Name: rlT66838 Date: 04/20/2000


java version "1.3.0rc2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0rc2-Y)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0rc2-Y, mixed mode)

Show Swing a color chooser dialog with

JColorChooser.showDialog(this, "Change Color", Color.black)

Since Java2 has added a new field to colors for transparency, why can't the
user select the color's transparency here? (e.g. add a slider to the "RGB" page
and make it "ARGB"... similar thing to HSI page... don't now about the swatches
page, but a slider there might be handy)

what's more the ColorChooser dialog is very wide (should be of more rectangular
size and much less wide if possible [the problem is the Swatches page])

also, the color preview as it is now (a text message with different
background/foreground etc.) is totally irrelevant to non-word-processing
applications (just showing a rectangle filled with the new color would be
enough for most applications)
(Review ID: 103867)
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