AquaLaf setting?

[Mike Swingler]

There are a couple of areas around accessibility and fonts that I can think of off hand. A grep of JDK7 vs macosx-port would be more authoritative than our guessing though.

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Java Engineering
Apple Inc.

On Oct 28, 2011, at 5:26 AM, Alexander Potochkin wrote:

> Hello Kevin
>> The Aqua LaF is chosen by javax.swing.UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() if the OSType is MACOSX and the current toolkit is LWCToolkit (otherwise, we use Metal).
> 
> I can see it now
> 
> So you've changed the UIManager class to support it,
> I checked that we don't have that check in UIManager from official Oracale JDK
> 
> We'll have to merge it somehow
> 
> Do you know any other places where MacOS JDK shared code is different from Oracle JDK?
> 
> Thanks
> alexp
> 
>>> UIManager spec tells the following:
>>> 
>>> * The class used for the default look and feel is chosen in the following
>>> * manner:
>>> *<li>If the system property<code>swing.defaultlaf</code>  is
>>> *       {@code non-null}, use its value as the default look and feel class
>>> *       name.
>>> *<li>If the {@link java.util.Properties} file<code>swing.properties</code>
>>> *       exists and contains the key<code>swing.defaultlaf</code>,
>>> *       use its value as the default look and feel class name.
>>> *<li>Otherwise use the cross platform look and feel.
>>> 
>>> So if you don't use the property file by default, you should be setting swing.defaultlaf somewhere.
>> The swing.defaultlaf property is set (for MACOSX only) in javax.swing.UIManager.loadSwingProperties().  It will be overridden if the user specifies a default LaF at the command line.
>> 
>>> I wonder what piece of code is responsible for setting system properties like this one
>>> 
>>> Thanks much
>>> alexp
>>> 
>>>>> Is it read from some property file?
>>>>> (Didn't find swing.properties)
>>>>> 
>>>> We don't have a swing.properties file by default.  If the user creates the swing.properties file and specifies a different default LaF, we honor their choice.
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> alexp
>>>> -Kevin
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