Metal Look and Feel
I am trying to get the metal look and feel which was the default look and feel from 1.4. I used the following code.
try
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new MetalLookAndFeel());
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
catch (Exception e) {System.out.println("Exception");}
but I am still getting the ocean look and feel.
Ocean is the new default theme for Metal. Use
MetalLookAndFeel.setCurrentTheme(new DefaultMetalTheme())
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Hi! This is my first time posting here. Do apologize me if I am not familiar with the regulations here. Thanks!
Currently, I am developing a project using NetBeans IDE. It is using RMI, and some basic UI. I am facing the following error when I tried applying the java look and feel code. Please see below for the code used and the error message.
try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) { }
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource cannot be cast to java.util.List
at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalUtils.drawGradient(MetalUtils.java:196)
at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalInternalFrameTitlePane.paintComponent(MetalInternalFrameTitlePane.java:384)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1027)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1036)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1036)
at javax.swing.JLayeredPane.paint(JLayeredPane.java:564)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1036)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1036)
at javax.swing.JLayeredPane.paint(JLayeredPane.java:564)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(JComponent.java:5129)
at javax.swing.BufferStrategyPaintManager.paint(BufferStrategyPaintManager.java:285)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(RepaintManager.java:1128)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1013)
at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run(GraphicsCallback.java:21)
at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent(SunGraphicsCallback.java:60)
at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents(SunGraphicsCallback.java:97)
at java.awt.Container.paint(Container.java:1797)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:734)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:679)
at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:659)
at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest.run(SystemEventQueueUtilities.java:128)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:597)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
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Below is the executable code generated using NetBeans which is enough to generate the error message. Sometimes you can get the error message just by running the program. Sometimes the error will occur when you go into the Menu and click on Item.
* NewJFrame.java
* Created on January 8, 2008, 1:11 PM
package client;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
* @author Yang
public class NewJFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
/** Creates new form NewJFrame */
public NewJFrame() {
initComponents();
/** This method is called from within the constructor to
* initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
* always regenerated by the Form Editor.
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Code ">
private void initComponents() {
jDesktopPane1 = new javax.swing.JDesktopPane();
jInternalFrame1 = new javax.swing.JInternalFrame();
jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
jMenuItem1 = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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jInternalFrame1.getContentPane().setLayout(jInternalFrame1Layout);
jInternalFrame1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
jInternalFrame1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGap(0, 190, Short.MAX_VALUE)
jInternalFrame1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
jInternalFrame1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGap(0, 95, Short.MAX_VALUE)
jInternalFrame1.setBounds(80, 40, 200, 130);
jDesktopPane1.add(jInternalFrame1, javax.swing.JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
jMenu1.setText("Menu");
jMenuItem1.setText("Item");
jMenuItem1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jMenuItem1ActionPerformed(evt);
jMenu1.add(jMenuItem1);
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);
setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);
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getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jDesktopPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 484, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGap(20, 20, 20))
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jDesktopPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 279, Short.MAX_VALUE)
pack();
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private void jMenuItem1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
jInternalFrame1.setVisible(true);
* @param args the command line arguments
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java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new NewJFrame().setVisible(true);
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JDesktopPane jDesktopPane1;
private javax.swing.JInternalFrame jInternalFrame1;
private javax.swing.JMenu jMenu1;
private javax.swing.JMenuBar jMenuBar1;
private javax.swing.JMenuItem jMenuItem1;
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Problem With ButtonUI in an Auxiliary Look and Feel
This is my first post to one of these forums, so I hope everything works correctly.
I have been trying to get an axiliary look and feel installed to do some minor tweaking to the default UI. In particular, I need it to work with Windows and/or Metal as the default UI. For the most part I let the installed default look and feel handle things with my code making some colors lighter, darker, etc. I also play with focus issues by adding FocusListeners to some components. I expect my code to work reasonably well no matter what the default look and feel is. It works well with Motif, Metal, and Windows, the only default look and feels I've tested with. What I'm going to post is a stripped down version of what I have been working on. This example makes gross changes to the JButton background and foreground colors in order to illustrate what I've encountered.
I have three source code files. The first, Problem.java, creates a JFrame and adds five buttons to it. One button installs MyAuxLookAndFeel as an auxiliary look and feel using MyAuxButtonUI for the look and feel of JButtons. The next button removes that look and feel. The next button does nothing except print a line to System.out. The next button installs MyAuxLookAndFeel as an auxiliary look and feel using MyModButtonUI for the look and feel of JButtons. The last button removes that look and feel.
The problem is, when I install the first auxiliary look and feel, buttons are no longer tabable. Also, they cannot be invoked by pressing the space button when they're in focus. When I remove the first auxiliary look and feel everything reverts to behaving normally. When I add the "Mod" version, button tabability is fine. The only difference is I've added the following code:
if ( c.isFocusable() ) {
c.setFocusable(true);
}That strikes me as an odd piece of code to profoundly change the program behavior. Anyway, after adding and removing the "Mod" look and feel, the tababilty is forever fixed. That is, if I subsequently re-install the first look and feel, tababilty works just fine.
The problem with using the space bar to select a focused button is more problematic. My class is not supposed to mess with the default look and feel which may or may not use the space bar to press the button with focus. When the commented code in MyModButtonUI is uncommented, things behave correctly. Even the statement
button.getInputMap().remove( spaceKeyStroke );doesn't mess things up after the auxiliary look and feel is removed. So far I've tested this with JRE 1.4.2_06 under Windows 2000, JRE 1.4.2_10 under Windows XP, and JRE 1.5.0_06 under Windows XP and the behavior is the same.
All of this leads me to two questions.
1. Is my approach fundamentally flawed? I've extended TextUI and ScrollBarUI with no problems. This is the only problem I've encountered with ButtonUI. My real workaround for the space bar issue is better than the one I've supplied in the example, but it certainly is not guaranteed to work for any arbitrary default look and feel.
2. Assuming I have no fundamental problems with my approach, it's possible I've found a real bug. I searched the bug database and couldn't find anything like this. Of course, this is the first time I've tried seasrching the database for a bug so my I'm doing it badly. Has this already been reported as a bug? Is there any reason I shouldn't report it?
What follows is the source code for my example. It's in three files because the two ButtonUI classes must be public in order to work. Thanks for insight you can provide.
Bill
File Problem.java:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Problem extends JFrame {
public boolean isAuxInstalled = false;
public boolean isModInstalled = false;
public LookAndFeel lookAndFeel = new MyAuxLookAndFeel();
private static int ctr = 0;
public static void main( String[] args ) {
new Problem();
public Problem() {
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setSize(250, 150);
setTitle("Button Test");
JButton install = new JButton("Install");
JButton remove = new JButton("Remove");
JButton doNothing = new JButton("Do Nothing");
JButton installMod = new JButton("Install Mod");
JButton removeMod = new JButton("Remove Mod");
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(install);
this.getContentPane().add(remove);
this.getContentPane().add(doNothing);
this.getContentPane().add(installMod);
this.getContentPane().add(removeMod);
install.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if ( !isAuxInstalled ) {
isAuxInstalled = true;
UIManager.addAuxiliaryLookAndFeel( lookAndFeel );
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI( Problem.this );
remove.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if ( isAuxInstalled ) {
isAuxInstalled = false;
UIManager.removeAuxiliaryLookAndFeel( lookAndFeel );
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI( Problem.this );
doNothing.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println( "Do nothing " + (++ctr) );
installMod.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if ( !isModInstalled ) {
isModInstalled = true;
UIManager.addAuxiliaryLookAndFeel( lookAndFeel );
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI( Problem.this );
removeMod.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if ( isModInstalled ) {
isModInstalled = false;
UIManager.removeAuxiliaryLookAndFeel( lookAndFeel );
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI( Problem.this );
setVisible(true);
class MyAuxLookAndFeel extends LookAndFeel {
public String getName() {
return "Button Test";
public String getID() {
return "Not well known";
public String getDescription() {
return "Button Test Look and Feel";
public boolean isSupportedLookAndFeel() {
return true;
public boolean isNativeLookAndFeel() {
return false;
public UIDefaults getDefaults() {
UIDefaults table = new MyDefaults();
Object[] uiDefaults = {
"ButtonUI", (isModInstalled ? "MyModButtonUI" : "MyAuxButtonUI"),
table.putDefaults(uiDefaults);
return table;
class MyDefaults extends UIDefaults {
protected void getUIError(String msg) {
// System.err.println("(Not) An annoying error message!");
}File MyAuxButtonUI.java:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.multi.*;
import javax.accessibility.*;
public class MyAuxButtonUI extends ButtonUI {
private Color background;
private Color foreground;
private ButtonUI ui = null;
public static ComponentUI createUI( JComponent c ) {
return new MyAuxButtonUI();
public void installUI(JComponent c) {
MultiButtonUI multiButtonUI = (MultiButtonUI) UIManager.getUI(c);
this.ui = (ButtonUI) (multiButtonUI.getUIs()[0]);
super.installUI( c );
background = c.getBackground();
foreground = c.getForeground();
c.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
c.setForeground(Color.RED);
public void uninstallUI(JComponent c) {
super.uninstallUI( c );
c.setBackground(background);
c.setForeground(foreground);
this.ui = null;
public void paint(Graphics g, JComponent c) {
this.ui.paint( g, c );
public void update(Graphics g, JComponent c) {
this.ui.update( g, c );
public Dimension getPreferredSize(JComponent c) {
if ( this.ui == null ) {
return super.getPreferredSize( c );
return this.ui.getPreferredSize( c );
public Dimension getMinimumSize(JComponent c) {
if ( this.ui == null ) {
return super.getMinimumSize( c );
return this.ui.getMinimumSize( c );
public Dimension getMaximumSize(JComponent c) {
if ( this.ui == null ) {
return super.getMaximumSize( c );
return this.ui.getMaximumSize( c );
public boolean contains(JComponent c, int x, int y) {
if ( this.ui == null ) {
return super.contains( c, x, y );
return this.ui.contains( c, x, y );
public int getAccessibleChildrenCount(JComponent c) {
if ( this.ui == null ) {
return super.getAccessibleChildrenCount( c );
return this.ui.getAccessibleChildrenCount( c );
public Accessible getAccessibleChild(JComponent c, int ii) {
if ( this.ui == null ) {
return super.getAccessibleChild( c, ii );
return this.ui.getAccessibleChild( c, ii );
}File MyModButtonUI.java:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;
public class MyModButtonUI extends MyAuxButtonUI
static KeyStroke spaceKeyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, 0 );
public static ComponentUI createUI( JComponent c ) {
return new MyModButtonUI();
public void installUI(JComponent c) {
super.installUI(c);
c.setBackground(Color.CYAN);
if ( c.isFocusable() ) {
c.setFocusable(true);
// final JButton button = (JButton) c;
// button.getInputMap().put( spaceKeyStroke, "buttonexample.pressed" );
// button.getActionMap().put( "buttonexample.pressed", new AbstractAction() {
// public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// button.doClick();
// public void uninstallUI(JComponent c) {
// super.uninstallUI(c);
// JButton button = (JButton) c;
// button.getInputMap().remove( spaceKeyStroke );
// button.getActionMap().remove( "buttonexample.pressed" );
}here is the code used to change the current look and feel :
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel");
catch (InstantiationException e)
System.out.println("Error occured "+ e.toString());
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
System.out.println("Error occured "+ e.toString());
catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e)
System.out.println("Error occured "+ e.toString());
catch (IllegalAccessException e)
System.out.println("Error occured in .. " + e.toString());
Dimension dim = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Fenetre fen = new Fenetre();
fen.setSize(dim.width, dim.height);
fen.setResizable(false);
fen.setLocation(0, 0);
fen.setVisible(true); -
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 helpThat 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?
Thanks for your support -
JFileChooser & XP look and feel
Hello!
I'm changing an exiting applet to have a local look & feel by simply doing this:
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()); When the JFileChooser shows with the "metal" (java default) Look&Feel all is good but when it shows with
XP (or windows) L&F it has added a "panel" on the left side with icons for "My Recent Document" , "Desktop" , "My Documents", "My Computer" and " My Network places".
I really don't want them showing since it looks weird on the HTML page.
Does somebody know if and how I can get rid of that "panel" and still have the rest of the L&F intact?
Regards CalleCheck out skin look and feel. They have all sorts of look and feels including windows XP.
http://www.l2fprod.com -
how can i make my frame have an XP look and feel ??????
please help me in details , cause i haven't done this look and feel thing before ??? thanks in advance ..You need to change to the windows LnF which is not the default. The
following code will do it for you. Note that it will only work if your
using Windows XP.
* LookAndFeel.java
public class LookAndFeel {
public static final String MAC_CLASS = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.mac.MacLookAndFeel";
public static final String METAL_CLASS = "javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel";
public static final String MOTIF_CLASS = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel";
public static final String WINDOWS_CLASS = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel";
public static final String GTK_CLASS = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel";
public static final String KUNSTSTOFF_CLASS = "com.incors.plaf.kunststoff.KunststoffLookAndFeel";
public static boolean updateLookAndFeel(String currentLookAndFeel, java.awt.Component parent) {
try {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(currentLookAndFeel);
if(parent != null) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(parent);
} catch(Exception ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
return false;
return true;
}To get it to work do the following:
LookAndFeel.updateLookAndFeel(LookAndFeel.WINDOWS_CLASS, this);where this represents your JWindow or JFrame.
Hope it helps.
James. -
Create or Customize a look and feel
I'd like to create my own java look and feel and I wonder if a tool that allows to create or customize my laf exists ? What's the better or faster way to do so ?
LookAndFeel lf = UIManager.getLookAndFeel();
// Install a different look and feel; specifically, the Windows look and feel
try { //com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
//javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (InstantiationException e) {
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
} -
Delay in applying Look and feel on jDialog
I am working with java1.4 / OS as windows Xp.
Recently i came across an interesting problem regarding look and feel.
Actually my syatem llok and feel was windows and i set swing application Look and feel as Metal. Now whenever i am launching any dialog on my awing application , The dialog appears in windows LAF for few nenoseconds and then changes to Metal.
Even if if check the llok and feel just before launcing the dialog i am getting Metal as result
Can any one help me out about what might be going wrong ?I've never noticed this before. (I guiess my eyes aren't good enought to spot something for a few nanoseconds)
If you need further help then you need to create a [url http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html]Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program (SSCCE) that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour, because I can't guess exactly what you are doing based on the information provided.
Don't forget to use the [url http://forum.java.sun.com/help.jspa?sec=formatting]Code Formatting Tags so the posted code retains its original formatting.
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