Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: Java SE 7
Synopsis: The java.awt.Cursor class contained a
"protected static field" called "predefined." This field has been
removed.
Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: Java SE 7
Synopsis: Color alpha values are now preserved by
java.awt.Color.darker() and
java.awt.Color.lighter() methods.
RFE: 6783910
Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: JDK 7
Synopsis: Limited mixing of heavyweight (e.g. AWT) and
lightweight (e.g. Swing) components is now officially supported.
Details are available in the API specification (see the java.awt.Component
class specification and its "See Also" link), and the
Mixing Heavyweight and Lightweight Components article. If an
application uses custom code to address the mixing issue and
experiences problems with the built-in support for mixing, the
feature can be turned off by specifying the
-Dsun.awt.disableMixing=true system property.
RFE: 4811096
Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: JDK 7
Synopsis: The mechanism used to detect whether the window
manager supports a system tray (and therefore the TrayIcon
API) has been changed. Instead of looking at the current window
manager, the
System Tray Protocol Specification is used.
RFE: 6438179
Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: JDK 7
Synopsis: In the JDK 7 release there are two AWT toolkits
that are supported. WToolkit on Windows and
XToolkit on Linux/Solaris. The MToolkit
implementation on Linux/Solaris is no longer supported.
Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: JDK 7
Synopsis: With this fix, all java.awt.Window
objects (not frames or dialogs) are regular top-level windows on
X11. In the JDK 6 release, they were OverrideRedirect
windows.
RFE: 6380835
Area: API: AWT
Standard/Platform: JDK 7
Synopsis: Windows that enable the
PERPIXEL_TRANSLUCENT kind of transparency by means of
setting a non-opaque background color may not display heavyweight
(e.g. AWT) child components correctly. AWT supports lightweight
(e.g. Swing) components in per-pixel translucent windows only. More
information on the difference between the two kinds of components
can be found in the Component class specification and in
the
Mixing Heavyweight and Lightweight Components article.
RFE: 6802853
