Can't set look and feel?

It's been a while since I've done GUIs. I thought I followed all the instructions, but I just keep getting windows defaults:
public class CVSCompare extends JFrame
public CVSCompare()
{ setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setJMenuBar(stdMenuBar());
public static void main(String[] args)
    try
    { UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
        "javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
    } catch (Exception e) { }
    CVSCompare c = new CVSCompare();
    c.pack();
    c.show();
}

If there is a problem occuring when the L&F is set the following will show it......
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel( "javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
catch (Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}if this doesn't show anything then you must be setting the L&F somewhere else later on...
nes

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Problem setting look and feel

It seems like I'm not able to change the windows xp look and feel, I'm using this code to change it but nothing happens, the window comes out with windows LAF:
" public static void main(String[] args)
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); }
new Ventana();
Maybe... Am I missing some code? or a specific class needs to be downloaded?
I'd apreciate any help

That was not the problem, but thank you...
I finally noticed the problem, what I was trying to do was actually done by writting this:
JComponent.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
Sets the OceanTheme feel on, but I noticed that when you try to use it with a Jdialog and a JFileChooser you get some ugly colors. Orange/Brown with JDialogs and Green with JFileChoosers. Is this a bug or it's ment to do that?
Does somebody know how to fix it?
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How come setting look and feel not successful

class gameble{
public static void main(String argv[])throws Throwable{
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception e) { }
console cs = new console();
cs.addWindowListener(new GenericWindowListener(cs.tv));
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with the above codes, i want java look&feel, but it still shows me window look & feel. need your help!!

CroosPlatformLookAndFeelClassName looks almost exactly like the java default look and feel.
You can try other L&F like:
try{
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
//this will take the look and feel of the OS you are working with
catch(Exception e){
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
or
try{
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotiveLookAndFeel");
//this will take the look and feel of the Unix OS
catch(Exception e){
System.err.println(e.getMessage());

Setting Look and Feel gives error

Hi,
I get error when I use,
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
cannot resolve symbol
symbol: method setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated (boolean)
location : class javax.swing.JFrame
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
^
1 error
I am running the example for JFrame in the site . PLease help!!

Hi,
that was solved!
thank u 4 ur time!
Do you know how to use aqua look and feel??
I have downloaded the files. demo.bat works fine! and I tested Aqua by editing demo.bat, but how to use it i nmy program?? what is the name to be given for setLookAndFeel(??)

Can combine two look and feel into new one?

Hi,
I want to change the JProgressBarUI of NimbusLAF on other LAF. I means how to put two different components each with different look and feel in single JFrame.Any way to get this. Help. Thankz.
Edited by: user13383557 on Nov 22, 2010 12:07 AM

How about reading the api doc and then message the appropriate method on the diverging component instance?
It's not recommended, though, and wont survive dynamic LAF changes.
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Jeanette

Setting Look and Feel in Netbeans 4.1

I'm trying to change my program's Look&Feel to the XP Look&Feel, but I can't find any way to change the post-init code for a JFrame. Surely this is possible, but the Code tab for JFrames is very limited and for the life of me I can't find any other way to customize the initialization of one.
How would one go about doing this?
Thanks,
Jick

Well, I managed to solve my own problem. For reference, I'll explain the process.
My searches involved looking through the NetBeans interface to change the proper implementation code, but this was actually not necessary. NetBeans' code is very strictly protected by its code-locking mechanism, but the right place to insert the code to change the UI is immediately before the initComponents() method call in your JFrame's constructor.
Example:
public class SmartMoverGUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
public SmartMoverGUI() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch(Exception e) {}
initComponents();
/* Rest of code below */
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Windows XP Look and Feel

Hi,
When I use Windows XP style Look & Feel on Windows XP Title Bar and Scroll Bar disappears or the color is set to transparent.
I set Look and Feel using:
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Even I run SwingSet2 on Windows XP and set the Look & Feel to Windows XP Style the result is the same.
Is there any recommendation about this?
Thanks...

I forgot to say that I am using Java SDK v1.4.2_4

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i am working on oracle 6i forms ...so how can i change the look of forms like java or .net applications..
is there any tool or file so please share !!!!!
back end version -10g

Hi,
you can change the look and feel of the form using visual attributes,Or else just check the property palette of the canvas or window.Best thing is to check with F1, Form help. There you get lot of information.
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Losing Title Bar when changing Look and Feel on the fly

Hello,
I have an option in my Swing app for the user to change the Look & Feel on the fly by selecting from a radio button list. The look and feel is changed when the user make the selection, however the Windows Title Bar disappears. Any ideas what I'm missing?
private void setLook(String mode)
String lookAndFeelClassName = null;
UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo looks[] = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
for (int i = 0; i < looks.length; i++)
if (mode.equalsIgnoreCase(looks.getName()))
lookAndFeelClassName = looks[i].getClassName();
break;
try
m_view.dispose();
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(lookAndFeelClassName);
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(m_view);
m_view.setVisible(true);
catch (Exception e)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(m_view, "Can't change look and feel:" + lookAndFeelClassName, "Invalid PLAF", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);

You are disposing the view. My guess is that this is your problem. Try creating a new one instead of just showing the old disposed one

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I am curious how I might go about implementing some of these other L&F's. Every time I try to use them like the following...
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2) Will traffic lighting functionality is present in Hyperion Reports (FR), if not present how can achieve this functionality
in FR ?
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in Hyperion Reports ??

You can use Conditional Formatting to produce stoplights in Report Studio.
If you know of specific things that you want to see, try reading the manual. I cannot give you details of every type of formatting you may want to see from such a vague post.

Mac like Look and Feel

Can I find Look and Feel with Mac Style for Windows? Is it really? I found one, but it is very slow (and has bugs).

How you seen the same program being run under Win default LookAndFeel and under Mac one. If you happen to do you'll change your attitude :p
Yes, I've seen both looks and feels.
If I'm using a Windows box I expect applications to look and behave like Windows applications, and similarly for Mac. A large number of users of each system have no experience with the other and there's plently who, like me, are perfectly familiar with Windows but only partially familiar with Mac interfaces.
Let's take an example, from the Quaqua L&F:
http://javootoo.l2fprod.com/plaf/quaqua/quaqua_filechooser_panther.png
If I had that appear in Windows I'd scream. I'd have to try and remember what the coloured blobs in the title bar mean, I'd have to figure out how that file chooser works (like I do every time I use Gimp with its GTK file chooser that seems totally unfriendly to me). All second nature to Mac users of course, but it just makes life really difficult for Windows users, and probably simply because some stupid software developer somewhere thought that coloured blobs "look way more cool than Windows stuff."
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Is there a way I can add be background image to my sharepoint site with look and feel?

Whenever i add any background image with "look and feel" it stretches the image. I've tried modifying the CSS file (in body and tried .ms-backgroundImage setting "background-size:inherit !important;") to fix it, but it doesn't seem to
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According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to add background image to sharepoint site with look and feel.
We can define the Image Url in the Composed looks (Site Settings > Web Designer Galleries > Composed looks) to add background.
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Though we can override the CSS attributes which would allow the image to repeat, but instead I recommend to go the no CSS route and switched the background to a much larger one that would fill the viewport nicely without looking pixelated.
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Setting defaut look and feel under Gnome generates errors.

We are migrating some of our developer machines to linux, and in the process we are testing in house applications to ensure that in program file locations are correct and that everything just works. Each of our applications set the default look and feel at startup, which hasn't been a problem until now. Errors are being generated, despite no apparent affect on the application or how the application looks. Commenting out the the line of code that sets default look and feel result in an application that looks exactly the same, but with no errors. Keeping the line commented isn't an option, since the applications look horrendous in a Windows environment w/o the Windows L&F.
My question is: Since these errors have no apparent affect on the application, do we need to worry about them? Can they be safely ignored?
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());will generate errors during application lifetime, a snippet of the errors:
(<unknown>:16565): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkButton to a GtkComboBoxEntry (need an instance of GtkEntry or of a subclass)
(<unknown>:16565): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_realize: assertion `GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed
(<unknown>:16565): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_box: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed
(<unknown>:16565): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_box: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

It's a bug in jdk
look here http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6624717
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