Re: Can we add an option to set overall colors in NB 5?

No cigar ...
I brought up KDE and Gnome on my home linux box and using Java 5 and NB 4.
NB came up with the same colors no matter what I changed in the GUI color
schemes.


> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:55:29 -0700
> From: Tom Ball <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [nbui] Can we add an option to set overall colors in NB 5?
> 
> Poking around a little, it appears that NetBeans obeys the AWT system 
> color set, which is derived from the underlying windowing system's color 
> scheme.  As an experiment, I switched my home XP system (don't mock, 
> it's good for games!) to use the Windows Classic appearance and set the 
> window text color to be grey.  NetBeans redrew itself using these 
> colors, except for the editor windows which kept with the color options 
> settings.  Personally, I think it makes a lot of sense for NetBeans to 
> adhere to the global color preferences of standard windows, instead of 
> duplicating every option internally.
> 
> I don't know how all Java AWT implementations determine their system 
> colors, but it is directly queried from the windowing system on Windows. 
>   Try changing your computer's window colors to ones you like, and see 
> if the AWT on that platform will pick them up.  Tomorrow when I'm back 
> at work on a real operating system, I'll play around some more.
> 
> Tom
> 
> Ivan Soleimanipour wrote:
> >>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:25:45 -0400
> >>From: Thomas Wolf <[email protected]>
> >>To: [email protected]
> >>Subject: [nbui] Can we add an option to set overall colors in NB 5?
> >>
> >>
> >>The new Options dialog is pretty nice and I appreciate the fact that
> >>now I can set default foreground/background colors for all languages
> >>for the editor.  But I'm wondering how to set the background color of
> >>the various other Netbeans windows (e.g. Projects, Navigator, Output,
> >>etc.?) As it stands, the "Fonts and Colors" category shouldn't be a
> >>top-level category under "Options" - since it's specific to the source
> >>editor (it should go under the "Editor" category.)
> >>
> >>Will this change?  More importantly to me, how do I change those window
> >>background colors?  Do I still have to delve into some arcane
> >>configuration file?
> >>
> >>Am I the only one who can't stand white? :-)
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > No you're not.
> > 
> > After using newer aqua L&F for a while I get eye-strain. 
> > So no more putting off: 
> > 
> > http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=67463
> > 
> > 
> > My C++ compiler engineer friend Lawrence next-door is even more
> > sensitive so he had trouble with even the metal L&F. That's
> > one of his must-fixes before he even tries an NB-based IDE.
> > 
> > While I could sympathise with Lawrence I hadn't "felt" the strain
> > myself. What set me over the edge interestingly enough wasn't the
> > Backgrounds since in metal L&F backgrounds are also white, but the edges
> > becoming so bright. Now _everything_ is bright. because of this border
> > effect I'm curious to know whether being able to turn down the BG's
> > will help or just cause othe rproblems ... I remembere reading an article
> > on the early IBM PC monitor where they were proud of how the monitor
> > graded from dark sreen to lighter plastic shell to lightest outer plastic
> > shell to provide visual transition from supposedly brighter surroundings to
> > the darker inner screen.
> > 
> > I know of   computer guy who is albino. The lack of pigmentation
> > extends into the eye so their eye, instead of being optically black
> > like cameras and telescopes is white. This is one way their
> > vision gets affected. Dimming things helps.
> > 
> > I raised this on nbui a while a go with the mind to verify my "theory"
> > that this whitening happens because of the shift to laptops
> > and more work being done in high-ambient-light environments.
> > In general if your surroundings are brighter your iris contracts and
> > then the ultra-bright IDE shouldn't cause as much eye-strain. 
> > 
> > But I'd still rather have controls on the IDE than to have to come out
> > of my "cave".
> 
>