[Bug swing/27956] JSlider getPreferredSize too small when labels enabled

[david dot gilbert at object-refinery dot com]

------- Comment #3 from david dot gilbert at object-refinery dot com  
2006-06-13 16:14 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> > The positioning of the labels relative to the tick marks could be a more
> > general problem...if you compare the Swing demo running with GNU Classpath 
> > and Sun's JRE, you'll see other places where the label positioning is a 
> > little off.
> 
> No problem; I don't think we should strive for pixel-compatibility with Sun 
> at all. IMO, the main point of plaf is that users recognize the look and
> feel of the user interface, so that they unconsciously feel at home. 
> (Given the recent trend of "skins" and completely non-standard Windows apps,
> users are learning to become a little flexible anyway...)
> 
> But the free Swing *should* look good, and I personally would prefer
> an extra pixel of space between the ticks and labels :-)

Yes, it definitely needs fixing (as does the vertical positioning of the text
for a JCheckBox and a JRadioButton, because these look bad too, even though it
is a little less obvious than the JSlider text).  I just didn't want to make an
adjustment in BasicSliderUI when, I'm guessing, the real fix needs to go in
SwingUtilities.  Another day when I have more time, I'll chase that bug down.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27956