WindowsLookAndFeel change in JDK 22

Simon Nash simon at cjnash.com
Sat Nov 25 21:46:32 UTC 2023


I tried this with JDK 22 b22 and I got the same result. I will investigate further.

Simon

On 25/11/2023 18:33, Philip Race wrote:
> Re-read the last line of my previous email and you'll see the answer.
>
> -phil.
>
> On 11/25/23 2:09 AM, Simon Nash wrote:
>> Thanks for confirming that this change was not intentional. I am using the JDK 22 b24 EA build. When was the Windows compiler and SDK updated?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On 24/11/2023 23:30, Philip Race wrote:
>>> I don't recall anything specific to this. Since you say "current EA build", does that imply very recently ?
>>> My guess is that it is fall out from upgrading the Windows compiler + SDK and
>>> we are no longer able to load the uxtheme library on Windows 7 needed for the WindowsL&F.
>>> Note that it has been several years since anyone supported or tested Windows 7.
>>> If you can confirm this started with JDK 22 b23 that would pretty much confirm the theory.
>>>
>>> -phil.
>>>
>>> On 11/24/23 3:08 PM, Simon Nash wrote:
>>>> In the current EA build of JDK 22, selecting WindowsLookAndFeel on Windows 7 shows the same (ugly) UI style as WindowsClassicLookAndFeel.
>>>>
>>>> With JDK 22 on Windows 10 and also with JDK 21 and below on both Windows 7 and Windows 10, this works as expected with different styles for 
>>>> WindowsLookAndFeel and WindowsClassicLookAndFeel.
>>>>
>>>> Is this an intentional change in JDK 22 or a bug? If it is intentional, what was the reason?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Simon
>>>
>>>
>>
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