Solution: Locate and fix the menu enablement problems, and set the system property to use the system menu bar on startup.

Complications: None, other than diagnosing what's wrong with our menus - possibly could be rolled into other menu fixes mentioned below.

Difficulty: 3

Status: Not started

Issuezilla: pending

  • Solution: Write Aqua-friendly UI delegates for custom window system components.

    Complications: Best ways to do Aqua friendly UIs, access to Aqua classes.

    Difficulty: 2

    Status: Provisionally solved

    Issuezilla: pending

  • Look and feel — NetBeans needs to default to Aqua look and feel. This has already been provisionally changed, and it remains to be seen if there are significant problems that should cause this change to be rolled back. Solution: Make sure NetBeans works properly with Aqua look and feel, provides UI delegates for custom components that fit well in Aqua.

    Note

    The above screenshot does not perfectly match the development trunk; it uses the brushed metal look, which, while attractive, causes problems in dialogs, and contains the in progress implementation of finder-style toolbars, which is not in the trunk, and should not be used until after icon redesign. There is a different toolbar UI which is also Aqua friendly which is in the trunk and should ship with 3.6.

    Complications: https://newinternational980.weebly.com/blog/parallels-desktop-10-fur-mac-download. Access to Apple L&F classes, graphic elements (gradients, etc.) - we should minimize the amount of code that might need to be modified as Aqua evolves.

    Difficulty: 5

    Status: Provisional OS-X delegates pending review

    Issuezilla: pending

  • The issues below would help NetBeans feel more natural on OS-X, but are non-critical.

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    1. Help integration — Even Java apps on OS-X are encouraged to use the operating system's help viewer. We use JavaHelp in our own help window.

      Solution: The OS-X help browser uses HTML; it needs to be investigated how well it could work with JavaHelp content. We might be lucky and the integration could be fairly easy. It probably wouldn't be easy.

      Complications: Interprocess communication, help file format compatibility.

      Mac os high sierra installer. Difficulty: 8

      Status: Not planned https://newinternational980.weebly.com/blog/download-photos-from-samsung-to-mac.

      Issuezilla: pending

    2. Note in the screenshot above the lack of complexity of the icons (good heavens, they're monochrome!), and how few there are.

      Note

      We have an implementation of Finder-style toolbars that could be put in place now, but it tends to emphasize just how badly our icons fit on the desktop more than the current UI. You can see it in the 12-30 development build screenshot above.

      Solution: Reconsider the use of toolbars in general in NetBeans; either revamp them across the board, or offer a smaller subset via defaulting some to hidden if os os-x - this is easy to do - modules like the External Browser module already do similar things to offer per-platform configurations.

      Complications: This needs to be approached by someone willing to slay sacred cows.

      Difficulty: 2

      Status: Not started

      Issuezilla: pending