[kepler-dev] color control?

Matt Jones jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
Tue Oct 26 09:47:11 PDT 2004


Yeah, actually many of the colors are set in the application independent 
of OS defaults.  We have inherited most of these from the PTII core 
(e.g., the grey background on the canvas, the blue default color for 
annotations, etc).

Matt

Laura L. Downey wrote:
> I'm running the latest Kepler on Windows XP and it is picking up a few of
> the Windows settings, such as the window title bar and decorations and also
> the scroll bar, and some of the tab color and decoration (actor and data
> tabs).  It does not appear to be picking up the settings in the toolbar
> portion of the window or in some of the background panes.  
> 
> Laura L. Downey
> Usability Engineer
> LTER Network Office
> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
> 1 University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
> 505.277.3157
> ldowney at lternet.edu
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kepler-dev-admin at ecoinformatics.org
> [mailto:kepler-dev-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Chad Berkley
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:24 AM
> To: Laura L. Downey
> Cc: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
> Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] color control?
> 
> Hi Laura,
> 
> Kepler uses whatever java look and feel the user has setup with their 
> JRE.  I don't think java itself imports settings from the OS....possibly 
> on windows, but I'm not sure.
> 
> chad
> 
> Laura L. Downey wrote:
> 
>>Are we controlling the colors in the Kepler UI or do we get the colors 
>>from the desktop setting (e.g., on a Windows platform, many applications 
>>just adopt whatever the current color scheme settings are.)
>>
>> 
>>
>>Laura L. Downey
>>Usability Engineer
>>LTER Network Office
>>Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
>>1 University of New Mexico
>>Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
>>505.277.3157
>>ldowney at lternet.edu <mailto:ldowney at lternet.edu>
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
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