The primary API for image capture on modern Linuxes is 
`gdk_pixbuf_get_from_window()` that expects both coordinates and the size 
unscaled (i.e. not multiplied by the current desktop scale). At the same time, 
`gtk3_interface.c:gtk3_get_drawable_data()` gets the coordinates from `Robot` 
that pre-scales them (multiplying by the scale known to Java, however, not 
necessarily the current desktop scale). The problem with the size had been 
partly taken care of in 
[JDK-8225118](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8225118), but 
coordinates are still passed to `gdk_pixbuf_get_from_window()` pre-scaled.

The idea of the fix is to capture a possibly larger area that is guaranteed to 
contain the one that is interesting to the caller and then only copy the 
interesting pixels to the output image. As a positive side effect, the size of 
the captured area cannot be less than 1x1 (provided the correct input, of 
course). This solves the problem of zero size passed to  
`(*fp_gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable)` when the desktop scale is 3 and we're 
asked to capture just one pixel. In that case, the previous formula (`width / 
(float) win_scale + 0.5`) would have yielded `0`. 

A related issue would be that tests written specifically for this general area 
(`java/awt/Robot`) didn't catch this problem and only somewhat unrelated tests 
(`javax/swing/...`) were affected.

This one is solved by adding pixel-sized areas to the test image in 
`HiDPIRobotScreenCaptureTest.java`, which precise colors are then verified to 
match the expected ones. In addition to that, instead of verifying just the 
color of the center of a large area, 4 more pixels close to the area's border 
are checked. This helps to make sure that captured area coordinates aren't way 
off.

The tests under `javax/swing/...` that originally helped to identify this 
problem were modified to provide more screen space for painting their 
components as extreme desktop scaling (300%) on Ubuntu doesn't leave much room 
due to a humongous title bar.

The fix was tested by running all the modified tests on Ubuntu with desktop 
scaling set to 100%, 200%, and 300%. The `Robot` tests were also executed on 
Windows (300% scaling) and MacOS.

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Commit messages:
 - 8280861: Robot color picker broken on Linux with scaling above 100%

Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7425/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7425&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8280861
  Stats: 121 lines in 8 files changed: 91 ins; 3 del; 27 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7425.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/7425/head:pull/7425

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7425

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