FlatLaf dark and light look and feels

[DevCharly]

(crosspost of ​https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=69029)

Hello,

I'm the author of the FlatLaf look and feel (​https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf)
and wanted to ask whether the JOSM community is interested in using FlatLaf in JOSM.

FlatLaf is a new modern open-source L&F that looks similar to Darcula/IntelliJ
themes you maybe know from IntelliJ IDEA. It comes with dark and light themes,
supports 3rd party IntelliJ themes, scales on HiDPI displays, runs on all
platforms (Windows, Linux and macOS), uses Mac platform specific key bindings on
macOS and is easy to integrate into existing Swing applications.

While FlatLaf is still young, there are already a lot of applications using it.
Most prominent is NetBeans 11.3.

Here are some screenshots of JOSM running with FlatLaf:

If there is interest in using FlatLaf in JOSM, I'm willing to integrate it,
fix FlatLaf related issues and submit SVN patches.

JOSM with FlafLaf Dark requires some minor color adjustments where hardcoded
colors are used in JOSM UI components.

I'll attach the patch used to create the screenshots to this ticket.

Thanks,
Karl

[simon04]

The JAR file is 290 kB -- ​https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.formdev/flatlaf/0.28

It might be a good candidate for a plugin.

[stoecker]

Long years we had the plastic_laf, maybe that can be used as base for a new plugin. I also think this is good as plugin. It's nothing for the core.

[Don-vip]

plastic_laf plugin has been archived here: ​https://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/josm/oldplugins/plastic_laf/

[DevCharly]

OK, then I'll create a plugin.
Thanks for the link to the plastic_laf plugin.

[simon04]

​[o35482] - see #josm19027 - Add flatlaf plugin

However, due to r16498, even the early plugins are loaded too late (since setupUIManager is called before). I'm unsure when to load LaF plugins – ideally those would be loaded even early (before setupUIManager)…

[skyper]

Plugin does not show up under Plugins, yet.

[skyper]

I`d like to test the plugin but it is not listed under Plugins and therefore not available under preferences.

Is there something missing ?

[simon04]

Due to the problem mentioned in comment:5 (see also: ticket:19290#comment:5 et seq.), I haven't build a flatlaf.jar yet.