[kepler-dev] [Bug 5501] Got an java.lang.NullPointerException when click any menu after downloading a kar file

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Derik Barseghian <barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Derik Barseghian <barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu> 2011-11-08 18:14:51 PST ---
This is related to our using JGoodies Looks (LnF_looks-1.3.2.jar) for our linux
LnF. On Ubuntu 10.04 if you use the native (gnome i guess?) LnF, I can't get
the bug to occur.

uiSettings.xml:
<name>LINUX_LNF</name
<value>com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.Plastic3DLookAndFeel</value>

In the LOOK & FEEL section in uiSettings.xml there's a comment:
  # NOTE - Typically won't need to (and shouldn't) change LnF for Windows or
  # Mac OS X - we should use the native LnF's on these systems
  #
  # Primarily intended for Linux, since Sun's standard Look & Feel for linux
  # doesn't really match the newer linuxes (linices??), and has big ol' honking
  # fonts that don't fit on our dainty buttons.

I guess something is going wrong when you do a remote search, because the
returned results appear with a background color, which is what the component
library looks like when using the default Ubuntu LnF (i.e. when I set blank the
LINUX_LNF value in uiSettings.xml).

I tried changing to the newest JGoodies Looks (2.4.2 (jgoodies-common-1.2.1.jar
and jgoodies-looks-2.4.2.jar)), but a similar, and additional errors occurred.

As mentioned, when I just use my standard LnF, I can't get the error to occur.
I also can't find any buttons where text doesn't fit, which the comment gives
as the reason for using a specific LnF. Kepler looks fine for the most part,
but there are a few issues: the background color on items in the components
library, there's a gap between the zoom-out and play buttons in the toolbar,
and some of the drop-down menu backgrounds are the same color as other
backgrounds, and thus blend in. See attached screenshot.

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