Is it possible for a Swing based Java to have the Aero Glass effect as the background under Windows Vista/7?
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As of JSE 6 Swing's native look and feel for windows uses Aero. There's a blog post with a lot of details about this from Chet Haase entitled Java on Vista : Yes it works
Nate
2009-07-10 01:56:48
The blog posts contain screenshots that show window titles in unreadable gray instead of the normal black, and show some graphics glitches: Note the right borders of the minimize/maximize/close buttons of the inner windows here: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/chet/96dpi_swingset2.png
Zarel
2009-07-10 02:02:35
@Zarel: It may be because the article is dated oct 2006. By now ( Java 6 update 14 ) it works just fine. I remember I had an screenshot of it.
OscarRyz
2009-07-10 02:28:37
There are some other screenshots in this JavaLobby post that show darker window titles - http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t78880.html?start=30Perhaps in Chet's the app was sent to the background by the screenshot software, he had a horrible color scheme set, or it was an earlier beta version of Java 6SE.I'd validate it with some screenshots myself but currently on my Macbook.
Nate
2009-07-10 02:31:08
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I know it is possible, as it was achieved by the person who asked this question. I am currently researching the same thing and will post here if I find out how.
Supuhstar
2010-09-23 13:13:32