Running Java application with drag and drop support in cygwin

[Jon TURNEY]

On 30/10/2009 09:06, Dees wrote:
> Your reply is much appreciated Jon. I will try to be more specific
> about the problem in further mails.
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Jon TURNEY<jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>  wrote:
>> On 28/10/2009 05:57, Dees wrote:
>>>
>>> I have developed a Java application involving jTree with extensive
>>> drag and drop support, which runs correctly in my Linux box. However,
>>> when I switch to a windows box and access the same Linux box using
>>> cygwin x-server, the drag and drop in jTree stops working.
>>> Interestingly, rest of the application still works fine. After
>>> analyzing a bit I found that x-server is able to recognize the drag
>>> event but fails to recognize a drop event.
>>
>> Details?
>
> OS : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)
> Version : 10
> Patch level : 3
> Other version information:
> Java : JDK 5
> Cygwin setup-version: 2.573.2.3
> Also tried using Xming 6.9.0.31 ssh same Linux setup from Windows, but
> that also doesn't solve the problem.
>
>>
>>> Is there any setting, which should be done prior to running the Java
>>> swing applications?
>>>
>>> Here is a sample code which behaves in exactly same way.
>>> http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-JFC/TreeDragandDrop.htm
>>
>> I have no idea how to use that java code to reproduce the problem you are
>> seeing.
>
> Using the above java code in Linux:
> 1. Download and Install Java Development Toolkit on your Linux box
> (Java sun download site:
> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp), if you do not have it
> already.
> 2. Save the sample code in the above link with the file name
> TreeTester.java, say in /home/user/
> 3. Navigate to TreeTester.java from shell, and compile the java code:
> 	# cd /home/user/
> 	# /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_14/bin/javac TreeTester.java
>     Ignore any warnings of deprecated APIs.
> 4. This will create a few .class files in /home/user/ directory. Final
> step is to run the Java code, using:
> 	# /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_14/bin/java -classpath . TreeTester
>     This will open up a GUI, with a jTree each on left and right pane.
> You can drag and drop any of the leaf nodes from one jTree to the root
> node of the other jTree and this should add a new node in the other
> jTree. You will get messages on console for the operations being
> performed. Now ssh the same box using cygwin/xming from any other
> windows box, and run the application using command in step 4. You
> should be able to drag (a small icon will come under cursor indicating
> that something is being dragged) but when you will drop it, the new
> node would not be added to the tree. Thats where lies my problem!!!

Thanks for the test case and instructions, this makes it much easier for me to 
try it out.

However, this testcase and your jar archive both work fine for me (using 
Xserver 1.7.1-3)!

>>> May be my problem is related to some setting. Though, not sure.
>>> Has anybody come across something similar? What should be done then?
>>> Please let me know.
>>
>> No it's probably a bug in Cygwin/X.  But you're going to need to be a lot
>> more specific about the problem before any progress can be made on fixing
>> it.

> Also, putting some debug messages in the code lets me conclude that
> it's the drop event which is not being recognized, as the main control
> never reaches there.

There is not really any drop event, as far as the X server is concerned, just 
mouse click and motion events, which are passed on to you application (which 
has a framework to interpret them as dragging and dropping an item).

Now having a better idea of the problem, it seems less likely it is an Xserver 
bug at all.  The only Xserver cause I can think of would be if it was somehow 
not sending the correct events to your applications window, which you could 
test using xev -id <your applications window id> (you can use xwininfo to find 
the window id)

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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