Combo Box in Anchored Section?

[MichaelWDenney]

Our quick access taskbar contains a combo box implemented as:

ribbon.addTaskbarComponent(new RibbonComboBoxProjection<>(editCollection.getParaStyleComboBox(), ComponentPresentationModel.withDefaults()));

Given that we have had to revert to the native OS title bar, we have lost our quick access taskbar. I was, therefore, intending to add the controls from the quick access to the anchored section. Is it possible to have a combo box in the anchored section and, if so, what would the equivalent to the above code be?

[kirill-grouchnikov]

No plans to expand the anchored section to support arbitrary content.

For this specific case, a popup command button that updates its primary text to follow the currently selected secondary item is pretty much the same as the core Swing combobox.

[MichaelWDenney]

A couple issues I'm having using a popup command button in the anchored section to mimic a combobox:

1. The submenu indicator (v) does not render unless I include an icon. Since I am trying to make this look as similar as possible to the combobox it is meant to provide quick access to, I would rather not have an icon. I tried forcing setShowPopupIcon(true) in the CommandButtonPresentationModel but it didn't help.
2. As I update the primary text of the button, the button is being resized to fit the text, which causes all the controls in the anchored section to jump. Is there a way to force it to a fixed size?
3. There appears to be a limit on the size of the text being displayed on a command button in the anchored section. This one I kind of suspected as I know the documentation says it is intended for icon-only or short text. Just wondering if there is any work-around.

[kirill-grouchnikov]

1. That is a bug that I suspect has been there for a long time, only for the anchored ribbon commands. I'll fix it in the next release.
2. There's nothing at the moment. I'm not sure if I'd want to introduce another presentation model field for this (something like textDisplayPrototypeValue), since it's not clear how that would scale in a generic way across different command button presentation states. I would say that right now, apps that are interested in full parity with the core comboboxes would provide their own presentation state, and their own command button layout manager that would encode the fixed / maximum text size in getPreferredSize and getLayoutInfo.
3. Yes, see lines 509-544 in BasicRibbonUI.java. There is nothing fancy there in terms of progressive resizing of the content like there is for ribbon tasks and ribbon bands. It's either all buttons are displayed in medium presentation state if everything fits, or all buttons go to small presentation state (icon only). The target use case is very few actions to be displayed there - it is not meant to be a fully featured alternative to the ribbon taskbar with more flexible resizing and overflowing the content into its own popup.

[kirill-grouchnikov]

#561 for the first one

[MichaelWDenney]

Thanks for the fix and the information. I know I am abusing the anchored section a bit. I am just looking for a fast replacement for the quick access toolbar we were forced to discard in favour of native title bar support. I'm intending/hoping this will not be a long term solution.