I had that suspicion and was headed down that very path, but...

It's quitting time. I will check on this on Monday.

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From: Roger L. Whitcomb [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Issue with Threads and Panes

Is the actual update of the UI object done in a separate thread or in the main 
UI thread?  Because all UI changes need to be done in the main application 
context thread (where the events are being handled) or you will get strange 
stuff like this happening.  You can use "ApplicationContext.queueCallback(new 
Runnable() { ... });" to get the update happening on the correct thread.

If it is happening in the right place, then we potentially have a bug.  But,  
I've never seen anything like this happening.

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From: Jason Dorsey [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Issue with Threads and Panes

This is related to the question that I posted earlier that I had to use a 
workaround for.

I have a TablePane with a ScrollPane with yet another TablePane inside it. All 
of these are in a cardpane. The innermost TablePane contains a list of data 
pulled from objects that implement Runnable.

What is happening is that when the object's status gets updated inside the 
thread, the proper method is called to update the status field in the UI, but 
only the color changes. The text does not update until I move the mouse.

Example: All objects have an initial status of WAITING. This status is shown in 
grey. Once it starts RUNNING, it changes to blue. FAIL is red and PASS is 
green. The colors update properly no matter what, but the text only changes 
when I move the mouse. Also the color being displayed is a result of a switch 
case based on the status.

Has anyone else noticed delayed changes like this? I can't tell my users to 
keep the mouse moving. :)

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