Jabref: Editor gets stuck and refuses to show the fields

[bernhard-kleine]

• [ ] I have tested the latest master version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

JabRef version 4.1 on Windows 7-64 java 8 update 151

Steps to reproduce:

1. start jabref with a group
2. open the entry editor
3. move between entries, eventually the display remains blank

Log File

```

Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main]
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Cannot get at 1 on list of size 1
at ca.odell.glazedlists.TransformedList.get(TransformedList.java:105)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable.getEntryAt(MainTable.java:343)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable.getCellStatus(MainTable.java:476)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable.getCellRenderer(MainTable.java:287)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paintCell(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paintCells(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI.update(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintComponent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.prePaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.access$1200(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$ProcessingRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main]
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Cannot get at 1 on list of size 1
at ca.odell.glazedlists.TransformedList.get(TransformedList.java:105)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable.getEntryAt(MainTable.java:343)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable.getCellStatus(MainTable.java:476)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTable.getCellRenderer(MainTable.java:287)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paintCell(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paintCells(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI.update(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintComponent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JViewport.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.prePaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.access$1200(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager$ProcessingRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Could not parse date 2005(?)

Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[JavaFX Application Thread,5,main]
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: [-2147483648, 20) is not a valid range within [0, 20)
at org.reactfx.util.Lists.checkRange(Lists.java:128)
at org.reactfx.util.Lists.checkRange(Lists.java:123)
at org.reactfx.collection.MemoizationListImpl.forget(MemoizationList.java:184)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.CellListManager.cropTo(CellListManager.java:82)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.CellPositioner.cropTo(CellPositioner.java:29)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.cropToNeighborhoodOf(Navigator.java:227)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.placeStartAtMayCrop(Navigator.java:200)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.visit(Navigator.java:129)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.StartOffStart.accept(TargetPosition.java:85)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.layoutChildren(Navigator.java:78)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1087)
at org.fxmisc.flowless.VirtualFlow.layoutChildren(VirtualFlow.java:257)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1087)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Scene.doLayoutPass(Scene.java:552)
at javafx.scene.Scene.preferredSize(Scene.java:1646)
at javafx.scene.Scene.impl_preferredSize(Scene.java:1720)
at javafx.stage.Window$9.invalidated(Window.java:846)
at javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.markInvalid(BooleanPropertyBase.java:109)
at javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.set(BooleanPropertyBase.java:144)
at javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:922)
at javafx.stage.Window.show(Window.java:937)
at com.sun.javafx.stage.EmbeddedWindow.show(EmbeddedWindow.java:58)
at javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel.lambda$addNotify$49(JFXPanel.java:799)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$172(PlatformImpl.java:295)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$173(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$147(WinApplication.java:177)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

```

[Siedlerchr]

I also get these exceptions, but they do not let the editor get stuck. You really should test the latest master version (There's a reason we added that checkbox in opening the issue to make sure the issues are not have not already been resolved)

[bernhard-kleine]

At least in my case I have observed that any activity of the jabref task ceased completely looking at the windows task manager. I had a similar situation some hours ago, but did not make any attempts to look at circonstances.
This version 4.1 was released only a couple of days ago. These errors are not supposed to occur since waiting for the entry editor display was already a problem in 4.0 and as a user one could hope this issue had been settled once and for all. It is something about quality management which is lacking.

[tobiasdiez]

You are right, we are only a bunch of programmers hacking on JabRef in our freetime. It would be nice if we could get professional support in terms of a quality manager, community manager and project manager. If you happen to know someone that it is willing do offer their help for free, we would be very glad! Sorry for this slightly sarcastic answer, but you should understand that JabRef is developed as a hobby without any professional support and thus adopt your expectations accordingly.

That being said, the issue should be fixed with #3591.

[pcdi]

• [x] I have tested the latest master version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

JabRef 4.2-dev--snapshot--2018-01-08--master--a3ed5fb71
Mac OS X 10.12.6 x86_64
Java 1.8.0_151

First of all, thank you for your work on JabRef.

However, It seems to me that I am experiencing the same bug, which is not resolved for me in the latest snapshot.

Steps to reproduce:
Whenever I select an entry, JabRef freezes and it takes quite some time until the entry editor shows, but then I can use JabRef again. If I select a different tab, e. g. “Optional Fields”, then Jabref freezes again, but eventually unfreezes and shows the selected tab.

Log File

```
Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not on FX application thread; currentThread = AWT-EventQueue-0
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.checkFxUserThread(Toolkit.java:279)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.checkFxUserThread(QuantumToolkit.java:423)
at javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:921)
at javafx.stage.Window.hide(Window.java:947)
at javafx.stage.PopupWindow.hide(PopupWindow.java:468)
at org.controlsfx.control.textfield.AutoCompletionBinding.hidePopup(AutoCompletionBinding.java:297)
at org.jabref.gui.autocompleter.AutoCompletionTextInputBinding.lambda$new$1(AutoCompletionTextInputBinding.java:64)
at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$Generic.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:361)
at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:81)
at javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.java:72)
at javafx.scene.Node$FocusedProperty.notifyListeners(Node.java:7720)
at javafx.scene.Scene$13.invalidated(Scene.java:2077)
at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.markInvalid(ObjectPropertyBase.java:111)
at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.set(ObjectPropertyBase.java:146)
at javafx.scene.Scene$KeyHandler.setFocusOwner(Scene.java:3924)
at javafx.scene.Scene$KeyHandler.requestFocus(Scene.java:3971)
at javafx.scene.Scene$KeyHandler.access$1900(Scene.java:3910)
at javafx.scene.Scene.requestFocus(Scene.java:2044)
at javafx.scene.Node.requestFocus(Node.java:7881)
at org.jabref.gui.BasePanel.showAndEdit(BasePanel.java:1513)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTableSelectionListener.listChanged(MainTableSelectionListener.java:106)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.ListEventAssembler$ListEventFormat.fire(ListEventAssembler.java:424)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.ListEventAssembler$ListEventFormat.fire(ListEventAssembler.java:421)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher$SubjectAndListener.firePendingEvent(SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher.java:445)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher.fireEvent(SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher.java:344)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.ListEventAssembler.commitEvent(ListEventAssembler.java:317)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.commitSelected(ListSelection.java:925)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.commitAll(ListSelection.java:912)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.setSubRangeOfRange(ListSelection.java:1063)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.setSelection(ListSelection.java:730)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.swing.DefaultEventSelectionModel.setSelectionInterval(DefaultEventSelectionModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.JTable.changeSelectionModel(JTable.java:2389)
at javax.swing.JTable.changeSelection(JTable.java:2458)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$Handler.adjustSelection(BasicTableUI.java:1115)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$Handler.mousePressedDND(BasicTableUI.java:1080)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$Handler.mousePressed(BasicTableUI.java:1032)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$MouseInputHandler.mousePressed(BasicTableUI.java:798)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:280)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:279)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6530)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4522)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not on FX application thread; currentThread = AWT-EventQueue-0
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.checkFxUserThread(Toolkit.java:279)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.checkFxUserThread(QuantumToolkit.java:423)
at javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:921)
at javafx.stage.Window.hide(Window.java:947)
at javafx.stage.PopupWindow.hide(PopupWindow.java:468)
at org.controlsfx.control.textfield.AutoCompletionBinding.hidePopup(AutoCompletionBinding.java:297)
at org.jabref.gui.autocompleter.AutoCompletionTextInputBinding.lambda$new$1(AutoCompletionTextInputBinding.java:64)
at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$Generic.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:361)
at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:81)
at javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.java:72)
at javafx.scene.Node$FocusedProperty.notifyListeners(Node.java:7720)
at javafx.scene.Scene$13.invalidated(Scene.java:2077)
at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.markInvalid(ObjectPropertyBase.java:111)
at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.set(ObjectPropertyBase.java:146)
at javafx.scene.Scene$KeyHandler.setFocusOwner(Scene.java:3924)
at javafx.scene.Scene$KeyHandler.requestFocus(Scene.java:3971)
at javafx.scene.Scene$KeyHandler.access$1900(Scene.java:3910)
at javafx.scene.Scene.requestFocus(Scene.java:2044)
at javafx.scene.Node.requestFocus(Node.java:7881)
at org.jabref.gui.BasePanel.showAndEdit(BasePanel.java:1513)
at org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTableSelectionListener.listChanged(MainTableSelectionListener.java:106)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.ListEventAssembler$ListEventFormat.fire(ListEventAssembler.java:424)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.ListEventAssembler$ListEventFormat.fire(ListEventAssembler.java:421)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher$SubjectAndListener.firePendingEvent(SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher.java:445)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher.fireEvent(SequenceDependenciesEventPublisher.java:344)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.event.ListEventAssembler.commitEvent(ListEventAssembler.java:317)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.commitSelected(ListSelection.java:925)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.commitAll(ListSelection.java:912)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.setSubRangeOfRange(ListSelection.java:1063)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.ListSelection.setSelection(ListSelection.java:730)
at ca.odell.glazedlists.swing.DefaultEventSelectionModel.setSelectionInterval(DefaultEventSelectionModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.JTable.changeSelectionModel(JTable.java:2389)
at javax.swing.JTable.changeSelection(JTable.java:2458)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$Handler.adjustSelection(BasicTableUI.java:1115)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$Handler.mousePressedDND(BasicTableUI.java:1080)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$Handler.mousePressed(BasicTableUI.java:1032)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$MouseInputHandler.mousePressed(BasicTableUI.java:798)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:280)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:279)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6530)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4522)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
```

[bernhard-kleine]

@brian-ammon
Jabref does not freeze, but since all acitivity ceased in task manager I concluded that it will never show the fields in the entry editor. How long did you wait? For me some minutes is some minutes to long.

[bernhard-kleine]

@tobiasdiez
I know all the limitations of your work. Still the bugs in 4.0 should not remain in a new version, than this version is not worth to get out. I have contributed to snapshots and betas fairly well. Therefore, some critique for quality management was IMHO justified. I will not ask about the way you ensure that bugs are eliminated without getting new ones into the code. But that seems the problem.

[Siedlerchr]

This could be some memory problem. I never experienced this here on my machine

[liubenyuan]

confirmed, in jabref-master.

Howto reproduce it,

• open BibTeX Source
• copy and paste bib entry
• save
• select associated pdf files
• open another entry. now freeze.

[lenhard]

I can confirm the report by @liubenyuan on current master (actually JabRef does not freeze, but the entry editor get corrupted). Here's a corresponding exception from the log:

Log File

Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[JavaFX Application Thread,5,main]
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: [-2147483648, 9) is not a valid range within [0, 9)
    at org.reactfx.util.Lists.checkRange(Lists.java:128)
    at org.reactfx.util.Lists.checkRange(Lists.java:123)
    at org.reactfx.collection.MemoizationListImpl.forget(MemoizationList.java:184)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.CellListManager.cropTo(CellListManager.java:82)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.CellPositioner.cropTo(CellPositioner.java:29)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.cropToNeighborhoodOf(Navigator.java:227)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.placeStartAtMayCrop(Navigator.java:200)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.visit(Navigator.java:129)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.StartOffStart.accept(TargetPosition.java:85)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.Navigator.layoutChildren(Navigator.java:78)
    at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1087)
    at org.fxmisc.flowless.VirtualFlow.layoutChildren(VirtualFlow.java:257)
    at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1087)
    at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
    at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
    at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
    at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
    at javafx.scene.Scene.doLayoutPass(Scene.java:552)
    at javafx.scene.Scene.preferredSize(Scene.java:1646)
    at javafx.scene.Scene.impl_preferredSize(Scene.java:1720)
    at javafx.stage.Window$9.invalidated(Window.java:846)
    at javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.markInvalid(BooleanPropertyBase.java:109)
    at javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.set(BooleanPropertyBase.java:144)
    at javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:922)
    at javafx.stage.Window.show(Window.java:937)
    at com.sun.javafx.stage.EmbeddedWindow.show(EmbeddedWindow.java:58)
    at javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel.lambda$addNotify$49(JFXPanel.java:799)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$173(PlatformImpl.java:295)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$174(PlatformImpl.java:294)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$148(WinApplication.java:191)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Seems like some part of the files model still executes on the wrong thread. I tried to reproduce the other problems mentioned in this thread, but failed to do so.

[Siedlerchr]

As it happens on the General window, it must been something with the files. as the files model internally uses the Observable LIsts

[tobiasdiez]

This should be fixed in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from https://builds.jabref.org/maintable-beta/. Thanks! Note this version is in a very early beta stage and might not work as expected. See https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/3621 for further details.

[tobiasdiez]

Thanks @brian-ammon for testing the new version. The freezing issue on MacOS is also reported by other users and we are currently having a look at how to fix it. Your log should help with that, thanks!

Would you do me the favor of trying out the build https://builds.jabref.org/javafxGlobalEverything/. Right now, this version lacks almost all functionality but it may fix the start-up problem.

[pcdi]

@tobiasdiez JabRef_macos_4_2-dev--snapshot--2018-02-02--javafxGlobalEverything--94027da11 does start for me without any problems. Menu bar and side panel are missing however, but I suppose that is what you meant with “it lacks almost all functionality“.

I just noticed that trying to close the application seems to crash it, though, and I had to kill it.

[tobiasdiez]

ok, very good. Thanks for the quick follow-up!

[jmdesantos]

With

JabRef_windows-x64_4_2-dev--snapshot--2018-02-20--master--ea8ccb39c

In a windows 64 system the problem is persistent; the issue with the space bar making the cursor jump at the begining of the line was fixed but the software remains unusable for windows 64 (as was the 4.1 stable version), as the entry editor freezes, or the entry slots dissapear, for example, when selecting a new tab after filling up the required fields.

Thanks for your efforts!

[tobiasdiez]

@jmdesantos These issues should be fixed in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from https://builds.jabref.org/maintable-beta/. Thanks! Note this version is in a very early beta stage and some things might not work as expected. See #3621 for further details.