From 40d9c665002f2995fa089bf108e0db4f130213b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lesley Wagner <lesleywfit@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 21:41:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue #520
 https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/520

---
 .gitignore                                          | 4 ++++
 app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fb35f9198..e3b98dcf5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -89,3 +89,7 @@ bin-test
 # dated folders
 /19*
 /20*
+
+# VS Code Java project files
+.project
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
index 07262fdf89..3f09de9c45 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ protected void setLayout() {
       .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
                   .addComponent(categoryChooser)
                   .addComponent(filterField))
-      .addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
+      // fix for issue #520 https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/520            
+      .addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
       .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
                   .addComponent(loaderLabel)
                   .addComponent(listPanel))
@@ -270,6 +271,9 @@ protected void updateCategoryChooser() {
       Set<String> categories = listCategories();
       if (categories.size() == 1 &&
           categories.contains(Contribution.UNKNOWN_CATEGORY)) {
+        // Add dummy item for sizing purpose
+        // fix for issue #520 https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/520 
+        categoryChooser.addItem("NULL");
         // If no unique categories, hide the category chooser
         categoryChooser.setVisible(false);