One way to address some of the poor appearance issues of the IDE on ubuntu is to tell java to use it's own "metal" theme rather than trying to use GTK.
My particular irritation was the lack of borders around open menus meaning they tend to blend into the background making them hard to read. In the "arduino" script that launches the ide make the following change at the end: #java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel processing.app.Base java -Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel processing.app.Base On 1 June 2012 07:04, Alan Pope <[email protected]> wrote: > ** Summary changed: > > - File Menu lacks contract, theme issue > + File Menu lacks contrast, theme issue > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Arduino > on Ubuntu Packagers, which is subscribed to arduino in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998954 > > Title: > File Menu lacks contrast, theme issue > > Status in “arduino” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > The default ubuntu desktop theme makes it hard to read the file menu > on arduino. See attached screenshot. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: arduino 1:1.0+dfsg-9 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Mon May 14 09:27:27 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US:en > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: arduino > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-06 (7 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arduino/+bug/998954/+subscriptions > > _______________________________________________ > Developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://arduino.cc/mailman/listinfo/developers_arduino.cc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998954 Title: File Menu lacks contrast, theme issue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arduino/+bug/998954/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
