On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:38:37 GMT, Marius Hanl <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This is an implementation for the long standing issue of allowing to commit 
>> a cell value when the focus is lost or the editing index (cell) changed. 
>> This also contains 
>> [JDK-8089311](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8089311) (for better 
>> understanding the usecase with `TextField` cells, but we may split this 
>> later on).
>> 
>> API
>> -
>> - Instead of calling `cancelEdit`, every cell now calls `stopEdit` when the 
>> focus is lost or the editing index changed. The default behavior is 
>> cancelling the edit, but developers can now override the behavior and allow 
>> a `commitEdit` instead
>> - There are multiple 'events' that can lead to a editing change. Every 
>> change will now call `stopEdit`.
>> It is therefore the responsibility of the developer to decide, when it makes 
>> sense to actually commit the value instead of cancelling it. 
>> This decision was made as the behavior is manipulating the editing index, 
>> but you as a developer can as well. Therefore, we do not always know what 
>> intention led to a change of the editing index.
>> - Every `MOUSE_PRESSED` shifts the focus to the cell container, which is 
>> undesired in case of editing the cell. So this event is now consumed. The 
>> cell container will request focus before (if it is not yet set)
>> Note: So basically, we request focus a tiny bit earlier (for commit reasons) 
>> instead of after, which interruppts the commit
>> - All `TextField` cells now commit their value (instead of cancel) on focus 
>> loss
>> - `TextField` Escape handling was badly implemented (it was never really 
>> called, as the cell container handled Escape before)
>> 
>> Considerations
>> -
>> - I tried to make the API minimal, and without breaking changes (other than 
>> the `TextField` cells committing their values, but we may split this up)
>> - Clicking the `ScrollBar` now commits/cancels the edit. I checked other 
>> applications and this is very common. But something I need to note here. 
>> This probably can be fixed in the same way mentioned above (`focusWithin`)
>> - It might be hard for a developer to exactly know the cause why `stopEdit` 
>> is called. This does not seem like a problem, as e.g. for a `TextField`, you 
>> normally register listeners for e.g. focus loss for commit or pressing the 
>> Escape key for cancel, so you keep full control.
>> 
>> Possible next PRs
>> -
>> - The Cell Container focus behavior is, well, weird right now. That is why 
>> consuming the event is needed to better support this PR. One thing we may 
>> can consider is using the `focusWithin` property instead for all 4 C...
>
> Marius Hanl has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   make it final, improve docs

Note: We could also close the issues that are very closely related.
I decided to first add all issues here that I can confirm are fixed by this PR, 
so we do not have any stale issues later on and I feel like we can manage this 
better in one place (here). 

But fine with whatever we agree on (Either way, it's a bit clearer now what 
issues are affected).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1935#issuecomment-4106441779

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