Name: jk109818 Date: 04/12/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode)
AND
java version "1.4.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-b92)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-b92, mixed mode)

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :

Windows NT Version 4.0

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The slider in the HSB tab of JColorChooser looks strange in
the Windows Look & Feel (LAF). Currently, the slider just
sits in blank space between the color bar for whichever of
hue/saturation/brightness is active and the color square
for the two inactive elements. Because the slider is just
a rectangle (and not pointed as in the Java LAF), it's not
obvious that the slider should be dragged up and down to
change the value of the active element and has no effect on
the other two. Perhaps providing an up/down scrollbar
would make it easier to associate the slider with the color
bar rather than the color square, or changing the slider to
match the pointed shape used in the Java LAF.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Launch a color chooser (done via
JColorChooser.showDialog in code snippet below.)
2. Click on the HSB tab to see the slider.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
I expected to see a scrollbar on the slider or some other
hint at its function. As it is, it took some
experimentation to figure out the purpose of the slider.
The HSB tab is much less intuitive than the RGB tab.

This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.JColorChooser;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

public class ColorChooserTest
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      try
      {
         UIManager.setLookAndFeel
( "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel" );
      }
      catch( Exception e ) {}

      JColorChooser.showDialog( null, "JColorChooser", Color.white );
   }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
The slider in the Java LAF points at the HSB color bar and
is more intuitive.
(Review ID: 145334)
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