On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 23:11:18 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Not sure if defaultTabWidth is a good choice here though, because it's not, >> it's actually tab stops - think of the typewriter (I know, referring to an >> ancient technology like floppy disk for the 'save' icon does not age well) >> >> I am open to suggestions. I am used to "default tab stops", perhaps we >> could just explain it better? > > Getting back to this, there are two naming questions here. First, should > "tab" be in the name (it does seem a bit redundant, since the name of the > class is TabStopPolicy)? Second, what is the best name for the value that > defines a repeating set of stops? > > If we drop the word "tab" the list of tab stops would just be named "stops", > which seems fine. Here are some possible names for the default: > > - defaultStop > - defaultStops > - defaultStopInterval > - Something Else? > > I kind of like the last of these, `defaultStopInterval`, as it is the most > descriptive. Whatever we do will need to be documented well. ooh, I like `defaultStopInterval`, thank you. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1744#discussion_r2195324654
