AquaLaf setting?

Mike Swingler swingler at apple.com
Fri Oct 28 09:12:19 PDT 2011


Sorry...I meant diff. And since it was easy, here it is:
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Actually most of the changes are in the launcher, BSD networking, OpenGL includes, and an accessor in the EventDispatch thread. I'm surprised how little .java code had to change (and most of the native .c code is obvious #define kind of stuff).

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Java Engineering
Apple Inc.

On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Mike Swingler wrote:

> 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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