On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:43:37 GMT, Andy Goryachev <ango...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Tries to address the mystery of missing graphic in the TabPane overflow menu.
>> 
>> ### Summary of Changes
>> 
>> - minor `TabPaneSkin` constructor javadoc clarification
>> - added the property
>> - changed popup menu to be created on demand
>> - removing adding the popup reference to the `TabHeaderSkin` properties (I 
>> think it was done for testing purposes, I could not find any references to 
>> it in the code)
>>  
>> For a quick tester, use 
>> https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/114240/TabPaneGraphicFactoryExample.java
>> 
>> # Overflow Menu Graphic Property in the TabPaneSkin
>> 
>> Andy Goryachev
>> 
>> <andy.goryac...@oracle.com>
>> 
>> 
>> ## Summary
>> 
>> Introduce a `menuGraphicFactory` property in the `TabPaneSkin` class 
>> eliminates the current limitation of this skin
>> in supporting menu item graphics other than an `ImageView` or `Label` with 
>> an `ImageView` graphic.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ## Goals
>> 
>> The goals of this proposal are:
>> 
>> - to allow the application developers to customize the overflow menu items' 
>> graphic
>> - retain the backward compatibility with the existing application code
>> - clarify the behavior of the skin when the property is null (i.e. the 
>> current behavior)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ## Non-Goals
>> 
>> The following are not the goals of this proposal:
>> 
>> - disable the overflow menu
>> - configure overflow menu graphic property via CSS
>> - add this property to the `TabPane` control itself
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ## Motivation
>> 
>> The existing `TabPaneSkin` does not allow the overflow menu to show graphic 
>> other than
>> an `ImageView` or `Label` with an `ImageView`.
>> 
>> This limitation makes it impossible for the application developer to use 
>> other graphic Nodes,
>> such as `Path` or `Canvas`, or in fact any other types.  The situation 
>> becomes even more egregious
>> when the tabs in the `TabPane` have no text.
>> 
>> Example:
>> 
>> 
>> public class TabPaneGraphicFactoryExample {
>>     public void example() {
>>         Tab tab1 = new Tab("Tab1");
>>         tab1.setGraphic(createGraphic(tab1));
>> 
>>         Tab tab2 = new Tab("Tab2");
>>         tab2.setGraphic(createGraphic(tab2));
>> 
>>         TabPane tabPane = new TabPane();
>>         tabPane.getTabs().addAll(tab1, tab2);
>> 
>>         TabPaneSkin skin = new TabPaneSkin(tabPane);
>>         // set overflow menu factory with the same method as was used to 
>> create the tabs
>>         skin.setMenuGraphicFactory(this::createGraphic);
>>         tabPane.setSkin(skin);
>>     }
>> 
>>     // creates graphic Nodes for tabs as well as the overflow menu
> ...
>
> Andy Goryachev has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes 
> brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains six additional 
> commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - popup menu on demand
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 8353599.menu.factory
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 8353599.menu.factory
>  - javadoc
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 8353599.menu.factory
>  - graphic factory

Reviewers: @arapte @kevinrushforth

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1773#issuecomment-2835285041

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