Hi all,

I've observed and reproduced a case of "volatile table layout" in Morphic:

    inner := Morph new color: Color red.
    f := inner addFlexShell
        scale: 0.4;
        yourself.
    
    outer := Morph new color: Color yellow.
    outer changeTableLayout.
    outer addMorph: f.
    outer addMorph: (Morph new extent: 30 @ 10).
    
    f layoutChanged. outer fullBounds. f scale. "0.38888888888888895"
    f layoutChanged. outer fullBounds. f scale. "0.37654320987654327"
    f layoutChanged. outer fullBounds. f scale. "0.36282578875171484"
    "..."

The incremental shrinkage of #scale takes place in TransformationMorph>>extent: (see screenshot). I suppose this is the cause of a rounding error (scale is exact, but bounds/fullBounds are rounded), but I'm not sure. The following stabilizes my concrete case, but I'm not sure whether this is the actual solution or just a workaround:

	  TransformationMorph >> extent: newExtent
	  
	+ 	self extent = newExtent ifTrue: [^ self].
	  	self renderedMorph == self
	  		ifTrue: [super extent: newExtent]
	  		ifFalse: [
	  			self adjustAfter: [
	  				| scaleFactor |
	  				scaleFactor := (self scale * newExtent r / self fullBounds extent r) max: 0.1.
	  				self scale: (scaleFactor detentBy: 0.1 atMultiplesOf: 1.0 snap: false)]].

Looking forward to your feedback!

Best,
Christoph

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