I've actually been toying with the idea of making an OS X version of the
modeler. It bugs me that it doesn't look like an OS X application (even
though Apple allows for that if you use Swing -- even Eclipse, using
SWT, looks OS X-like), doesn't have all the features I'd like (I really
miss being able to drill down through relationships on entities like in
EOModeler), keyboard shortcuts don't work (as expected --
command-c/command-v get you nowhere), controls behave differently, etc.
If I wanted a cluttered-up UI with different looks and feels for every
application, I'd use Linux + X Windows. No offense. I just don't like
having to wear a Windows hat on OS X.
I could use Xcode to create a Java-based Cocoa application, have full
use of the Application Kit and, of course, Interface Builder, and use
the Cayenne/Modeler JARs to manage the model, do validation, etc.
Of course, it would take time (always an issue) and would be OS X
specific (which seems like a bad thing, unless you are using OS X).
/dev/mrg
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:andru..bjectstyle.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:42 PM
To: cayenne-use..bjectstyle.org
Subject: [OT, Mac OS X] CayenneModeler and Java 1.4.2_05 upgrade
A few days ago I installed Java 1.4.2_05 update on my PowerBook. The
good news is that CayenneModeler "plastic look and feel" started to
look and feel like the Windows version it was designed for (header font
sizes, etc.)
The bad news is that all menus and drop downs suffer from some weird
bug. Menus do not clean last selection between the clicks (e.g. if I do
"Tools -> Reengineer DB Schema", and then after some time open "Tools"
menu again, "Reengineer DB Schema" still appears pressed). Dropdowns
are much worse though - they cache the selection from another
previously active (and unrelated) dropdown, so if during DataNode
configuration you select an adapter, and then click on user names, user
names drop down will show a list of adapters!! When you move the mouse
around, it gradually refreshes the list to show correct values.
Sure enough the same code runs just fine on Win 2K, Java 1.4.2_05. Go
figure...
Andrus
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