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Albireo SWT AWT bugs
Albireo in particular attempts to work around some SWT_AWT bugs.
Some of the bugs/problems are listed in Gordon Hirsch's article.
Others are listed in Bugzilla: The list of open SWT_AWT bugs is here. Among these, the following might fall into the scope of Albireo (if not otherwise fixed in AWT or in SWT_AWT):
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All Platforms
51729 Need a good way to set the look and feel for Swing in SWT_AWT
Albireo status: Fixed. Albireo includes a customizable LookAndFeelHandler class.
58308 SWT_AWT - Embedded JSplitPane resizable arrows
Albireo status:
216346 NullPointerException in Display.asyncExec
Albireo status: Worked around. Albireo includes a ThreadingHandler class that has a method asyncExec that works around the problem.
Windows
Methodology
70918 SWT_AWT doesn't propogate mouse events in JDK 1.3
Albireo status:
95540 Another SWT_AWT bridge problems
Albireo status:
105507 SWT_AWT.new_Frame windows in multimonitor have performance problems
Albireo status:
Focus
60967 SWT_AWT + Swing focus problem
Albireo status:
170459 SWT_AWT: Focus problem in Java 6
Albireo status:
Multithread
66615 SWT_AWT.new_Frame occasionally hangs
Albireo status:
Cursor
199383 A "BusyIndicator" disappears over an "SWT_AWT" component.
Albireo status:
Dialogs
109403 SWT_AWT does not behave correctly with Swing or AWT modal dialogs
Albireo status:
Tooltips
186857 SWT_AWT bridge problem: AWT componet tooltip doen't shown if it doesn't have focus
187405 SWT_AWT Swing component tooltip stays on the primary monitor even when the shell is on the 2nd monitor
Unix/Linux/Solaris
Fatal Bugs
126931 "Xlib: unexpected async reply" errors using SWT_AWT bridge under JDK 1.6
136700 Gp in Snippet156 - SWT_AWT on motif
171432 Using SWT_AWT bridge on Linux can lead to StackOverflowError
Methodology
91896 SWT_AWT: Incorrect layout of AWT frame when SWT.BORDER style is set on the Composite
162219 SWT_AWT does not work on Solaris GTK x86 (early access) using web start
168330 SWT_AWT frame resize event not passed to the frame
Flickering
91157 embedded SWT_AWT frames flicker when the SWT window is resized
Focus
82599 Tab behaves incorrectly in Swing components when using SWT_AWT bridge
Dialogs
169562 SWT_AWT Swing modal dialogs do not stay on top on Unix
173218 [SWT_AWT] SWT needs to support ModalityListener interface
Drag and Drop
167677 [DND] Problem with drop event when using SWT_AWT bridge on Solaris and Linux (GTK)
Cursor
177368 Display.getCursorControl returning null for complex Xlib widget on Eclipse/Gtk. Comment #9 claims this affects SWT_AWT.
MacOS X
Methodology
162035 BUTTON_2 events/ctrl-click in embedded SWT_AWT components received incorrectly
Focus
146957 SWT_AWT fails to deliver events reliably on Mac OS X
Mouse Events
162036 SWT_AWT interferes with native SWT mouse events
162038 Embedded SWT_AWT components don't receive mouse events until they've been clicked in
Dialogs
160896 SWT_AWT: second Swing subdialog does not respond to mouse clicks