The default background color for a TextField is black on Windows,
white on Solaris. If I run the same application with 1.1.3, the
background is white on Windows and Solaris.


The full source is in the attachments, it includes both sources
and the compiled classes I used to test. To run the example,
unzip the file (with recursive directory creation options turned on)
under, for example, the directory c:\test then set the CLASSPATH to
whatever you need plus c:\test then run
java dynamicobjects.perspectives.NewPerspectiveDialog

sorry for the complexity of it, but I extracted part of a program we're
working on so you could see the exact environment that creates the
problem.

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The following is a snapshot of the code that creates the TextField.

public class testText extends Frame implements ActionListener {
  TextField tf = new TextField("TextField");
 
  testText() {
    super ("Textfield Example");
    add(tf, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    setBackground(SystemColor.menu);
    // Add listener fr text field
    tf.addActionListener(this);
    pack();
    show();
  }

  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
    System.out.println(tf.getText());
  }

  static public void main(String[] args) {
    new testText();
  }
}

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User reports that this problem still exists in 1.2beta,
sheri.good@Eng 1997-10-28
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Still doesn't work in 1.2beta3-B

daniel.indrigo@Canada 1998-01-12