| [eclipse-dev] Enabling dark theme support for SWT stand-alone applications on Windows |
I have a stand-alone SWT application (BiglyBT, https://github.com/BiglySoftware/BiglyBT) that runs with a dark theme on Linux and OSX just fine. However, on Windows I am stuck trying to figure out how to do this.
I've been following the [Win32][DarkTheme]... discussions on
Bugzilla for a while, and see that the Eclipse IDE itself is
working well with a dark theme on Windows 10/11, so it seems to me
that SWT support is pretty complete.
As an example, what would I need to do to get
java -classpath swt.jar
org.eclipse.swt.examples.controlexample.ControlExample
to run with a dark theme? If I add
OS.setTheme(true);
to the main method and run with SWT 4956r13 I end up with the
attached.
If I understand the comment in setTheme correctly ( "just some tweaks to tailor things that SWT can't color properly" ) then all I am seeing are the tweaks and the underlying SWT controls are not picking up the theme at all.
Kind regards,
Paul
