In https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1135 I implemented a way to override the behaviour when the table menu button is clicked.
Current behaviour
The table menu button is visible when setTableMenuButtonVisible(true) is called.
When clicked, a ContextMenu is shown with all available columns of the table shown as MenuItem.
A user can then click on a MenuItem to make the corresponding column (in)visible and the ContextMenu closes afterwards.
Problems
This comes with some limitations as described here https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8091419, here https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8091153 and here https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8092148.
In short:
- It is not always desired that the ContextMenu closes after the user clicked on a MenuItem. This is a limitation of the ContextMenu
- The menu can not be invoked programmatically
- The menu can not overridden in any way
Solution
To address these issues, the PR mentioned above adds a new protected method showColumnMenu(MouseEvent) which is called when the table menu button is clicked.
Since this new method is protected, it can be overidden by developers. If not overridden, the known default ContextMenu is created and shown, as described above.
This gives every developer the ability to fully customize the behaviour when the table menu button is clicked.
A developer can implement their own Menu if the behaviour of the ContextMenu is not desired.
The method can now also be invoked programmatically.
Feel free to give Feedback and/or checkout the PR.
-- Marius
