Thus spake "Tim Franklin": > > I run VASSAL and do development on Linux, which means that I > > see the hideous > > Motif components that Sun choose for AWT peers when using the > > "native" file > > chooser. The default look and feel for Swing is a massive aesthetic > > improvement over Motif; and it's been ages since Motif was > > the widget set > > that most XWindows apps use. I wish there were a way to use > > native file > > choosers without being stuck with the crappy Motif one on > > Linux---the rest > > of the Unix world moved on from Motif a decade ago, why not Sun? > > The problem being that they didn't all move on to the same thing :( > > Motif, for all that it needs to be forced to wear a bag on its head, *is* > pretty much ubiquitous where X is to be found.
It looks like Look and Feel support in JDK 1.6 is going to be a huge improvement over what we have now: http://ensode.net/java_swing_mustang_screenshots_gtk.html We're still back on 1.4.2, though. :( Maybe it would make sense to check the OS before deciding whether to display a native file chooser or a Swing file chooser---that way, we could show the file chooser that Sun thinks is native if it's better than the Swing file chooser... Hmm. -- J. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vassalengine/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vassalengine/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
