[External] : And about JDK-8385778

[PavelTurk]

Hello everyone,

I opened issue JDK-8385778 - "TableColumnHeader: sort arrow 
mispositioned and label jumps when column-header has left padding".

Fortunately, it was not closed, but unfortunately its priority was set 
to P5 (i.e., it will not be addressed in this century). The reason for 
such a low priority is explained by the existence of a workaround: 
“Workaround: don’t set the header padding.”

I do not agree with this priority or the reasoning, as there is 
effectively no proper workaround here — the arrow is most likely 
positioned via Java code. And regarding the suggestion to simply avoid 
using padding, that is not a real workaround. Otherwise, almost every 
issue could be classified as P5.

For example: if a button does not work — “workaround: don’t use the 
button.” If a column is not added to a table — “workaround: don’t add 
the column to the table.”

We open issues precisely because something does not behave as expected 
when we actually try to use it. And padding is one of the most 
fundamental attributes of a table.

Therefore, I would suggest increasing the priority of this issue, if not 
to P1, then at least to P4.

Best regards, Pavel