Name: rm29839 Date: 04/03/98


The following program:

import java.awt.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.awt.swing.UIManager;

public class TextBugDemo {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel("java.awt.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel");
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Couldn't set look and feel, using default..");
    }
     JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null,"Do you really want to quit?",
        "Text bug", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION,
        JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
  }
}
  
Successfully shows the dialog box; however, the
system appear to underestimate the width of the
message string with the result that it is cut off
with a "..." ellipsis.

If the UIManager.setLookandFeel line is changed
to refer to "metal.MetalLookAndFeel", then the
same happens except that this time the message
text is fine and it is the "Yes" button that is
cut off.

If the try {} catch{} block is commented out,
the bug does not appear.

The same bug occurs in the MetalWorks demo, and makes
a number of the buttons unusable.

It is possibly caused by my Windows NT machine
being set to "Large Fonts" in Control Panel/
Settings/Display.
(Review ID: 27083)
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