Niklas Matthies created NETBEANS-2502:
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Summary: Multiline output breaks layout for status line in menu bar
Key: NETBEANS-2502
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2502
Project: NetBeans
Issue Type: Bug
Components: platform - Window System
Affects Versions: 11.0
Environment: Windows
Reporter: Niklas Matthies
NetBeans can be run with {{-J-Dnetbeans.winsys.statusLine.in.menuBar=true}}
(specified in netbeans.conf), which moves the contents of the status bar into
the menu bar, saving vertical space. There is however a problem with multiline
status messages. With the regular status bar at the bottom, a multiline status
message extends as a rectangle from the status bar upwards into the editor
area. However with the status message in the menu bar, the menu bar is
stretched vertically to fit the multiline message.
A multiline status message can be reproduced as follows: Perform "Find in
Projects" multiple times with differen search terms and with "Open In New Tab"
checked, so that the Search Results window contains multiple tabs. Then start
switching windows by keyboard (i.e. by Ctrl+(Shift+)Tab on Windows). While
switching windows (i.e. while the Ctrl key is depressed), a status message is
shown for the currently highlighted window in the window switching popup. For
the Search Results window, this is a multiline message with an initial line
"Search Results" in bold face and additional lines for all Search Results tabs.
E.g. when there are 20 Search Results tabs, the status message has 21 lines,
and the menu bar is stretched vertically to the height of 21 lines, which is
quite jarring.
As an additional side effect, if the Search Results window is in a sliding Mode
(e.g. in topSlidingSide) and fills the vertical height, the stretching of the
menu bar causes the window to permanently be reduced in vertical height.
Maybe the simplest fix would be to restrict status messages to a single line
for netbeans.winsys.statusLine.in.menuBar=true. Alternatively, multiline status
messages should be shown in a popup/overlay (extending down from the menu bar)
like for the regular status bar. Lastly, the particular case above could be
fixed by restrincting the Search Results window string to a single line (as
having each search results tab listed there is maybe not particularly useful).
I'm aware that having the status line in the menu bar is a non-standard
configuration, but it is a really useful feature to get a bit more vertical
space in the editor (especially nowadays where 16:9 displays are standard), and
the layout changes described above are irritating when switching windows with
Ctrl+Tab, especially when this causes the dimensions of other windows to
permanently change.
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