JMenuItem gets non wanted UI

[lvr]

Hello,
I have a couple of JMenuItem who get a "com.jidesoft.plaf.vsnet.VnbetMenuItemUI" that I haven't requested.

All my application is under the WindowsXP L&F with no exception. I haven't set any UI. So all my components should use their default WindowsUI.

But for these menu (and also my status bar made of JLabel) gets some weird UI. Like some interference of board effect.

Is this a known problem ? And how can I solve this ?

Thanks,

[JIDE Support]

Did you by any chance use any JIDE components in your application? If so, LookAndFeelFactory#installJideExtension() will be invoked automatically to install those UIs. To disable the unexpected UI, please try to use the following code.

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            UIManager.getDefaults().put("MenuItemUI", "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsMenuItemUI");


Thanks,

[lvr]

Did you by any chance use any JIDE components in your application?

Well yes. They're so great

If so, LookAndFeelFactory#installJideExtension() will be invoked automatically to install those UIs. To disable the unexpected UI, please try to use the following code.

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            UIManager.getDefaults().put("MenuItemUI", "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsMenuItemUI");


I see 2 limits for this. First) My application actually runs with the OS default L&F. Thus forcing it to WindowsMenuItemUI will look strange for someone using it on Mac or Linux.
Second) How can I identify the components affected by this ? Visually ? Is there a sequency reason ?
I ask this because some other JMenuItem are not affected by this.

Would it not be simpler that LookAndFeelFactory#installJideExtension() doesn't modifiy the UI from non-Jide components ?

Regards,

[JIDE Support]

Thanks for using JIDE components. Yes, there is a sequence issue. Some components created before JIDE components will still use the original UIDefaults. To avoid the inconsistency, you could invoke LookAndFeelFactory#installJideExtension() at the very beginning.

The reason L&F was changed is that, we have to modify some of the UIDefaults for JIDE components to use and make those components look consistent. I'm afraid we are not going to separate those UIDefaults by component. It will be too heavy workload and actually hard to maintain the accuracy later on.

Thanks,

[lvr]

Ok I will see what I can do to avoid the UI from being modified.
Thanjks for the answer.

[Walter Laan]

The LookAndFeelFactory#installJideExtension(XERTO/VSNET_WITHOUT_MENU) do not install the Jide menu UI classes and defaults so you should be able to use that before you use any Jide component.

[lvr]

I didn't saw your answer earlier. It works fine. I tested with some "exotic" L&F like Nimbus and all is correctly set. Thanks.