Implement better scaling of main table showing entries

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We changed connect timeouts for server requests to 30 seconds in general and 5 seconds for GROBID server (special) and improved user notifications on connection issues. [7026](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/7026)
 - We changed the order of the library tab context menu items. [#7171](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7171)
 - We changed the way linked files are opened on Linux to use the native openFile method, compatible with confined  packages. [7037](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/7037)
-- We refined the entry preview to show the full names of authors and editors, to list the editor only if no author is present, have the year ealier. [#7083](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7083)
+- We refined the entry preview to show the full names of authors and editors, to list the editor only if no author is present, have the year earlier. [#7083](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7083)
+- We changed the resize behavior of table columns to change the width of the current column only. [#967](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/967)
 
 ### Fixed
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java

@@ -137,16 +137,14 @@ public MainTable(MainTableDataModel model,
             }
         }
         */
-       mainTablePreferences.getColumnPreferences().getColumnSortOrder().forEach(columnModel ->
+        mainTablePreferences.getColumnPreferences().getColumnSortOrder().forEach(columnModel ->
                 this.getColumns().stream()
                     .map(column -> (MainTableColumn<?>) column)
                     .filter(column -> column.getModel().equals(columnModel))
                     .findFirst()
                     .ifPresent(column -> this.getSortOrder().add(column)));
 
-        if (mainTablePreferences.getResizeColumnsToFit()) {
-            this.setColumnResizePolicy(new SmartConstrainedResizePolicy());
-        }
+        this.setColumnResizePolicy(new SmartConstrainedResizePolicy());
 
         this.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(SelectionMode.MULTIPLE);
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.Field;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.FieldFactory;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.SpecialField;
+import org.jabref.model.entry.field.StandardField;
 import org.jabref.model.groups.AbstractGroup;
 import org.jabref.model.util.OptionalUtil;
 import org.jabref.preferences.PreferencesService;
@@ -109,7 +110,16 @@ public MainTableColumnFactory(BibDatabaseContext database,
                 default:
                 case NORMALFIELD:
                     if (!column.getQualifier().isBlank()) {
-                        columns.add(createFieldColumn(column));
+                        TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, ?> fieldColumn = createFieldColumn(column);
+                        columns.add(fieldColumn);
+                        if (column.getQualifier().equalsIgnoreCase(StandardField.YEAR.getName())) {
+                            // We adjust the min width and the current width, but not the max width to allow the user to enlarge this field
+                            // 75 is chosen, because of the optimal width of a four digit field
+                            fieldColumn.setMinWidth(60);
+                            fieldColumn.setPrefWidth(60);
+                        } else {
+                            fieldColumn.setMinWidth(ColumnPreferences.DEFAULT_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+                        }
                     }
                     break;
             }
@@ -125,7 +135,7 @@ public static void setExactWidth(TableColumn<?, ?> column, double width) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a column with a continous number
+     * Creates a column with a continuous number
      */
     private TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, String> createIndexColumn(MainTableColumnModel columnModel) {
         TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, String> column = new MainTableColumn<>(columnModel);

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnModel.java

@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public Type getType() {
         return typeProperty.getValue();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the field name of the column (e.g., year)
+     */
     public String getQualifier() {
         return qualifierProperty.getValue();
     }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/SmartConstrainedResizePolicy.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javafx.scene.control.ResizeFeaturesBase;
+import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
 import javafx.scene.control.TableColumnBase;
 import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
 import javafx.util.Callback;
@@ -25,80 +26,36 @@ public class SmartConstrainedResizePolicy implements Callback<TableView.ResizeFe
     @Override
     public Boolean call(TableView.ResizeFeatures prop) {
         if (prop.getColumn() == null) {
-            return initColumnSize(prop.getTable());
+            // table is initialized
+            // no need to adjust
+            return false;
         } else {
             return constrainedResize(prop);
         }
     }
 
-    private Boolean initColumnSize(TableView<?> table) {
-        double tableWidth = getContentWidth(table);
-        List<? extends TableColumnBase<?, ?>> visibleLeafColumns = table.getVisibleLeafColumns();
-        double totalWidth = visibleLeafColumns.stream().mapToDouble(TableColumnBase::getWidth).sum();
-
-        if (Math.abs(totalWidth - tableWidth) > 1) {
-            double totalPrefWidth = visibleLeafColumns.stream().mapToDouble(TableColumnBase::getPrefWidth).sum();
-            if (totalPrefWidth > 0) {
-                for (TableColumnBase col : visibleLeafColumns) {
-                    double share = col.getPrefWidth() / totalPrefWidth;
-                    double newSize = tableWidth * share;
-
-                    // Just to make sure that we are staying under the total table width (due to rounding errors)
-                    newSize -= 2;
-
-                    resize(col, newSize - col.getWidth());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private void resize(TableColumnBase column, double delta) {
-        // We have to use reflection since TableUtil is not visible to us
-        try {
-            // TODO: reflective access, should be removed
-            Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("javafx.scene.control.TableUtil");
-            Method constrainedResize = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("resize", TableColumnBase.class, double.class);
-            constrainedResize.setAccessible(true);
-            constrainedResize.invoke(null, column, delta);
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            LOGGER.error("Could not invoke resize in TableUtil", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     private Boolean constrainedResize(TableView.ResizeFeatures<?> prop) {
         TableView<?> table = prop.getTable();
         List<? extends TableColumnBase<?, ?>> visibleLeafColumns = table.getVisibleLeafColumns();
-        return constrainedResize(prop,
-                false,
-                getContentWidth(table) - 2,
-                visibleLeafColumns);
-    }
-
-    private Boolean constrainedResize(TableView.ResizeFeatures prop, Boolean isFirstRun, Double contentWidth, List<? extends TableColumnBase<?, ?>> visibleLeafColumns) {
-        // We have to use reflection since TableUtil is not visible to us
-        try {
-            // TODO: reflective access, should be removed
-            Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("javafx.scene.control.TableUtil");
-            Method constrainedResize = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("constrainedResize", ResizeFeaturesBase.class, Boolean.TYPE, Double.TYPE, List.class);
-            constrainedResize.setAccessible(true);
-            Object returnValue = constrainedResize.invoke(null, prop, isFirstRun, contentWidth, visibleLeafColumns);
-            return (Boolean) returnValue;
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            LOGGER.error("Could not invoke constrainedResize in TableUtil", e);
-            return false;
+        Double delta = prop.getDelta();
+        TableColumn<?, ?> userChosenColumnToResize = prop.getColumn();
+
+        double oldWidth = userChosenColumnToResize.getWidth();
+        double newWidth;
+        if (delta < 0) {
+            double minWidth = userChosenColumnToResize.getMinWidth();
+            LOGGER.trace("MinWidth {}", minWidth);
+            newWidth = Math.max(minWidth, oldWidth + delta);
+        } else {
+            double maxWidth = userChosenColumnToResize.getMaxWidth();
+            LOGGER.trace("MaxWidth {}", maxWidth);
+            newWidth = Math.min(maxWidth, oldWidth + delta);
         }
-    }
-
-    private Double getContentWidth(TableView<?> table) {
-        try {
-            // TODO: reflective access, should be removed
-            Field privateStringField = TableView.class.getDeclaredField("contentWidth");
-            privateStringField.setAccessible(true);
-            return (Double) privateStringField.get(table);
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException | NoSuchFieldException e) {
-            return 0d;
+        LOGGER.trace("Size: {} -> {}", oldWidth, newWidth);
+        if (oldWidth == newWidth) {
+            return false;
         }
+        userChosenColumnToResize.setPrefWidth(newWidth);
+        return true;
     }
 }