Better to use FlatLAF themes for this--no big re-architecting necessary. I spent a weekend theming my own NetBeans Platform app using FlatLAF, and it was a quite pleasant experience.
(There's probably a million lines of Swing code in NetBeans... "transitioning" to JavaFX would be akin to deloping an entirely new IDE. Even IntelliJ is all Swing.) -- Eirik -----Original Message----- From: Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 7:58 AM To: Netbeans Developer List <dev@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: Re: Re: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted (JavaFX) I know this is a grander, not a short term thing, and a little out of scope here but would transition the UI of Netbeans from Swing to JavaFX based with its own (css) theme paradigm be of value? Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com (mailto:ebre...@gmail.com) > On December 6, 2021 at 2:00:47 AM CST, Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid > (mailto:geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid)> wrote: > Great, progress! Yes, a report to this mailing list would be great to > keep everyone informed. > > Gj > > On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 07:27, Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com > (mailto:eba...@ultorg.com)> wrote: > > > Sure! Are you in Hong Kong? This week I'm on US east coast time and > > could do an evening call (US time) later in the week. December 15th > > (x-apple-data-detectors://6) through January 7 (x-apple-data-detectors://7) > > I'll be on central Europe time. > > > > I can show the current workflow I've been using for vectorizing > > NetBeans icons so far, and give you an idea of the work involved. > > > > If others are interested in joining, feel free to chime in. (We can > > write a summary for the mailing list afterwards.) > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Cheung <mcheun...@hotmail.com > > (mailto:mcheun...@hotmail.com)> > > Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 12:15 PM > > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org) > > Subject: Re: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Dear Eirik > > We have read the google sheet. Do you have time to have a zoom this > > week? So we can have a jump start 🙂 > > > > > > Thanks > > From Peter > > ________________________________ > > From: Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com (mailto:eba...@ultorg.com)> > > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 1:11 AM > > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org) > > <dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org)> > > Subject: RE: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hi, Peter. > > > > Fantastic! I'm happy to join a chat--it would be good to include > > anyone else on this list who is interested as well. > > > > For actual decision-making, discussions should happen on the email > > list, so that everyone can follow along. But a Zoom meeting might be > > good for a quick overview. > > > > The style guide that was used for the first 50 icons is described on > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2617 . The original > > discussion around this can be found at > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2387 . (If helpful, I could > > add some example images to the style guide and perhaps pull it out > > of the JIRA issue and into a separate Confluence page.) > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Cheung <mcheun...@hotmail.com > > (mailto:mcheun...@hotmail.com)> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 9:18 AM > > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org) > > Subject: Re: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hi Eirik > > We definitely want to help out for the icons. What style you want? > > How about I line up our designers with you for a meeting? > > Thanks > > From Peter > > ________________________________ > > From: Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com (mailto:eba...@ultorg.com)> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 1:50 AM > > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org) > > <dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org)> > > Subject: RE: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hi, Peter! > > > > There is one big theme-related task which is pending, which is to > > create new SVG versions of various bitmap icons in the IDE, for > > modern Retina/HiDPI screens. I did the first 50 (in Adobe > > Illustrator), and picked out the next ones to be prioritized, as you can > > see here: > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/13026411/13026411_2 > > 10604+Icons+Overview+Cropped.png > > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U_pj-I3hk9Wj_7lvHcUDsZfFfBSy > > CkSGqBuv0qt_qXw/edit#gid=812179705 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2617 > > > > If you are interested in helping with the icon drawling effort, I'd > > be happy to help coordinate. > > > > As for the Look & Feel, I think NetBeans will now be switching to > > FlatLAF as the default on all 3 operating systems (Windows, Linux, > > MacOS). I just transitioned my own NetBeans Platform application to > > FlatLAF, and it's a very good basis for making NetBeans look good in > > the future. It's also very configurable, so I think alternative > > themes can be implemented by means of configuring and improving > > FlatLAF, rather than by creating a completely new Swing LAF. > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christian Lenz <christian.l...@gmx.net > > (mailto:christian.l...@gmx.net)> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 11:31 AM > > To: dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org) > > Subject: AW: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hey Peter, > > > > great to have you on board already. We are discussing to add the > > Flat LaF as a default theme to NetBeans which is already > > implemented, but we need to switch to it. > > > > What I can say what we need is a designer for maybe new UI components. > > Some components in NetBeans can be combined into one for example > > Input + button to search for paths etc. > > Some other parts need a redesign and also proposals. So let us know, > > what you think to change in NetBeans and show us some examples and > > let us discuss about it 😊. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > > > Von: Peter Cheung > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. November 2021 04:38 > > An: dev@netbeans.apache.org (mailto:dev@netbeans.apache.org) > > Betreff: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Dear All > > My name is Peter, from Quantr Limited. I love Netbeans and have been > > developed few plugins for it. This proves my ambition in Netbeans. > > > > https://gitlab.com/quantr/toolchain/netbeans-verilog > > https://gitlab.com/mcheung63/netbeans-quick-outline > > https://gitlab.com/mcheung63/MavenRunner > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFkhrHxHMw > > > > Many people said VSCode and intelliJ looks fancier than Netbeans. We > > want to contribute our power to theme the netbeans, my company has > > two designers. Below are some of their artworks I have experience in > > java swing styling, I did developer a L&F ten years ago > > https://gitlab.com/mcheung63/peter-swing > > > > Netbeans is very complex piece of code, we want team members to > > > > 1. Guide us, instruct us > > 2. Comment the style > > 3. Help us when we meet trouble in code 4. Coding > > > > > > https://xd.adobe.com/view/9d702288-c88d-4253-96b8-e81013f51b1d-c823/ > > https://xd.adobe.com/view/3327f9a4-7128-4181-80ca-f276843f48ad-6674/ > > https://xd.adobe.com/view/daef7604-73a6-47c8-8f6f-d1888e1038f9-8fbc/ > > > > Hope to see a reply !!! > > > > Thanks > > From Peter > > > > B KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKCB > > [ X ܚX K K[XZ[ > > ] ][ X ܚX P ] X[ ˘\ X K ܙ B ܈ Y ] [ۘ[ [X[ K[XZ[ > > ] Z [ ] X[ ˘\ X K ܙ B B ܈ \ \ [ ܛX] [ۈ X ] H ] X[ > > XZ[ [ \ \ ] > > B ΋ Z K \ X K ܙ ۙ Y[ K \ ^KӑU PS XZ[ [ \ B B B B > >
