I know this is a grander, not a short term thing, and a little out of scope here but would transition the UI of Netbeans from Swing to JavaFX based with its own (css) theme paradigm be of value?
Eric Bresie [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > On December 6, 2021 at 2:00:47 AM CST, Geertjan Wielenga > <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > Great, progress! Yes, a report to this mailing list would be great to keep > everyone informed. > > Gj > > On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 07:27, Eirik Bakke <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Sure! Are you in Hong Kong? This week I'm on US east coast time and could > > do an evening call (US time) later in the week. December 15th > > (x-apple-data-detectors://6) through > > January 7 (x-apple-data-detectors://7) I'll be on central Europe time. > > > > I can show the current workflow I've been using for vectorizing NetBeans > > icons so far, and give you an idea of the work involved. > > > > If others are interested in joining, feel free to chime in. (We can write > > a summary for the mailing list afterwards.) > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Cheung <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 12:15 PM > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > Subject: Re: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Dear Eirik > > We have read the google sheet. Do you have time to have a zoom this > > week? So we can have a jump start 🙂 > > > > > > Thanks > > From Peter > > ________________________________ > > From: Eirik Bakke <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 1:11 AM > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > Subject: RE: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hi, Peter. > > > > Fantastic! I'm happy to join a chat--it would be good to include anyone > > else on this list who is interested as well. > > > > For actual decision-making, discussions should happen on the email list, > > so that everyone can follow along. But a Zoom meeting might be good for a > > quick overview. > > > > The style guide that was used for the first 50 icons is described on > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2617 . The original > > discussion around this can be found at > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2387 . (If helpful, I could add > > some example images to the style guide and perhaps pull it out of the JIRA > > issue and into a separate Confluence page.) > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Cheung <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 9:18 AM > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > Subject: Re: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hi Eirik > > We definitely want to help out for the icons. What style you want? How > > about I line up our designers with you for a meeting? > > Thanks > > From Peter > > ________________________________ > > From: Eirik Bakke <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 1:50 AM > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > Subject: RE: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hi, Peter! > > > > There is one big theme-related task which is pending, which is to create > > new SVG versions of various bitmap icons in the IDE, for modern > > Retina/HiDPI screens. I did the first 50 (in Adobe Illustrator), and picked > > out the next ones to be prioritized, as you can see here: > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/13026411/13026411_210604+Icons+Overview+Cropped.png > > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U_pj-I3hk9Wj_7lvHcUDsZfFfBSyCkSGqBuv0qt_qXw/edit#gid=812179705 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2617 > > > > If you are interested in helping with the icon drawling effort, I'd be > > happy to help coordinate. > > > > As for the Look & Feel, I think NetBeans will now be switching to FlatLAF > > as the default on all 3 operating systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS). I just > > transitioned my own NetBeans Platform application to FlatLAF, and it's a > > very good basis for making NetBeans look good in the future. It's also very > > configurable, so I think alternative themes can be implemented by means of > > configuring and improving FlatLAF, rather than by creating a completely new > > Swing LAF. > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christian Lenz <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected])> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 11:31 AM > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > Subject: AW: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Hey Peter, > > > > great to have you on board already. We are discussing to add the Flat LaF > > as a default theme to NetBeans which is already implemented, but we need to > > switch to it. > > > > What I can say what we need is a designer for maybe new UI components. > > Some components in NetBeans can be combined into one for example Input + > > button to search for paths etc. > > Some other parts need a redesign and also proposals. So let us know, what > > you think to change in NetBeans and show us some examples and let us > > discuss about it 😊. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > > > Von: Peter Cheung > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. November 2021 04:38 > > An: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > Betreff: New theme for netbeans, team member wanted > > > > Dear All > > My name is Peter, from Quantr Limited. I love Netbeans and have been > > developed few plugins for it. This proves my ambition in Netbeans. > > > > https://gitlab.com/quantr/toolchain/netbeans-verilog > > https://gitlab.com/mcheung63/netbeans-quick-outline > > https://gitlab.com/mcheung63/MavenRunner > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFkhrHxHMw > > > > Many people said VSCode and intelliJ looks fancier than Netbeans. We > > want to contribute our power to theme the netbeans, my company has two > > designers. Below are some of their artworks I have experience in java swing > > styling, I did developer a L&F ten years ago > > https://gitlab.com/mcheung63/peter-swing > > > > Netbeans is very complex piece of code, we want team members to > > > > 1. Guide us, instruct us > > 2. Comment the style > > 3. Help us when we meet trouble in code > > 4. Coding > > > > > > https://xd.adobe.com/view/9d702288-c88d-4253-96b8-e81013f51b1d-c823/ > > https://xd.adobe.com/view/3327f9a4-7128-4181-80ca-f276843f48ad-6674/ > > https://xd.adobe.com/view/daef7604-73a6-47c8-8f6f-d1888e1038f9-8fbc/ > > > > Hope to see a reply !!! > > > > Thanks > > From Peter > > > > B�KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKCB� > > � [��X��ܚX�K K[XZ[ > > � ]�][��X��ܚX�P �] �X[�˘\ X� K�ܙ�B��܈ Y ] [ۘ[ ��[X[� � K[XZ[ > > � ]�Z [ �] �X[�˘\ X� K�ܙ�B�B��܈ �\� \� [��ܛX] [ۈ X��] H �] �X[�� > > XZ[ [�� \� � �\�] > > �B� ΋����Z�K�\ X� K�ܙ���ۙ� Y[��K� \� ^KӑU �PS���XZ[ [��� \� �B�B�B�B > >
