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Re: swing components and Look & Feel

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From: Matt Krevs
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:00
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I couldnt agree more. L&Fs are an absolutely brilliant idea but could have
been implemented better by their creators.

Richard Wilkman wrote in message <369E168C.A85A2F40@inprise.com>...
>Matt:
>
>If javasoft had made L&F an interface that you could implement at will
>instead of a whole set of classes that you have to extend and rewrite
>just to make one thing change color, it would have been a lot easier
><g>.
>
>-Rich
>
>Matt Krevs wrote:
>>
>> FieldControl does not support the Metal L&F. I posted a message on the
forum
>> some time back and I think that Richard Wilkman confirmed that some jbcl
>> controls have problems with some L&Fs. Apparently these problems will be
>> rectified in the next release of JBCL.
>>
>> Chow Kwan Yu wrote in message <369E3588.4FBD@intellect.com.hk>...
>> >hi,
>> >I've created a frame inherit from Jframe and added components of those
>> >types:
>> >
>> >JLabel
>> >JdbNavToolBar
>> >JdbTextField
>> >FieldControl (jbcl)
>> >1 FieldControl not connecting to any dataset.
>> >JdbTable
>> >
>> >I use Swing 1.0.3 now.
>> >
>> >Descriptions of my run-time problem with different L&Fs:
>> >
>> >a) My program runs and looks well when I use Windows L&F.
>> >
>> >b) When I use Motif L&F, those
>> >- JdbNavToolBar components appear well.
>> >- both JdbTextField and FieldControl components only show the letters in
>> >them, but the white rectangular backgrounds of the corresponding
>> >components become transparent  And their border disappear.  They look
>> >like labels now.
>> >- JdbTable component appears well.
>> >
>> >c) When I use Metal L&F, those
>> >- I only see the frame, in addition to that FieldControl not connecting
>> >to any dataset.  All the rest components including JLabel disappear.
>> >
>> >Are these the problem of L&F classes coding?  Or am I missing some
>> >points to use swing components appropriately?
>> >
>> >Thank you.
>> >
>> >KY Chow
>
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>
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>
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>
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From: "Matt Krevs" <mattkrevs@flex.com.au>
Subject: Re: swing components and Look & Feel
Date: 1999/01/15
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