Comments on: Draft Nimbus Spec Released

By: Jasper Potts

Jasper Potts — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:16:00 +0000

Try setting “nimbusOrange” ui default property, see http://jasperpotts.com/blogfiles/nimbusdefaults/nimbus.html for list of things you can set. On how to set http://www.jasperpotts.com/blog/2008/08/nimbus-uimanager-uidefaults/ and the comments for trouble shooting.

By: Jaana

Jaana — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:34:34 +0000

But is it possible to change the orange color of progressbars at all?

By: nr

nr — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:39:51 +0000

Inconsistency: according to the spec page https://nimbus.dev.java.net/spec/index.html

Pressed command-JButton turns BLACK ON DARK GRAY
Pressed default-JButton, JComboBox, JSpinner, JSlider all turn WHITE ON NAVY

Makes me wonder if the command button failed (particularly if the command action isn’t obvious or not immediate).

Also, which will be used for JToggleButton?

The dark gray could be reserved for the ‘on’ JToggle button, and navy could be used for any control under mouse with selection button down, including the command-JButton.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:41:28 +0000

Where can I download Nimbus L&F

By: Saeven

Saeven — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:36:36 +0000

Hi,

Work looks fantastic. I tried applying Nimbus to an existing app of ours for kicks, and unfortunately it fails on JTables with a :

at javax.swing.JTable.setSelectionBackground(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthTableUI.updateStyle(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthTableUI.installDefaults(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.installUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.setUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.updateUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.(Unknown Source)

Seems it’s still a ways away from completion, but I do look forward to the former! Good luck with the development!!

Alexandre

By: Mannix

Mannix — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:41:27 +0000

Looks good. Please give some consideration to Nitin’s point (2) – why should the Combo box have two little arrows instead of one pointing down? Confuses with JSpinner.

By: David Browne

David Browne — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:28:33 +0000

Well, I am just remembering some of Kirill Grouchnikov’s blog postings on the issue, on how most LAFs weren’t dealing very well with RTL.

For menus, see http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kirillcool/archive/2006/02/aligning_menu_i_1.html

For comboboxes, see http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kirillcool/archive/2006/03/rtl_support_in_1.html

In the link for comboboxes, in the comments, there are some pointers to examples of RTL controls.

Anyway, just wanting to make sure that you have all the bases covered. Great work!

By: jasper

jasper — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:08:09 +0000

Werner Randelshofer: I have noticed the text positioning on small versions. At the moment these images are just what the original designer has done, we will fix things like that when we implement it.

aronsmith: The gradient images were done by the original designer of Nimbus and are just done by had in Photoshop, nice idea for little Java tool

Augusto: There are no plans for themes, there is a branding issue as much a technical one here. FileChooser is a good question, it will depend on what is possible within the time available. I would like a native feel one with Nimbus look but it will probably end up being some variation on metal’s one.

David Browne: There are no specs describing what things look like in Right-To-Left orientation that I have seen. Are there any specific cases you are interested in?

Nitin: This was designed by professional UI designers and is already a GTK theme in the new Solaris. I am working on a Java version of the same design so am limited in what can be changed.

FOCUS is a big question, we are experimenting with this now as it is problematic. So we are not sure how it will come out yet.

By: wahid

wahid — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:30:04 +0000

great work,looking forward to this!

By: Sermet Yucel

Sermet Yucel — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:33:58 +0000

Looks great. Looking forward to using it.