Way to keep the lookAndFeel of 7.9 project in a 8.1?

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Upgrading from 7.9.9 to 8.1.24.

QA is testing this before I touch anything and all the logic is working fine.

Disabled text boxes now though are very difficult to read
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I can read it, but the person who was QA testing could not and I can easily see people saying they can't read this.

This project probably has 500 of them spread across multiple windows so I am looking for a encompassing solution.

Is there a way make 8.1 not change the look and feel and retain how things looked in 7.9 (more or less)? I imagine something in the .conf file but I don't know what property to set or what to set it to.

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No, this isn't possible in the slightest. The old look and feel wasn't compatible with Java 11 and the library had to be removed entirely.

@PGriffith might have some suggestions about making bulk changes or some other neat trick up his sleeve.

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A different blend mode might look better:

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Thanks for posting the "makes buttons disappear link". I'm going through 7.9.12-8.1.25 right now and have seen that.

My end customer on the first view said "everything looks sharper" with Java 11, so if I can get my missing buttons back without altering that, all is good.

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Could be the new look and feel, could be that Java 11 supports high DPI and Java 8 didn't, could be either/or?

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