On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:07:03 GMT, Andy Goryachev <ango...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The current CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY has a number of issues as explained in 
>> [JDK-8292810](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8292810).
>> 
>> We propose to address all these issues by replacing the old column resize 
>> algorithm with a different one, which not only honors all the constraints 
>> when resizing, but also provides 4 different resize modes similar to 
>> JTable's. The new implementation brings changes to the public API for 
>> Tree/TableView and ResizeFeaturesBase classes. Specifically:
>> 
>> - create a public abstract javafx.scene.control.ConstrainedColumnResizeBase 
>> class
>> - provide an out-of-the box implementation via 
>> javafx.scene.control.ConstrainedColumnResize class, offeting 4 resize modes: 
>> AUTO_RESIZE_NEXT_COLUMN, AUTO_RESIZE_SUBSEQUENT_COLUMNS, 
>> AUTO_RESIZE_LAST_COLUMN, AUTO_RESIZE_ALL_COLUMNS
>> - add corresponding public static constants to Tree/TableView
>> - make Tree/TableView.CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY an alias to 
>> AUTO_RESIZE_SUBSEQUENT_COLUMNS (a slight behavioral change - discuss)
>> - add getContentWidth() and setColumnWidth(TableColumnBase<S,?> col, double 
>> width) methods to ResizeFeatureBase
>> - suppress the horizontal scroll bar when resize policy is instanceof 
>> ConstrainedColumnResizeBase
>> - update javadoc
>> 
>> 
>> Notes
>> 
>> 1. The current resize policies' toString() methods return 
>> "unconstrained-resize" and "constrained-resize", used by the skin base to 
>> set a pseudostate. All constrained policies that extend 
>> ConstrainedColumnResizeBase will return "constrained-resize" value.
>> 2. The reason an abstract class ( ConstrainedColumnResizeBase) was chosen 
>> instead of a marker interface is exactly for its toString() method which 
>> supplies "constrained-resize" value. The implementors might choose to use a 
>> different value, however they must ensure the stylesheet contains the same 
>> adjustments for the new policy as those made in modena.css for 
>> "constrained-resize" value.
>
> Andy Goryachev has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 56 commits:
> 
>  - 8293119: review comments
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 8293119.constrained
>  - 8293119: no link
>  - 8293119: review comments
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 8293119.constrained
>  - 8293119: moved to com.sun
>  - 8293119: newline
>  - 8293119: moved tester to its own package and project
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 8293119.constrained
>  - 8293119: javadoc
>  - ... and 46 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/compare/3376228a...cc5d9b89

The updated public API surface looks good. The different policies still need to 
be documented.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/897

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