Fix #14556 Removed the extra space occupied by the table.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- We fixed an issue where the Web search table had extra space, to improve the layout. [#14556](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/14556)
 - We fixed text cursor movement shortcuts (Command+Left/Right for line start/end, Option+Left/Right for word navigation) not working correctly in the BibTeX source editor on macOS. [#5937](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5937)
 - We fixed PDF import to prefer the content extracted title over filename like XMP metadata titles. [#11999](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11999)
 - We fixed RIS export writing the full page range into both start page and end page fields instead of splitting them correctly. [#15106](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/15106)

jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.java

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javafx.beans.InvalidationListener;
+import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
+import javafx.beans.binding.DoubleBinding;
 import javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanProperty;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.geometry.Pos;
@@ -94,6 +96,16 @@ public void initialize() {
 
         searchEngineTable.setItems(viewModel.getSearchEngines());
 
+        // Dynamic height based on font size and number of items
+        DoubleBinding rowHeight = Bindings.createDoubleBinding(
+                () -> enableWebSearch.getFont() != null ? enableWebSearch.getFont().getSize() * 2.5 : 30.0,
+                enableWebSearch.fontProperty());
+        searchEngineTable.fixedCellSizeProperty().bind(rowHeight);
+        searchEngineTable.prefHeightProperty().bind(
+                Bindings.size(searchEngineTable.getItems())
+                        .add(1.1) // Estimate for header height
+                        .multiply(rowHeight));
+
         enableWebSearch.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableWebSearchProperty());
         warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty());
         downloadLinkedOnlineFiles.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.shouldDownloadLinkedOnlineFiles());

jabgui/src/main/resources/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.fxml

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     <Label text="%( Note: Press return to commit changes in the table! )"/>
     <TableView
             fx:id="searchEngineTable"
-            VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS"
             editable="true">
         <columns>
             <TableColumn minWidth="120"