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Main toolbar of NetBeans looks unprofessional on OpenSolaris due to white toolbar handles. See attached screenshot. The white handles are marked by circles. NetBeans should look good on OpenSolaris, because it is Sun's operating system. Thus priority P2.
Created attachment 68102 [details] Weird toolbar
dsimonek: do we have our own handles? or is it rather an JDK issue? rstrobl: what version of JDK?
It's on JDK 1.6.0_04 (default JDK version on OpenSolaris). But I've seen similar look on newer minor versions of JDK 6.
AFAIK, it is JDK issue, there are standard handles from JDK AFAIK. mslama will know more...
I checked nimbus specification: https://nimbus.dev.java.net/spec/index.html section JToolbar and white handles are there, even wider. So it's "as designed" from development part, every Java app will look like this (try SwingSet). For changing current state, either you should ask for change in the spec and/or change in JDK implementation. I'm ccing HIE olangr, just for case. Closing for now, as it's implemented "right" although I agree toolbar handles look a bit strange. Problem is we can't do much more - painting our own custom handles is not an option as it won't match GTK themes generally.
Hmm that is a pity because it makes NetBeans look unappealing in my opinion. Wasn't the original intention to have toolbars look more like this? https://nimbus.dev.java.net/spec/images/JToolbar.png The separators are made of small dots and the toolbars look much better this way.
Oh it's so hard to resolve such visual issues with just typing, but I'll try: - Image that you linked shown *one* toolbar (represented by JToolbar), not toolbars. On each toolbar, there is one "drag handle" on the very left part. Separators (dotted lines) are inside toolbar. - NB area for toolbars contains several toolbars, each of them with drag handle, and I guess this is what you dislike... IMHO nimbus L&F spec is designed for one toolbar only case, while NB system uses more toolbars, customizable by modules etc. So in the end there is really no easy way out. mslama may know more details or correct me if I'm wrong...
> Wasn't the original intention to have > toolbars look more like this? > > https://nimbus.dev.java.net/spec/images/JToolbar.png > > The separators are made of small dots and the toolbars look much better this way. Yes, that is correct. Although I'm not sure if is netbeans implementation issue or JDK issue.
Thanks, I think I get now the difference between handles & separators. I suppose the best thing to do for me would be to ask the Nimbus people to create a picture in the spec for multiple toolbars which are next to each other, right?
Yes, I agree. Getting in touch with you via e-mail ..
Filed as a change request against JDK #6750828. See http://bt2ws.central.sun.com/CrPrint?id=6750828