From d9eea5d5f051b7b2d2ebcf42ecfe94d351ea9f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: drdev <drdev@cardforge.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 17:16:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure status is visible on default menu bar

---
 src/main/java/forge/gui/menubar/FMenuBar.java | 7 ++++++-
 src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FSkin.java    | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/gui/menubar/FMenuBar.java b/src/main/java/forge/gui/menubar/FMenuBar.java
index d0c1b96fc76..6299ff96fb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/gui/menubar/FMenuBar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/gui/menubar/FMenuBar.java
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ public class FMenuBar extends JMenuBar {
         add(Box.createHorizontalGlue()); // align right hack/patch.
         lblStatus = new JLabel(statusText);
         JLabelSkin<JLabel> labelSkin = FSkin.get(lblStatus);
-        labelSkin.setForeground(FSkin.getColor(FSkin.Colors.CLR_TEXT));
+        if (FSkin.isLookAndFeelSet()) {
+            labelSkin.setForeground(FSkin.getColor(FSkin.Colors.CLR_TEXT));
+        }
+        else { //ensure status is visible on default menu bar
+            labelSkin.setForeground(getForeground());
+        }
         lblStatus.setFont(FSkin.getItalicFont(11));
         lblStatus.setOpaque(false);
         add(lblStatus);
diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FSkin.java b/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FSkin.java
index f61403f749f..d6067cbdcd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FSkin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FSkin.java
@@ -1833,6 +1833,10 @@ public enum FSkin {
         italicFonts.put(size, FSkin.font.deriveFont(Font.ITALIC, size));
     }
     
+    public static boolean isLookAndFeelSet() {
+        return ForgeLookAndFeel.isMetalLafSet;
+    }
+    
     /** 
      * Sets the look and feel of the GUI based on the selected Forge theme.
      *