[Bug 1729558] Re: In Java apps like Netbeans, dark menu bars don't look good for disabled elements

[Daniel van Vugt]

Confirmed. But the problem is just Java failing to pay attention to the
theme correctly. It uses the right background colour, but not the right
font colours. It's still using a fixed font colour that works only on
lighter backgrounds. This is a bug in openjdk-8 (or netbeans itself, not
sure).

** Summary changed:

- Fix for #961679 - dark menu bars doesn't look good for disabled elements
+ In Java apps like Netbeans, dark menu bars don't look good for disabled elements

** Package changed: ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu) => openjdk-8 (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  In Java apps like Netbeans, dark menu bars don't look good for
  disabled elements

Status in openjdk-8 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This fix, #961679, specifically Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:346
  (http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art-pkg/ubuntu-
  themes/trunk/revision/583), makes disabled elements in menus look
  terrible.

  Unfortunately I'm not aware of an easy way to get screenshots of open
  menus, so hopefully these attached phone pictures of Netbeans are
  enough to illustrate the issue.

  As you can see it is hard to tell the difference between what is
  disabled and what isn't, and the disabled items look fuzzy (easier to
  observe on monitor).

  I really don't see the issue with lighter menus, but if they must stay
  dark then the readability / contrast of disabled items needs to be
  fixed.

  Thanks

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