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Bug 185226

Summary:

System default colors are always black text on a white background

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

Tod Creasey <Tod_Creasey>

Component:

Text

Assignee:

Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>

Status:

RESOLVED WORKSFORME

QA Contact:

Severity:

normal

Priority:

Version:

3.3

Target Milestone:

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Hardware:

OS:

Windows Vista

Whiteboard:

Bug Depends on:

Bug Blocks:

185111

Attachments:

Description	Flags
text editor in high contrast	none
text editor in high contrast mode	none
Java editor in high contrast mode	none

Description Tod Creasey

2007-05-02 16:47:28 EDT

M6 (note the milestone)

When text background and foreground colors are both set to System default in the Text Editor preference page the system colors will not be picked up (they will always be black text on a white background).

STEPS
1) Open a fresh workspace in High Contrast
2) Open a java editor
3) Check the Text Editor preference page - default are selected
4) Open the StyledText SWT example - colors are correct

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2007-05-03 06:42:13 EDT

Tod, this works for using Windows XP and I20070503-0010 (I really don't care about M6):

Steps I Used:
1. Control Panel > Accessibility Options > Display: check 'Use High Contrast'
2. start fresh workspace using I20070503-0010.
3. create Java project
4. add CU
5. open with text and Java editor
==> the background is black and foreground is white

The problem is the current line highlighting but that white color comes from the 'Reduced Palette' and that's bug 185111.

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2007-05-03 06:51:54 EDT

Created attachment 65741 [details]
text editor in high contrast

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2007-05-03 06:53:24 EDT

Created attachment 65742 [details]
text editor in high contrast mode

Comment 4 Dani Megert

2007-05-03 06:53:45 EDT

Created attachment 65743 [details]
Java editor in high contrast mode

Comment 5 Dani Megert

2007-05-03 06:57:14 EDT

Maybe the difference is Vista but then I do understand why the StyledText sample would work but not the text editor.

If you can still repdocude using I20070503-0010 then please try this: modify the StyledText snippet by adding these two lines:
   st.setBackground(null);
   st.setForeground(null);

Comment 6 Tod Creasey

2007-05-04 11:02:20 EDT

What is the setting for the plain text? If you look at the screenshot what is the setting that determines the color of the class name?

BTW your screenshots are consistent with Vista.

Comment 7 Dani Megert

2007-05-05 05:50:39 EDT

Now I am confused: In your inital bug report you write:
>When text background and foreground colors are both set to System default in
>the Text Editor preference page the system colors will not be picked up (they
>will always be black text on a white background).e background).
But in your last comment you say that you see the same as in the screen shots which is white on black.


>What is the setting for the plain text?
Java or Text editor?

>If you look at the screenshot what is
>the setting that determines the color of the class name?
PreferenceConstants.EDITOR_JAVA_DEFAULT_COLOR

Comment 8 Tod Creasey

2007-05-07 07:59:28 EDT

The confusion is the relationship between the undecorated text in the java editor and the text editor preferences - I thought they were related and couldn't find the one I needed.

Where is PreferenceConstants.EDITOR_JAVA_DEFAULT_COLOR in the preference pages? I don't see anything like it in the Java -> Editor page.

Comment 9 Dani Megert

2007-05-07 08:02:23 EDT

This is the 'Others' item.