Bad screen redrawing in Oracle SQL Developer

Question

I have a problem with Oracle SQL Developer. When I use it on a Windows Server 2003 machine, it works fine. When I use it on my Windows 7 desktop, I get a lot of redraw pro

Answer 1

I finally solved the problem: Go to \sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf and add this line:

AddVMOption -Duser.language=en

The problem was de user language (in spanish do not works)

Answer 2

This problem still reproduces in 2015, I'm using W7, jdk version 1.8.0_40-b25 and sqldeveloper version Version 4.1.0.18.

I had the same problem and nothing seems to help, not even William Rose's answer, until, in my desperation, I put the AddVMOption from his answer in the last line of my sqldeveloper.conf file and Voila! It worked. It seems that somehow the option is shadowed if you put it at the begging.

Just wanting to add this bit of information, but I can't comment yet due to lack of reputation.

Answer 3

You need to turn off DirectDraw -- see http://tiredblogger.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/configuring-oracle-sql-developer-for-windows-7/, specifically the bit where they add the following to sqldeveloper.conf:

AddVMOption -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true