Thanks Dmitry, that's saved me a lot of wasted time but was not the answer I was really looking for. :-(
Unfortunately assistive technology such as screen magnification which I use still has many problems. Although the latest version of ZoomText (version 8) claims to support Java applets and GUIs. Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and hope it works! I would however assuming ZoomText 8 does work, like to know how I would replace the default LAF with the Windows LAF so that at least any GUI would use my prefered high-contrast windows colour settings? Thanks again Cheers Ian >From: Dmitry Beransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: PLAFs >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:29:42 -0800 > >At 04:07 PM 2/14/2002, Ian Sharpe wrote: >>I am partially sighted and can't use any Java GUIs currently which is >>starting to impact my work. I have learned that the UIManager will use the >>default LAF set up in the swing.properties file if the developer does not >>specifically specify one. This does not help me in the case that the >>developer does specify a default LAF which seems to be more often than >>not. I am hoping to replace the default LAF class with my custom LAF which >>picks up my Windows settings (colours is all the windows LAF picks up >>which helps) and also uses much larger font sizes. Thus, all GUIs will use >>my custom LAF? >> >>As I said I'm not an expert in Java but can't see why this shouldn't work. >>If anyone could either confirm that this will work or whether it won't at >>least I would be very grateful. > >Technically, you one can modify Look and Feel to use a larger >font; theoretically, this should work; practically -- it won't. The >biggest problem is that when font sizes change, this will break layouts of >many programs: text will not fit in allotted spaces, items will overlap, >get clipped, etc. The problem is that many developers design UI in >absolute terms and don't allow for flexible layouts. Your best bet is to >deal with the problem on a higher level: OS magnification drivers, larger >display, smaller monitor resolution, etc. > >Regards >Dmitry > >_______________________________________________ >Advanced-swing mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing
