problem. And in all places I changed the whole desktop
>> size should be used, not a primary monitor screen size. And
>> Toolkit.getScreenSize() has been always returning the whole desktop.
>> If you think that Toolkit.getScreenSize() should be changed to return
>> the monitor-1 size, I don't mind to file a separate bug. I'm sure it
>> will require to revise a lot of usages of the method including those
>> you've mentioned. Probably, it will cause compatibility issues and will
>> not be approved then. So, how is that related to the current fix?
>
> The current bug in popup menu is that it relied on the incorrect 
> behavior of the toolkit method, which right now returns the size of 
> the virtual screen(and returns something strange in case of 
> HiDPI+nonHiDPi screens).
It is not clear yet that behavior of the toolkit method is incorrect. At 
least, that it will be changed in 9. Anyway, this is a separate issue.
Could you clarify about "HiDPI+nonHiDPi screens"? What did you get?