<Swing Dev> RFR: 8251377: [macos11] JTabbedPane selected tab text is barely legible [v4]

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:00:35 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The current version has the issue of text color obtained through [selectedControlColor] being changed through "Preferences->General->Accent Color", which is not in our control, which was already discussed. So, I thought the 1st version, which is more robust, is the one which is approved.
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> If you want to go back to the first version, then you will need to revert the changes from the subsequent commits and push a new commit.
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> However, please see Phil's comment above: since this should go into JDK 16, you will need to create a personal fork of jdk16, clone that repo, push your patch to a new branch in that repo, and create a PR from that.

> > The forumpost is here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252067605
> > The hardcoded being referred was in this 1st iteration of the fix
> > https://openjdk.github.io/cr/?repo=jdk&pr=1182&range=00
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> OK. So I guess this could work for either light or dark theme but since we cache the result, if you switch theme whilst JDK is running it won't help - but we would have a bunch of work to do to support that.

It does not cached it is a mutable SystemColor which is updated on the color theme switch, it works in a similar way as text selection color which might be configured in the macOS settings.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1182