Running this example with FXControls 8.40.14. compared to FXControls 11.0.1. will produce different result in terms of how many times GridCell#updateItem(...) is being called.

GridViewItemUpdateTest.java

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import org.controlsfx.control.GridCell;
import org.controlsfx.control.GridView;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Running this example with FXControls 8.40.14. compared to FXControls 11.0.1. 
 * will produce different result in terms of how many times GridCell#updateItem(...) 
 * is being called (see gridCellUpdateCounter). 
 *
 * Side note - this example was taken from:
 * https://github.com/controlsfx/controlsfx/issues/1070
 */
public class GridViewItemUpdateTest extends Application {

	int gridCellUpdateCounter = 0;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		launch();
	}

	@Override
	public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
		List<String> itemsFoo = new ArrayList<>();
		for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
			itemsFoo.add("foo");
		}

		List<String> itemsBar = new ArrayList<>();
		for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
			itemsBar.add("bar");
		}

		GridView<String> grid = new GridView<>();
		grid.setCellFactory(param -> new SimpleCell());

		ObservableList<String> items = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
		items.setAll(itemsFoo);
		grid.setItems(items);

		Button btnFoo = new Button("foo");
		btnFoo.setOnAction(event -> items.setAll(itemsFoo));

		Button btnBar = new Button("bar");
		btnBar.setOnAction(event -> items.setAll(itemsBar));

		VBox root = new VBox(8);
		root.setPrefSize(400, 355);
		root.setPadding(new Insets(8));
		root.getChildren().addAll(btnFoo, btnBar, grid);
		VBox.setVgrow(grid, Priority.ALWAYS);

		Scene scene = new Scene(root);
		primaryStage.setScene(scene);
		primaryStage.show();
	}

	private class SimpleCell extends GridCell<String> {

		@Override
		protected void updateItem(String item, boolean empty) {
			super.updateItem(item, empty);

			System.out.println(++gridCellUpdateCounter);

			if (empty || item == null) {
				setText(null);
				setStyle("");
			} else {
				setText(item);
				if (item.startsWith("f")) {
					setStyle("-fx-background-color: red");
				} else {
					setStyle("-fx-background-color: green");
				}
			}
		}
	}
}