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Bug 175218

Summary:	Unwanted check marks in the menus
Product:	platform	Reporter:	jsacha <jsacha>
Component:	Window System	Assignee:	Stanislav Aubrecht <saubrecht>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows Vista
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Screen shot of menus with unwanted check marks Mixture of correct and incorrect check marks Check marks in NetBeans IDE Simple code for reproducing the bug swing app demonstrating the problem with JIDE

Description jsacha 2009-10-22 15:35:45 UTC

I encounter an intermittent but consistent problem with checkmarks showing up in all menu items, see attached image. The
problem is in an application created using NetBeans Platform 6.7.1, Java 1.6.0_16.

It is intermittent, is does not happen every time I use the application, but is quite frequent. Once the check masks
show up they stay around till I restart the application.

I did not find much information about it. Someone discussed a similar issue a while back:
http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-Netbeans-Platform-Menu-Icons-tt19142938.html#a19142938

Comment 1 jsacha 2009-10-22 15:38:06 UTC

Created attachment 89924 [details]
Screen shot of menus with unwanted check marks

Comment 2 Stanislav Aubrecht 2009-10-23 11:29:00 UTC

looks like a jdk bug to me
i noticed the check marks have orange background. is that correct color according to your windows theme?

Comment 3 jsacha 2009-10-23 17:14:09 UTC

Created attachment 89991 [details]
Mixture of correct and incorrect check marks

Comment 4 jsacha 2009-10-23 17:26:23 UTC

In Excel 2007 check masks are shown on orange background. In NetBeans IDE check marks are on blue background (see
attached image), that is probably a separate issue.
When NetBeans Platform application starts the correct check marks are on blue background as in NetBeans IDE. When the
unwanted check masks show up (with orange background), the check masks that were before with blue background now show
'transparent' background and have different shape (see attached image).

Comment 5 jsacha 2009-10-23 17:27:05 UTC

Created attachment 89993 [details]
Check marks in NetBeans IDE

Comment 6 Stanislav Aubrecht 2009-10-26 15:41:34 UTC

can you reproduce this with a plain platform application (without any of your modules)?
does it happen when running your application with metal or nimbus look & feel as well?

Comment 7 jsacha 2009-12-17 08:52:45 UTC

Created attachment 92716 [details]
Simple code for reproducing the bug

Sample code that can reliably reproduce the problem. On startup menus look fine. To induce unwanted check marks select File > Directory Chooser (just close the dialog after it shows up).

Comment 8 jsacha 2009-12-17 08:55:37 UTC

The issue is not random. It can be reliably reproduced using the sample code.

Comment 9 Stanislav Aubrecht 2011-11-15 12:21:20 UTC

this is a bug in  JIDE library, i've reproduced the orange check marks in a plain swing app.

Comment 10 jsacha 2011-11-15 14:36:42 UTC

Can you attach a sample plain swing app to reproduce the problem. I will file bug report with JIDE Soft.

Comment 11 Stanislav Aubrecht 2011-11-15 14:40:31 UTC

Created attachment 113229 [details]
swing app demonstrating the problem with JIDE

Comment 12 jsacha 2011-11-16 17:35:10 UTC

I got information on workaround from JIDE support. You need to add

LookAndFeelFactory.installJideExtension(LookAndFeelFactory.VSNET_STYLE_WITHOUT_MENU)

After the Look and Feel was initialized to avoid check mark issue. For instance, the sample Swing code would need to be modified like this.

for(UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels() ) {
  if( "Windows".equals( info.getName() ) ) {
     UIManager.setLookAndFeel( info.getClassName() );
     LookAndFeelFactory.installJideExtension(LookAndFeelFactory.VSNET_STYLE_WITHOUT_MENU);
    break;
  }
}

Any suggestion how this should be correctly done in a NetBeans platform application?
A custom ModuleInstall?

Comment 13 Stanislav Aubrecht 2011-11-16 19:13:08 UTC

try adding that to ModuleInstall.restored() method