<Swing Dev> Background/Foreground colors and Gtk Look and Feel
Omair Majid
omajid at redhat.com
Thu Jan 22 18:46:27 UTC 2009
Hi Kirill,
Kirill Kirichenko wrote:
>
>
> Omair Majid wrote:
>> So the _correct_ behaviour is that setBackground()/setForeground() are
>> ignored completely? So if a component actually responds to
>> setBackground() or setForeground(), it's a bug?
> It's not a bug. It just happens to be so. I mean you shouldn't count on
> this. Altering colors in GTK L&F rather than in the theme config file is
> not supported.
>
>> I am still a little confused. If closed source jdk allows setting the
>> background, and openjdk doesn't, doesn't that mean openjdk is correct
>> and the fixes should be applied to the closed source jdk? Basically, I
>> am asking what the ideal behaviour should be. Should
>> setBackground()/setForeground() have any effect when using the gtk
>> look and feel?
> No they shouldn't.
Thanks. That clears up things.
Cheers,
Omair
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