My bad, Patch just looks like this (bit messy because of indent change). Thanks Michael
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/gtk/GTKGraphicsUtils.java +++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/gtk/GTKGraphicsUtils.java @@ -46,35 +46,17 @@ class GTKGraphicsUtils extends SynthGraphicsUtils { // ignore this. return; } - int componentState = context.getComponentState(); - if ((componentState & SynthConstants.DISABLED) == - SynthConstants.DISABLED){ - if (!GTKLookAndFeel.is3()) { - Color orgColor = g.getColor(); - g.setColor(context.getStyle().getColor(context, - GTKColorType.WHITE)); - x += 1; - y += 1; - super.paintText(context, g, text, x, y, mnemonicIndex); - g.setColor(orgColor); - x -= 1; - y -= 1; - } - super.paintText(context, g, text, x, y, mnemonicIndex); - } - else { - String themeName = GTKLookAndFeel.getGtkThemeName(); - if (themeName != null && themeName.startsWith("blueprint") && - shouldShadowText(context.getRegion(), componentState)) { + String themeName = GTKLookAndFeel.getGtkThemeName(); + if (themeName != null && themeName.startsWith("blueprint") && + shouldShadowText(context.getRegion(), componentState)) { - g.setColor(Color.BLACK); - super.paintText(context, g, text, x+1, y+1, mnemonicIndex); - g.setColor(Color.WHITE); - } - - super.paintText(context, g, text, x, y, mnemonicIndex); + g.setColor(Color.BLACK); + super.paintText(context, g, text, x+1, y+1, mnemonicIndex); + g.setColor(Color.WHITE); } + + super.paintText(context, g, text, x, y, mnemonicIndex); } /** On 4 November 2017 at 06:39, Philip Race <philip.r...@oracle.com> wrote: > Yes these mailing lists strip attachements > So an in-line patch .. or send directly to one of us to host it for you on > cr.openjdk.java.net. > > -phil. > > On 11/3/17, 12:34 PM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote: >> >> Hi, Michael. >> It seems that the attached patch was removed from the email, can you >> please provide a link to it or inline in email. >> Thank you. >> >> On 03/11/2017 03:09, Michael D wrote: >>> >>> On 3 November 2017 at 21:07, Michael D <m...@md-5.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Last couple of days I've been trying to root out this bug - >>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/+bug/1729558 which >>>> has resulted in poor looking rendering on my machine. >>>> It turns out that the cause of this behavior is that Swing tries to do >>>> its own magic disabled item rendering by turning the text white and >>>> shifting it a pixel in each direction. I have no doubt there was >>>> probably a good reason for this, however the file has remained >>>> unchanged since its initial import in 2007! (Maybe someone from Oracle >>>> can find out more) >>>> Removing this code (patch attached) makes disabled menu items render >>>> correctly in both light and dark GTK themes. Its completely trivial, >>>> but I've nonetheless provided the patch for context. There is also >>>> some adjacent code that references a metacity theme called "blueprint" >>>> that also seems pre 2007 era, but I've left that in as I have no idea >>>> of its context. >>>> >>>> Appreciate if this change / bug could be reviewed & discussed. In the >>>> meantime I will also forward it downstream to Ubuntu as this is where >>>> I encountered it / affects my usage. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Michael >> >> >> >