ListComboBox does not reflect Font Change (JComboBox does)

[gtt]

Hi all,

here is another very special behaviour of the ListComboBox that differs from JComboBox and many others.
Given a FontUiResource, ListComboBox.setFont() will ignore it while others do.


[code]import java.awt.Font;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.text.StyleContext;

import com.jidesoft.combobox.ListComboBox;
import com.jidesoft.swing.JideComboBox;

public class ComboBoxDemo_setFont_DifferentComboBoxes {
public static void main(String[] args) {

JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxes setFont Example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

Font myFont = StyleContext.getDefaultStyleContext().getFont("Snap ITC", 0, 12);
String[] items = new String[] { "Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3" };

// Uses font
JComboBox<String> jComboBox = new JComboBox<String>(items);
jComboBox.setEditable(false);
jComboBox.setFont(myFont);

// Uses font
JideComboBox jideComboBox = new JideComboBox(items);
jideComboBox.setEditable(false);
jideComboBox.setFont(myFont);

// Does not use font
ListComboBox listComboBox = new ListComboBox(items);
listComboBox.setEditable(false);
listComboBox.setFont(myFont);

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(jComboBox);
panel.add(jideComboBox);
panel.add(listComboBox);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);

frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
[code]

[gtt]

Is this the right place/context for this topic "ListComboBox"?

- There is a small line in your code, that ignores to set a new setFont(FontUiResource).
- I think if you dismiss this, it will work like JComboBox.

[JIDE Support]

FontUIResource, or any UIResource value, was meant for internal use by the LookAndFeel. This is my understanding of the UIResource interface. If you want to change the font, do not use UIResource.

[gtt]

Thanks for this understanding, and i will honor your understanding, but....

1. obviously the behaviour of com.jidesoft.swing.JideComboBox/ListComboBox differs from that of javax.swing.JComboBox in that part. And it is only one line of internal code that makes the difference, but for us impossible to change.

2. In order to display all fonts correctly f.e. in multichar languages like chinese, one must use "CompositeFont".
But this derives from FontUiResource. This chinese version produces the problem.

[gtt]

Sorry, but i cant agree...

Please respect this very simple example.
What should be the reason for this different behaviour of ListComboBox in contrast to JComboBox and JideComboBox.
I would expect them to be echangable.

Code: Select all

import java.awt.Font;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.text.StyleContext;

import com.jidesoft.combobox.ListComboBox;
import com.jidesoft.swing.JideComboBox;

public class ComboBoxDemo_setFont_DifferentComboBoxes {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxes setFont Example");
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

      Font myFont = StyleContext.getDefaultStyleContext().getFont("Snap ITC", 0, 12);
      String[] items = new String[] { "Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3" };

      // Uses font
      JComboBox<String> jComboBox = new JComboBox<String>(items);
      jComboBox.setEditable(false);
      jComboBox.setFont(myFont);

      // Uses font
      JideComboBox jideComboBox = new JideComboBox(items);
      jideComboBox.setEditable(false);
      jideComboBox.setFont(myFont);

      // Does not use font
      ListComboBox listComboBox = new ListComboBox(items);
      listComboBox.setEditable(false);
      listComboBox.setFont(myFont);

      JPanel panel = new JPanel();
      panel.add(jComboBox);
      panel.add(jideComboBox);
      panel.add(listComboBox);
      frame.getContentPane().add(panel);

      frame.pack();
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
      frame.setVisible(true);
   }
}