Vaadin Grid: resizing columns by hand doesn't take set minimum width into account
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Description
Setting minimum width is fine on loading page and it's taken into account, but then resizing of columns not only ignores the minimum width, but also allows resizing columns manually to below the minimum.
Tested Vaadin 8.1.1
In the pictures below: the
column.setMinimumWidth(90);
In the beggining

After resizing:

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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Vaadin 8.1.1 using a Grid column with column.setMinimumWidth(90), then manually resize the column below that width. Trace the Grid column-resizing behavior and verify that manual resizing cannot reduce the column below its configured minimum width.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100