robotframework · HelioGuilherme66 · Aug 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioni
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
 
 === Fixed
+- Fixed extra scrolling bars in Grid Editor.
 - Fixed broken directory selection dialog when opening Test Suite directory on first RIDE execution after install.
 - Fixed disappering Project Explorer tree elements, after editing directory elements (i.e. variable or keyword).
 - Fixed blank Project Explorer panel when docking. Long time existing issue.

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.5, but RIDE is known to work w
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.5dev10**) with:
+(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.5dev11**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

diff --git a/src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html b/src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Changelog</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id1337">_</a>Changelog</h2></div></div><hr /></div><p>All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.</p><p>The format is based on <a class="ulink" href="http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/" target="_top">Keep a Changelog</a>
 and this project adheres to <a class="ulink" href="http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html" target="_top">Semantic Versioning</a>.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_ulink_url_https_github_com_robotframework_ride_unreleased_ulink">_</a>1. <a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE" target="_top">Unreleased</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="_fixed">_</a>1.1. Fixed</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
+Fixed extra scrolling bars in Grid Editor.
+</li><li class="listitem">
 Fixed broken directory selection dialog when opening Test Suite directory on first RIDE execution after install.
 </li><li class="listitem">
 Fixed disappering Project Explorer tree elements, after editing directory elements (i.e. variable or keyword).

diff --git a/src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py b/src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 </ul>
 <p><strong>New Features and Fixes Highlights</strong></p>
 <ul class="simple">
+<li>Fixed extra scrolling bars in Grid Editor.</li>
 <li>Fixed broken directory selection dialog when opening Test Suite directory on first RIDE execution after install.</li>
 <li>Fixed disappering Project Explorer tree elements, after editing directory elements (i.e. variable or keyword).</li>
 <li>Fixed blank Project Explorer panel when docking. Long time existing issue.</li>

diff --git a/src/robotide/editor/__init__.py b/src/robotide/editor/__init__.py
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ def on_file_deleted(self, message):
         self._create_editor()
 
 
-class _EditorTab(wx.ScrolledWindow):
+class _EditorTab(wx.Panel):
 
     def __init__(self, plugin):
-        wx.ScrolledWindow.__init__(self, plugin.notebook, style=wx.SUNKEN_BORDER)
+        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent=plugin.notebook, style=wx.SUNKEN_BORDER)
         self.plugin = plugin
         self.sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
         self.SetSizer(self.sizer)

diff --git a/src/robotide/editor/editors.py b/src/robotide/editor/editors.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def _collabsible_changed(self, event=None):
         self.EnableScrolling(True, True)
         self.Refresh()
         self.Parent.GetSizer().Layout()
-        self.Parent.EnableScrolling(True, True)
+        # self.Parent.EnableScrolling(True, True)
         self.Parent.Refresh()
         if event:
             event.Skip()

diff --git a/src/robotide/ui/mainframe.py b/src/robotide/ui/mainframe.py
@@ -296,19 +296,25 @@ def _init_ui(self):
         """
         # DEBUG: self.leftpanel = wx.Panel(self, name="left_panel", size = (275, 250))
         if new_ui:  # Only when creating UI we add panes
-            # Tree is always created here
-            self.tree = Tree(self, self.actions, self._application.settings)
+            # Tree is always created here, inside a plain panel. AUI must manage the holder and
+            # never the Tree itself: docking a floating pane reparents the managed window, and a
+            # reparented wx.ScrolledWindow (which CustomTreeCtrl is) stops receiving paint events
+            # on wxGTK, leaving a correctly sized but permanently blank panel. The Files pane uses
+            # the same idiom (FileExplorer is a wx.Panel wrapping its tree_ctrl).
+            self.tree_holder = wx.Panel(self)
+            self.tree = Tree(self.tree_holder, self.actions, self._application.settings)
             self.tree.SetMinSize(wx.Size(275, 250))
             self.tree.SetFont(wx.Font(self.fontinfo))
-            # self.leftpanel.Bind(wx.EVT_SIZE, self.tree.OnSize)
-            # self.aui_mgr.AddPane(self.leftpanel, aui.AuiPaneInfo().Name("left_panel").Caption("left_panel").Left())
+            tree_sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
+            tree_sizer.Add(self.tree, 1, wx.EXPAND)
+            self.tree_holder.SetSizer(tree_sizer)
+            self.tree_holder.SetMinSize(wx.Size(275, 250))
             # DEBUG: Next was already called from application.py
             # print(f"DEBUG: mainframe.py RideFrame NEW UI tree caption {_('Test Suites')}")
-            self.aui_mgr.AddPane(self.tree,
+            self.aui_mgr.AddPane(self.tree_holder,
                                  aui.AuiPaneInfo().Name("tree_content").Caption(_('Test Suites')).CloseButton(True)
                                  .LeftDockable(True)
                                  )  # DEBUG: remove .CloseButton(False) when restore is fixed
-            # DEBUG: self.aui_mgr.GetPane(self.tree).DestroyOnClose()
             # TreePlugin will manage showing the Tree
         self.actions.register_actions(action_info_collection(_menudata, self, data_nt=self._menudata_nt,
                                                              container=self.tree))
@@ -502,14 +508,16 @@ def OnFloatDock(self, event):
         # panelabel = event.pane.caption
         etype = event.GetEventType()
         # strs = "Pane %s "%panelabel
+        # Only the persisted docked/floating state is recorded here. The tree keeps its nodes and
+        # repaints by itself across the transition, so rebuilding it would just discard the current
+        # selection; and calling into the AUI manager from these events re-enters its own drag
+        # handling.
         if etype == aui.wxEVT_AUI_PANE_FLOATING:
             # strs += "is about to be floated"
             if event.pane.name == "file_manager":
                 self.filemgr.update_tree()
             elif event.pane.name == "tree_content":
                 self._application.treeplugin.set_float_docked(False)
-                self._application.treeplugin.on_show_tree(None)
-                self.tree.refresh_view()
         #  elif etype == aui.wxEVT_AUI_PANE_FLOATED:
         #     strs += "has been floated"
         elif etype == aui.wxEVT_AUI_PANE_DOCKING:
@@ -518,8 +526,6 @@ def OnFloatDock(self, event):
                 self.filemgr.update_tree()
             elif event.pane.name == "tree_content":
                 self._application.treeplugin.set_float_docked(True)
-                self._application.treeplugin.on_show_tree(None)
-                self.tree.refresh_view()
         # elif etype == aui.wxEVT_AUI_PANE_DOCKED:
         #     strs += "has been docked"
         # print("DEBUG: " + strs + "\n")

diff --git a/src/robotide/version.py b/src/robotide/version.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated by `tasks.py`.
 
-VERSION = 'v2.2.5dev10'
+VERSION = 'v2.2.5dev11'