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

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:36:27 GMT, Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> So why would this API return the wrong colour ?
>> 
>> That method used in the last version returns the color which is not the color of the tabpane. It is a similar color in some cases, but not always.
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> So I think we need to hard code the most accurate colour we can and yet somehow take into account dark mode to the same extent we are doing with other components.
> I can imagine a clever scheme which tries to derive something that is at least a reasonable contrast - we've done
> with GTK3 but at least let's get a fix for what the problem is today.

I have tested the 1st version (lightGray) in both light and dark theme (along with -Dapple.awt.application.appearance=system) and it is legible in both cases. So, I guess, till we have the reply from Apple, we can consider this fix.

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