Re: ot but need help does gtk+ work with Java 1.4.2_04?

Okay I did more investigation and it is the JScrollPane and contained
components that is not behaving correctly under GTK plaf.

Dave

"David Kafrissen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> Is there a trick in switching between look and feels?
>
> I could have sworn this used to work. But when I set the Look and Feel to
> the new GTK+ parts of the UI appear white. Is there a trick to setting the
> Look and Feel. This happens in Linux and Windows.
>
> The Java sample, swingDemo located in the JDK does work correctly but I do
> not see what they are doing that I am not.
>
> I can set the Windows XP Look and Feel successfully but the same code does
> not work for GTK+. I get part of the UI in white.
>
> I use these two calls:
> try {
>
>
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.Window
> sLookAndFeel");
>             javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
>         }
>         catch(Exception e){
>             System.out.println("Exception setting look and feel");
>         }
>
> and like this:
> try {
>
>
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAnd
> Feel" );
>             javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
>         }
>         catch(Exception e){
>             System.out.println("Exception setting look and feel");
>         }
>
> Where the root class is a frame so I am calling these two functions on a
> frame assuming that the frame is a container and will update all children.
>
> Thanks in advance and sorry about the Off Topic Post.
>
> Dave