Name: yyT116575 Date: 01/31/2001


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

This problem appears in all versions of Sun JDK/JRE on Windows platform.
Check boxes and radio buttons (java.awt.Checkbox) have screen appeareances
inconsistent with the look of native system UI components. AWT components
appear twice as big as they should be. This causes applications to look
quite unprofessional, to such an extent that I am forced to avoid using
this component.

To reproduce the problem, create any window with AWT checkboxes or
radio buttons and compare its look with any non-Java Windows application.
The difference is obvious and striking.

The evaluation of the bug #4304049 (related to different problem with
checkboxes) contains some pointers to where the problem lies. Using
this information I have tracked the problem to be in the awt_Checkbox.cpp
source file (source directory: src\win32\native\sun\windows). Method
AwtCheckbox::GetCheckSize() returns value of ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSMICON).
This value is obviously too big. Probably a fixed value (16?) should be used
instead.
(Review ID: 116162)
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