Container panels transparent in JInternalFrame with Windows XP Style

Just an update; this is the config I'm using to bootstrap the app (in main):

UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);

UIManager.put("ToolTip.background", Color.YELLOW);

JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);

JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);

Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().setDynamicLayout(true);

System.setProperty("sun.awt.noerasebackground","true");

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

The GUI is assembled from basic panels which extend Container, typical example below:

public class BottomContainer extends Container implements ActionListener {

private ActionListener handler;

private ModeButton closeCancelButton;

private JProgressBar progressBar;

private ResourceBundle bundle;

public BasicBottomContainer(ResourceBundle bundle) {

super();

this.bundle = bundle;

createGui();

}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

Object source = e.getSource();

ActionEvent xEvent = null; // translated event

if (source == closeCancelButton) {

ButtonModes mode = ((ModeButton) source).getMode();

if (mode == ButtonModes.CANCEL) {

xEvent = new ProxyActionEvent(ActionProxies.CANCEL_BUTTON);

} else if (mode == ButtonModes.CLOSE) {

xEvent = new ProxyActionEvent(ActionProxies.CLOSE_BUTTON);

} else {

throw new IllegalArgumentException("Mode not defined");

}

} else {

throw new IllegalArgumentException("Source not defined");

}

handler.actionPerformed(xEvent);

}

private void createGui() {

setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));

progressBar = new JProgressBar();

progressBar.setMinimum(0);

progressBar.setMaximum(100);

progressBar.setVisible(false);

JPanel progressPanel = new JPanel();

progressPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

progressPanel.add(progressBar, BorderLayout.CENTER);

GuiUtils.setFixedSize(progressPanel, 200, 13);

progressPanel.setVisible(false);

ButtonModes mode = ButtonModes.CLOSE;

closeCancelButton = new ModeButton(bundle.getString("closeButton"), mode);

localeChangeList.add(closeCancelButton, "closeButton");

closeCancelButton.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(80, 25));

closeCancelButton.addActionListener(this);

add(GuiUtils.rigidArea(15, 55)); // spacing with left-hand border & height

add(progressPanel);

add(Box.createHorizontalGlue()); // push apart

add(closeCancelButton);

add(GuiUtils.rigidArea(15, 0)); // spacing with right-hand border

setVisible(false);

}

public void updateRefreshProgress(int refreshProgress) {

progressBar.setValue(refreshProgress);

}

public void setCloseCancelButtonMode(ButtonModes mode) {

closeCancelButton.setMode(mode);

}

public void setHandler(ActionListener handler) {

this.handler = handler;

}

}

The Container above is then attached in the main GUI something like this:

public abstract class TestView extends AbstractView {

protected TopContainer topContainer;

protected MiddleContainer middleContainer;

protected BottomContainer bottomContainer;

public AbstractView() {

createGui();

}

private void createGui() {

topContainer = new TopContainer(model.getBundle());

middleContainer = new MiddleContainer();

bottomContainer = new BottomContainer(model.getBundle());

infoPanel.setVisible(false);

container.setLayout(new BoxLayout(container, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

container.add((Container) topContainer);

container.add((Container) middleContainer);

container.add(infoPanel.getContainer());

container.add((Container) bottomContainer);

}

protected void dispose() {

super.dispose();

}

public final void showGui(boolean visible) {

super.showGui(visible);

topContainer.setVisible(true);

middleContainer.setVisible(true);

bottomContainer.setVisible(true);

}

}

It appears that all the components (e.g. BottomContainer, TopContainer etc)

which extend Container are transparent but I'm not able to replicate it with a simpler class (the panels are always opaque in simpler setup).

Has anyone seen this before (as I mentioned above, this only happens when I set my config for Windows XP Pro to 'Windows XP Style' in the Control Panel).

Help much appreciated

Lance

LanceJa at 2007-7-8 23:56:53 >