GUI Look and Feel

Hi,
I am developing GUI's with SWING and I am developing on a Windows XP machine and all my code no matter what I do looks like Windows frames. Is there a trick to get everything to look like "metal" look and feel? I tried numerous techniques that the java tutorials say will alter it but it never does... Is it somthing with XP?
Thanks,
Ben

After a bit of peliminary swing hacking...
overide javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalTitlePane.SystemMenuBar.createActions() to return a subclass of the exisiting Maximise action that sets to corrected dimensions.
subclass createTitlePane in MetalRootPaneUI to return your new class
then set the metal UI to use your new new RootPaneUI and stand back and feel smug!
I don't need to do this, but this should work!
HOWEVER... exactly how you decode where on teh screen the taskbar starts/ends is anybody's guess.

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After a bit of peliminary swing hacking...
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Windows look and feel instead, in InternalFrameDemo.java

Hi all, I am learning swing and I am trying to modify the
InternalFrameDemo.java source from
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/components/index.html#InternalFrameDemo
My idea is to add the line
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); in the constructor, but it doesn't work
and I don't understand why.
Could somebody please help me?
Kindest regards,
Lasse
public InternalFrameDemo() {
super("InternalFrameDemo");
//Make the big window be indented 50 pixels from each edge
//of the screen.
int inset = 50;
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
setBounds(inset, inset,
screenSize.width - inset*2,
screenSize.height - inset*2);
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Uh I think you're mistaken. Whenever in doubt or something doesn't work as expected, check the javadocs. The link to the javadocs can usually be found really easily by typing "java 6 classname". In this case:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JFrame.html
If you want to set the Windows look & feel as your thread title suggests, this was not the method you were looking for as the javadocs will tell you. That method controls if a frame is decorated or not (as the name suggests), which it is by default. Setting it to true will not change anything.
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Applet and Skin Look And Feel 0.3.1

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     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
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Hi,
This will be fixed in the upcoming SkinLF release. you can check out the latest version from sourceforge.net/projects/skinlf (see Contribute section at www.L2FProd.com), it contains the fix.
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Configurable look and feel

Hello Java masters,
This is not question, but I just like to tell you about something I find today while answering other forum writers question...
http://www.javadesktop.org/articles/synth/index.htmlHe lets you configure look and feels using configuration file, and "plug in" custom renderers (like gradient paint filling etc).
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Look And Feel: Metal Themes

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From my understanding of Java 1.5 you now have 2 basic themes to them metal look and feel, they are "Ocean" (the default) and "Steel". Is this understanding correct?
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How to Set the Lood and Feel:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/p
laf.htmlThat actually doesn't tell you how to do what he's asking.. at least not from what I saw.
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public static final String OCEAN_THEME_CLASS = "javax.swing.plaf.metal.OceanTheme";
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Migrating sapgui look and feel settings of sapgui to new notebook.

Hi,
We are migrating from XP to Vista and SAPGui 640 to 710. (new notebooks are assigned to the users)
I copied saplogon.ini to the new notebook to preserve the links to the servers.
Some users have customized the look and feel of their SAPGui. How can I copy the settings of their SAPGui to the new notebook (like the visual design, color settings and font size that the user have set in their sapgui.)
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Hello Roel,
The windows vista version itself gives a new dimension to the look and feel. So I guess nothing must have been editted on SAPGUI screen.
And more of SAP GUI 640 to 700 look and features are also different.
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Change SAPGUI initial login screen
http://www.sap-img.com/basis/changing-the-sapgui-logo-on-the-right-hand-side.htm
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[SOLVED] Java GTK look and feel

I opened a thread recently about replacing the ugly swing buttons in Java applications. After successfully modifying my ~/.bashrc, all was well. However, these new changes were only present when run from a terminal. I assumed it was because my desktop was still running a bash session that hadn't loaded the new options yet, so I restarted.
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Last edited by 2mac (2014-01-02 20:51:35)

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Emty topic window in Nimbus Look and Feel

I have Java applications using OHJ. When we swith to Nimbus Look and Feel our topic Windows is blank. Helps work correctli in other look and feels. If I print topic it's is printed correctly, so information is there but it is not visible.

AndrewThompson64 wrote:
No, I'd say it is a pity that you did not initially use layouts when creating the code in Netbeans. There is no point blaming the tool. Well, some of this code is almost 10 years old (and i didn't write it), and back then nobody used layouts correctly. Even now java layouts are a pain to use compared with other GUI layouts (FLEX, HTML). Our customer just wants a prettier GUI on top of this legacy java app.
We looked at incrementally using JavaFX to slowly change out screens, but it doesn't support integration with a regular java application (why?)
Even with a unsupported workaround i cannot open a modal dialogs from JavaFX. I think they are targeting JavaFX at the wrong market, it is usless as a RIA and will never beat out Flash. They should have targeted it as a Swing replacement. Just my 2 cents.
>
That seems a shoddy 'solution'. Even the current code under the current PLAF might fail on another screen size, resolution, default font size or a number of other factors..This is true, unfortunately the code base is very very large (300k lines).

Having trouble setting the look and feel

hi, i've almost finished my app and am trying to improve it's appearance. I'm trying to change the look and feel but i can't seem to get any changes to take effect. i've been reading through the tutorial on L&F but obviously am not 'getting' something.
At the moment all I'm trying to do, is to add the line below. I'm not totally sure where to put it though. I've tried putting it in the main method and nothing happens. I've also tried putting i the CreateandShowGUI() method and that doesn't seem to do anything either.
Where should it go?
try {
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("Could not initialize java.awt Metal lnf");
    }

Put it before you start assembling your GUI, ie. instantiating and adding components.
Cheers
DB

NetBeans: Dinamically changing Look and Feel Problem

Hi there, Java lovers.
I need some help here!
I love java, and I used to program my graphical user interfaces by hand. In my applications, there is a dropdown for the user to chose the desired look and feel. Then I save the selected option to a file and on the startup I do something like this:
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(savedUserSelectedLookAndFeel);That always worked really fine. The look and feel would change and everything worked really well.
However, programing GUI by hand is really a PITA. So I was seduced by Netbeans. I am using Netbeans 6.0 on Windows XP, and I designed the GUIs really fast now.
The problem is, the system look and feel works really well, but when I change the look and feel of my application to a different one (Java/Motif/etc..) the look and feel changes but the components positions and sizes becomes all messed up. It really becomes impossible to work with a different look and feel because some components are outside of frames.
I believe the cause of this is because Netbeans generates the code automatically using Grids and stuff like that, and by doing so, the change of the look and feel becomes messed up. This is a thing that would not happen with my manually created code.
This is really troubling me. Does someone has the same problem. Is there something I can do? Or do I need to create my GUIs by hand like before?

Oyashiro-sama (少し日本語を知っているし、そんな「様」っていう使い方はちょっと変そうですね　(^_-) 「冗談」っていう顔文字です。）
Sorry for the delay in reply, but one problem for you is that this is not a NetBeans users forum, thus you will not necessarily receive speedy replies here to your NetBeans questions. The best place to send NetBeans questions is:
[email protected]
[email protected] (for NetBeans API issues)
As for your question, you seem to already know quite a bit about NetBeans UI Look and Feel programming, but have you seen these:
WORKING WITH SWING LOOK AND FEEL:
http://java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2004/tt0309.html#1
Java GUI Swing Programming Using NetBeans 5 (should apply to NetBeans 6):
http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaGUISwingProgrammingUsingNetBeans5
Regards,
-Brad Mayer

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JComboBox Lost Listener on Look and Feel change

When the user change the Look And Feel on the Fly , any Listener that is done using
myComboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addXXXListener
is lost
I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 2, java 6 build 105
Does someone have any inputs why this happen or how this can be "fixed" or maybe prevent. Do I'm doing something wrong?
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
/* ComboBoxDemo2.java requires no other files. */
public class ComboBoxDemo2 extends JPanel
                           implements ActionListener {
    static JFrame frame;
    JLabel result;
    String currentPattern;
    public ComboBoxDemo2() {
        setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        String[] patternExamples = {
                 "dd MMMMM yyyy",
                 "dd.MM.yy",
                 "MM/dd/yy",
                 "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z",
                 "EEE, MMM d, ''yy",
                 "h:mm a",
                 "H:mm:ss:SSS",
                 "K:mm a,z",
                 "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"
        currentPattern = patternExamples[0];
        //Set up the UI for selecting a pattern.
        JLabel patternLabel1 = new JLabel("Enter the pattern string or");
        JLabel patternLabel2 = new JLabel("select one from the list:");
        JComboBox patternList = new JComboBox(patternExamples);
        patternList.setEditable(true);
        patternList.addActionListener(this);
//-------------------------------- XXX------------------------------------------
//      This KeyListener it is lost when the user change the theme on the fly
        patternList.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
        public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
         System.out.println(" Key pressed is "+e.getKeyCode());
        //Create the UI for displaying result.
        JLabel resultLabel = new JLabel("Current Date/Time",
                                        JLabel.LEADING); //== LEFT
        result = new JLabel(" ");
        result.setForeground(Color.black);
        result.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
             BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black),
             BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5)
        //Lay out everything.
        JPanel patternPanel = new JPanel();
        patternPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(patternPanel,
                               BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        patternPanel.add(patternLabel1);
        patternPanel.add(patternLabel2);
        patternList.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        patternPanel.add(patternList);
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        resultPanel.add(resultLabel);
        resultPanel.add(result);
        patternPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        resultPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        add(patternPanel);
        add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 10)));
        add(resultPanel);
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
        reformat();
    } //constructor
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         System.out.println("Action Event");
        JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
        String newSelection = (String)cb.getSelectedItem();
        currentPattern = newSelection;
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         try {
        Date today = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat formatter =
           new SimpleDateFormat(currentPattern);
            String dateString = formatter.format(today);
            result.setForeground(Color.black);
            result.setText(dateString);
        }catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
        System.out.println("Ilegal argument Exception");
        catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Argument Exception");
     * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from the
     * event-dispatching thread.
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        final JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxDemo2");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        //Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new ComboBoxDemo2();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        //frame.setContentPane(newContentPane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu theme = new JMenu("Theme");
        ButtonGroup bttnGroup = new ButtonGroup();
        JCheckBoxMenuItem metal = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Metal");
        bttnGroup.add(metal);
        metal.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          try{
          UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
          SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
          }catch(Exception a){a.printStackTrace();}
          theme.add(metal);
        JCheckBoxMenuItem system = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("System");
        bttnGroup.add(system);
        system.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          try{
          UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
          SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
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        menuBar.add(theme);
        frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
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        jtb.add(newContentPane);
        frame.add(jtb, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
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        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
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        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
}

Thanks to both Rodney_McKay and jasper for their replys and ideas
This code is working fine
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
/* ComboBoxDemo2.java requires no other files. */
public class ComboBoxDemo2 extends JPanel
                           implements ActionListener {
    static JFrame frame;
    JLabel result;
    String currentPattern;
    private JComboBox patternList = new JComboBox();
    public ComboBoxDemo2() {
        setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        String[] patternExamples = {
                 "dd MMMMM yyyy",
                 "dd.MM.yy",
                 "MM/dd/yy",
                 "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z",
                 "EEE, MMM d, ''yy",
                 "h:mm a",
                 "H:mm:ss:SSS",
                 "K:mm a,z",
                 "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"
        currentPattern = patternExamples[0];
        //Set up the UI for selecting a pattern.
        JLabel patternLabel1 = new JLabel("Enter the pattern string or");
        JLabel patternLabel2 = new JLabel("select one from the list:");
        patternList = new JComboBox(patternExamples){
        public void updateUI(){
        System.out.println("UPDATE UI");
        super.updateUI();
        changeUIAddEditorListener();
        changeUIAddEditorListener();
        patternList.setEditable(true);
        patternList.addActionListener(this);
        //Create the UI for displaying result.
        JLabel resultLabel = new JLabel("Current Date/Time",
                                        JLabel.LEADING); //== LEFT
        result = new JLabel(" ");
        result.setForeground(Color.black);
        result.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
             BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black),
             BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5)
        //Lay out everything.
        JPanel patternPanel = new JPanel();
        patternPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(patternPanel,
                               BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        patternPanel.add(patternLabel1);
        patternPanel.add(patternLabel2);
        patternList.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        patternPanel.add(patternList);
        JPanel resultPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
        resultPanel.add(resultLabel);
        resultPanel.add(result);
        patternPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        resultPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        add(patternPanel);
        add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 10)));
        add(resultPanel);
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
        reformat();
    } //constructor
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         System.out.println("Action Event");
        JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
        String newSelection = (String)cb.getSelectedItem();
        currentPattern = newSelection;
        reformat();
    /** Formats and displays today's date. */
    public void reformat() {
         try {
        Date today = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat formatter =
           new SimpleDateFormat(currentPattern);
            String dateString = formatter.format(today);
            result.setForeground(Color.black);
            result.setText(dateString);
        }catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
        System.out.println("Ilegal argument Exception");
        catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Argument Exception");
     * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from the
     * event-dispatching thread.
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        final JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxDemo2");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        //Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new ComboBoxDemo2();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        //frame.setContentPane(newContentPane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu theme = new JMenu("Theme");
        ButtonGroup bttnGroup = new ButtonGroup();
        JCheckBoxMenuItem metal = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Metal");
        bttnGroup.add(metal);
        metal.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          try{
          UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
          SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
          }catch(Exception a){a.printStackTrace();}
          theme.add(metal);
        JCheckBoxMenuItem system = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("System");
        bttnGroup.add(system);
        system.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          try{
          UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
          SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
          }catch(Exception a){a.printStackTrace();}
        theme.add(system);
        menuBar.add(theme);
        frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
        JToolBar jtb = new JToolBar();
        jtb.add(newContentPane);
        frame.add(jtb, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
   public void changeUIAddEditorListener() {
   patternList.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
   public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
   System.out.println(" Key pressed is "+e.getKeyCode());
}

Where does the JeelyBeans look and feel come from?

Where does the JellyBeans Swing look & feel come from that is used in
Workshop UI?
-Nick

Nick -- Thanks for the kind words.
While we don't have plans to make the look and feel available outside of the IDE,
you may want to check out some of the other look and feel resources within the
Java community such as
www.javootoo.com
or
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Java/Class_Libraries/Graphics/User_Interface_Classes/Look_and_Feels/?tc=1
We did use JDK 1.4 for Workshop and were very pleased with its performance and
other aspects.
- Pete Horadan
Workshop Dev Mgr.
"Nick Minutello" <[email protected]> wrote:
I think it would be excellent if BEA made the JellyBeans look and feel
freely available - even getting it added to the Sun JDK.
There is a distinct interest in developing C# clients purely due to the
fact
that Swing doesnt perform and doesnt look good. JDK1.4 reportedly has
numerous performance improvents. What is missing is a good look and feel.
The Jelly Beans look and feel is quite good (I suspect that it is no
accident that its flat look is similar to Visual Studion .NET.).
I think that encouraging developers to remain with Java for GUI clients
can
only be good for Java and in turn J2EE as a whole. A pure java environment
would be much better than a deliberatly mixed environment. Java RMI is
much
simpler than SOAP, etc.
Aside from the ultruistic viewpoint, we would dearly like to use it in
our
Swing applications - perhaps we can stave off a turn to C# / .net clients.
Regards,
Nick
"Carl Sjogreen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
At this point we don't have plans to license the look and feel of the
application (the swing components) separately, but I'd love to hearmore
about what you had in mind.
-Carl
"Nick Minutello" <[email protected]>
wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
I am really interested in the answer to this question... please
=+=+=+=
Does BEA have any intentions of making the look & feel commercially
or
freely
available? (esp for existing, but potentially growing customers ;-)
-Nick
=+=+=+=
-Nick
"Ian M. Goldstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
It's homegrown. (There is no pluggable look-and-feel at this time.)
Ian M. Goldstein
Developer Relations Engineer
BEA Systems, Inc.
"Nick Minutello" <[email protected]>
wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
Where does the JellyBeans Swing look & feel come from that is
used
in
Workshop UI?
-Nick

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