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Bug 12634 - Welcome screen ignoring look & feel setting
Summary: Welcome screen ignoring look & feel setting
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Windows 3.1/NT
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@platform
URL:
Keywords: L&F
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-06-07 10:15 UTC by ats37
Modified: 2008-12-22 20:37 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description ats37 2001-06-07 10:15:28 UTC 
I've edited NetBeans' ide.cfg file (v3.2 build 39 running under Sun's JDK 
1.3.1) to select the Windows look & feel (-ui 
com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel).  Although most of the main 
interface is picking up the Windows system colours okay (though I'm surprised 
the MDI window's background is using the Desktop colour rather than the 
Application Workspace Background colour), the "Welcome to NetBeans" window 
still appears in silver/grey (despite nothing in the windows colour scheme I 
use being set to that colour).
Comment 1 Jan Zajicek 2001-06-08 12:16:31 UTC 
Typically UI issue.
Comment 2 Rostislav Levy 2001-07-16 08:50:27 UTC 
Welcome panel is a special dialog created by design engineer. It has 
defined own background independ on Look and Feel.
Comment 3 ats37 2001-10-26 12:44:49 UTC 
It's still a problem in 3.3 beta 1 - *most* of the welcome screen 
ignores the WindowsLookAndFeel setting and/or windows colour scheme 
(appearing with a grey background), and yet the scroll bar in the Tip 
of the Day text field and the area just below the "Previous Tip" 
button are using the Windows colours just fine.
Comment 4 Jiri Mzourek 2001-10-30 14:40:00 UTC 
Component changed.
Comment 5 Peter Zavadsky 2001-11-15 17:00:11 UTC 
Closing as wontfix.

As I was told by UI the reasons are: The colors are overriden
intentionally to allow branding of colors of the Welcome window.
Therefore it doesn't reflect L&F. It is considered to be a special
window always with its typical brand colors (even currently almost
matching default L&F).
Comment 6 ats37 2001-11-15 18:37:17 UTC 
Fair enough, though since I'm not using a default scheme it's far 
from "almost matching" and just looks out of place with the main 
window open behind it.

Regardless, they may still wish to do something about the bit just 
below the "Next Tip" and "Previous Tip" buttons (and also the scroll 
bars in the Tip text field), which _is_ picking up one of my Windows 
colours (so there's a solid beige rectangle down near the bottom of 
an otherwise all-grey window...)
Comment 7 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 15:49:32 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified.
Comment 8 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:14:27 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.