JInternalFrames are implemented in the Aqua Look and Feel to fulfill
the compatibility requirements of the Java language specification
TCK. The JInternalFrame implementation is a gross violation of the
Apple Human Interface guidelines which explicitly forbids any sort
of MDI-like window-inside-of-a-window shenanigans. I don't recommend
> any Swing developers use them on any platform.
While I both understand this and agree, it would be nice if the Aqua
LAF would provide a way to access the colors used to draw the title
bar gradients. Either as color UIResources or "painters" (Borders)
like you do for the source list background etc.
I've only been half-following this thread (though obviously I'm
interested in any feedback regarding compatibility of the latest
update that might affect my users). If I understand you right though,
the issue is that you're having problems getting MDI-style internal
frames to draw like normal Mac OS X windows? As MDI is a concept that
simply doesn't map well to Mac OS X, why not just accept that and
give up the pretence of making them look like other native windows?
Provide your own implementation that is functional (ie. doesn't crash
with a NoSuchMethodError) but doesn't care too much about its
appearance, and put a note in your documentation to say that MDI
isn't recommended for cross-platform applications.
-Rolf
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Rolf Howarth
Square Box Systems Ltd
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
http://www.squarebox.co.uk
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