src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextFieldPeer.java

@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@
 
         setEditable(target.isEditable());
 
         // After this line we should not change the component's text
         firstChangeSkipped = true;
+        AWTAccessor.getComponentAccessor().setPeer(xtext, this);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void dispose() {
         XToolkit.specialPeerMap.remove(xtext);
         // visible caret has a timer thread which must be stopped
         xtext.getCaret().setVisible(false);
-        xtext.removeNotify();
         super.dispose();
     }
 
     void initTextField() {
         setVisible(target.isVisible());

@@ -257,32 +257,36 @@
         if (log.isLoggable(PlatformLogger.Level.FINE)) {
             log.fine("target="+ target + ", old=" + background + ", new=" + c);
         }
         background = c;
         if (xtext != null) {
+            if (xtext.getBackground() != c) {
             xtext.setBackground(c);
+            }
             xtext.setSelectedTextColor(c);
         }
         repaintText();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setForeground(Color c) {
         foreground = c;
         if (xtext != null) {
+            if (xtext.getForeground() != c) {
             xtext.setForeground(foreground);
+            }
             xtext.setSelectionColor(foreground);
             xtext.setCaretColor(foreground);
         }
         repaintText();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setFont(Font f) {
         synchronized (getStateLock()) {
             font = f;
-            if (xtext != null) {
+            if (xtext != null && xtext.getFont() != f) {
                 xtext.setFont(font);
             }
         }
         xtext.validate();
     }