Metal is also a very nice look.
We’re not going to deviate here.
** Changed in: openjdk-8 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Opinion
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581835
Title:
Enable native GTK Look and Feel for non-gnome desktops
Status in openjdk-7 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in openjdk-8 package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
The default System LAF - ie. UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()
- on Linux is set to GTK for gnome desktop - ie. sun.desktop returns
gnome - and to Metal for non-gnome desktops.
This prevents the majority of Java applications to use the native GTK
LAF when running.
Also, UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() ignores the default
LAF set by the user through swing.defaultlaf (either as a system
property or in swing.properties), relying instead on it's own
simplified OS/Desktop based heuristics and defaulting to the Cross
Platform LAF when those heuristics fail.
While the Default LAF can be set either as a system property or in
swing.properties, the System LAF can only be set as as system
property, thus there is no way to assign it system-wide.
Historically the GTK LAF was a source of bugs and errors. It is
unclear if the situation has improved at all in the past few years.
= Workaround =
Currently there are only 2 alternatives to set GTK LAF system wide,
both rely on editing the swing.properties file, depending on whether
the Java application calls
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()):
1) For applications that *don't* use it then add
swing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel to
swing.properties
2) For applications that use it then add
swing.installedlafs=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel to
swing.properties
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