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

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