Ubuntu
netbeans package

Netbeans menu is not readable

Bug #949271 reported by Ján Jušniar on 2012-03-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #989624: Netbeans font type is bold, menu font color is grey . Edit Remove

This bug affects 14 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Ambiance & Radiance Colors	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
	netbeans (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Main menu is not readable in Netbeans 7.0.1 (also in upstream version 7.1 installed directly from netbeans.org).
Using the default theme in ubuntu 12.04 beta1, see attached screenshot.

Revision history for this message

Ján Jušniar (jkusniar) wrote on 2012-03-07:

screenshot of unreadable menu Edit (65.7 KiB, image/png)

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-03-07:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in netbeans (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Erki Hallingu (erkiha) wrote on 2012-04-14:

Java swing demo application has the same issue when choosing GTK+ look. Workaround is to launch netbeans (or java swing demo) with command line option: "netbeans --laf Metal". This way it will look ugly and does not blend well with overall desktop but at least menu is readable.

Revision history for this message

Erki Hallingu (erkiha) wrote on 2012-04-14:

Maybe it's a theme issue?

affects:	netbeans (Ubuntu) → blubuntu-look (Ubuntu)
affects:	blubuntu-look (Ubuntu) → netbeans (Ubuntu)

Revision history for this message

Andrés J. (ajmarmar) wrote on 2012-04-14:

I've got the same problem with netbean 7.1.1

Revision history for this message

Ján Jušniar (jkusniar) wrote on 2012-04-15:

Still affecting 7.1.1. Even change of jvm from openjdk 6 to oracle's v7 didn't help. Best workaround for me so far is to change ubuntu theme to Radiance.

Erki Hallingu (erkiha) on 2012-04-16

affects:

netbeans → light-themes-colors

Jared Sot (ravefinity) on 2012-06-19

Changed in light-themes-colors:
status:	New → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Jared Sot (ravefinity) wrote on 2012-06-19:

This seems to be a issue Netbeans has with "dark menus" or Toolbars. This happens on every theme with a dark menu I've Tested So far. Ubuntu's Default included.

I'm not sure, Does any one think can we can specify any variables differently to make it work?

I'm 80-90% Sure Netbeans uses/makes it's self look like your GTK2 theme.
My experience of Apps that "Clone or copy" your theme are they may need to be updated.

Netbeans appears to use the same or the wrong text color. It may need to be updated to use the right colors based on your theme.
For example inherit the text color of your " dark menu".

Either that or the transition to light menus in some spots threw it off? because it was using that theme variable?

Revision history for this message

Marco Vittorini Orgeas (marcovorg) wrote on 2012-06-19:

The bug is confirmed by many people...gtk apps are fine in ubuntu so it's 99% a netbeans gtk laf related issue.
The related upstream bug which is currently a mess is http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210471.
Unfortunately the netbeans devs don't seem to get it and leave it as incomplete.