sap gui for java design

[former_member624584]

Hi guys,

the last few months I learned to work with the sap system (it's an s/4hana) on Windows with SAP GUI for Windows 7.6. Now I have the chance to switch to a macbook pro.
After using the latest SAP GUI for Java I was wondering why this version still has the old design and are there any plans to bring the new design of the Windows version to the Java version?

Are there any plans to provide a native SAP GUI for Mac?

Cheers,
Thorsten

[RMW]

Hello Thorsten,

Thanks for your feedback.

You are right, SAP GUI for Java 7.50 in the meantime looks a bit outdated compared to the other SAP GUIs regarding themes. We have decided to skip SAP GUI for Java 7.60, which would have only included the Belize theme, in favour of focusing on SAP GUI for Java 7.70 to be able to make the Quartz themes available a lot earlier than otherwise. For now, nevertheless the exact same business applications run in SAP GUI for Java independent from the theme used.

Starting with SAP GUI for Java 7.50 rev 8, the JDK runtime and OpenJFX UI framework is included in the installation. Only for running the installer, a pre-installed Java 8 or later needs to be available. Unfortunately only the OracleJDK 8 gets registered to open jar files on double clicking in the Finder. When using other JDKs (OpenJDK, SapMachine etc.), you need to use the java -jar installationfile.jar command line approach (see manual 2.1 Installation). See also https://blogs.sap.com/2019/10/25/sap-gui-for-java-now-includes-sapmachine-and-openjfx/

SAP GUI for Java 7.70 will address this by providing also an installer with a native launcher stub, that can be installed by only double clicking the installer in the Finder.

Regarding the your question about the position of the "Execute" button, this is part of the Fiori features which are supported by SAP GUI for Windows starting with Belize. In case you switch off the Fiori features in SAP GUI for Windows Options > Theme selection, the buttons seen in the footer bar then will be moved back the toolbar. This also is by default the case connecting to backends, which do not support the Fiori features. For the set of Fiori features which can be switched on or off in SAP GUI for Windows, see note https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2600384, "New features in patchlevel 0", Belize Theme

Best regards

Rolf-Martin

[former_member624584]

Hi Rolf-Martin,

thanks for the detailed answer.

For clarification on the UI part I still got a question:
with sap gui for java 7.70 the new themes will arrive and with those new themes the UI gets updated. Hence, the UI will then be likewise to the UI of sap gui for windows right now?

Cheers,
Thorsten