On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:46:22 GMT, Jose Pereda <[email protected]> wrote:

> This PR fixes https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8263959, an issue on macOS 
> that happens when a menu is disabled, and then enabled back again, where leaf 
> menuItems remain disabled unexpectedly, by re-syncing the native NSMenuItem 
> enabled state from Java menuItem enabled state. 
> 
> Explanation: We create the native NSMenuItems with `autoenablesItems:YES`, 
> which means the OS calls `GlassMenu::validateMenuItem:` on each item's target 
> to determine if it should be enabled. This calls the Java 
> `GlassSystemMenu::validate` callback, which updates the accelerator bindings, 
> but it doesn't update the enabled state:  It remains as it was (in this case, 
> disabled when the parent menu was disabled) as `[glassTargetItem->item 
> isEnabled]` returns the old state (NO/disabled) rather than the updated Java 
> state (`!menuitem.isDisable()`/enabled).
> 
> One possible and valid fix would be changing `autoenablesItems:YES` to 
> `autoenablesItems:NO`, as the Java layer already manages the enable state via 
> `GlassMenu::_setEnabled` (making `validateMenuItem:` redundant for this case).
> 
> However, the proposed fix doesn't change that, and simply syncs the native 
> side with the Java side while validation is being performed.
> 
> A system test has been included, if fails before this patch, passes after it.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: b928e308
Author:    Jose Pereda <[email protected]>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/commit/b928e3081a8143004349f2e6f15d2ff47c876d6c
Stats:     185 lines in 2 files changed: 182 ins; 1 del; 2 mod

8263959: Unexpected disable behaviour on macOS MenuBar

Reviewed-by: angorya, arapte

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2103

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