Windows 8 look and feel

HI,
is there a way to have the modern look of windows 8 (the content before chrome approach) using jdeveloper to develop a new application?
thanks,
M

What is the JDeveloper version?
For the JDeveloper 12c Windows 8 is certified.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/documentation/1212-cert-1964670.html
For 11.1.2 Windows 7 is certified. Not Windows 8.
Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Certification

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Hi all, I am learning swing and I am trying to modify the
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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,
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public InternalFrameDemo() {
super("InternalFrameDemo");
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//of the screen.
int inset = 50;
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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.
So what then? You type into Google "java swing windows look and feel". Without quotes of course.

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Hi all,
I am looking for a way to give my buttons in my Oracle Forms 10gR2 (with Sun JPI 1.5) a Windows XP look and feel. In my formsweb.cfg I can choose between a generic and an oracle look and feel. The generic look and feel claims to have the windows look and feel, but unfortunatly, this is a Windows 3.11 L&F. Because of the overall look and feel of the Oracle L&F we decided on using this L&F but we would like our buttons to look like other buttons in Windows XP. I think this can be done by building a specific java implementation class but I have no experience with this.
Did anybody already build such an implementation class and willing to share it with me?
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The only way to accomplish this is with a Java Bean or PJC. Refer to the Oracle Forms Demos for some examples of what can be done with Beans and PJCs. Also, refer to the following page:
http://forms.pjc.bean.over-blog.com/categorie-450786.html
Forms Demos on OTN:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/forms/index.html
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Hi Vishal,
first go to the download section in SMP.
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Package Specification: -
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RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
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function in windows
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plpcaption IN OUT VARCHAR2)
RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
PRAGMA interface(C,i_mbx,11265);
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plpcaption IN VARCHAR2)
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ltext VARCHAR2(500) := plptext;
lcaption VARCHAR2(500) := plpcaption;
BEGIN
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ORA_FFI.REGISTER_RETURN(fh_mb,ORA_FFI.C_CHAR_PTR);
--ORA_FFI.REGISTER_RETURN(fh_mb,ORA_FFI.C_INT);
END;
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p number;
begin
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I agree the leather look is horrible. It's just not a reflection of the cutting edge modern design we have all got to love over the years. If it has to be there at least give us a choice of looks.
There is a word for this (not that one) - skeuomorph. Wikipedia defines this as 'a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original. Skeuomorphs may be deliberately employed to make the new look comfortably old and familiar'.
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First off I want to start by saying I've run Windows 8/8.1 from the beginning on all my machines. With Windows 8 I didn't miss the start menu and quickly understood the advantages and the short cuts. Also working for a large software company
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This is where I realized the difference and it's really just purely visual, but that is a lot. It isn't just the start menu. I miss the look and feel of Windows 7. The features in Windows 7 don't even compare with the new versions of Windows but why is it
that Windows 10 still feel like Windows 3.1. Hardware has only gotten better. Even the GPU onboard of the newer CPUs is better than a lot of video cards these days however Win forms, shadowing all of the visuals that made Windows 7, well for
lack of a better word, pretty. They are all gone. Win 8 to 10 are all about WPF and that's ok, but even WPF looks and feels better on Windows 7. This is where the new OSs fail. I know that the difference in the way WPF and Win forms appear has been
highlighted on more than a few threads. But I think it's beyond that. The whole presentation in Windows 10 is just lacking.
Now, would I personally go back to Windows 7 on all machines because of the visual short comings of Windows 10. No, of course not. The new features are far to valuable. But I'll never demo anything with dialogs, forms and even WPF forms on
anything other than Windows 7 again. A 6 year old feature lacking OS that just looks more refined than the current OSs.
Just some thoughts. Some people might not agree with me.

I'd try them over here.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_tp?tab=Threads
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Jdeveloper doesn't show inspect pop up while look and feel is windows

Jdeveloper doesn't show inspect pop up while look and feel is windows

Thanks for looking at the issue Frank. Here are the points:
1. I debugging a java application using Jdeveloper 11g IDE
2. I had modified the IDE look and feel to windows.
3. The debugger stopped at a breakpoint and i tried to inspect the value of an expression.
3.1. Select that expression using mouse.
3.2. Right click on the expression
3.3. click on the inspect option.
4. I was expecting a pop-up window to appear. But it didn't come.
5. Later i changed look and feel of IDE to Oracle/fusion(blue) which is the default.
6. Repeated step 3.
7. Got a pop up window and was able to inspect the value.
Hope this info helps.
-Sandeep.
Edited by: Sandeep.Sundaram on Oct 17, 2008 2:13 PM

Problems installing the new 'Look And Feel' done by Francios Degrelle

I have download the new verison of the new 'Look And Feel' from
http://sheikyerbouti.developpez.com/forms-pjc-bean/LAF/sources/v133/LAF_133.zip
1- I defined a new section in formsweb.cfg named summit in the middle tier (AS 10g Rel2):
[Summit]
baseHTML=base.htm
baseHTMLjinitiator=basejpi.htm
baseHTMLjpi=basejpi.htm
baseHTMLie=baseie.htm
HTMLdelimiter=%
workingDirectory=e:\app\summit
envFile=default.env
IE=JInitiator
escapeparams=true
form=customers_laf
debug=no
otherparams=buffer_records=%buffer% debug_messages=%debug_messages% array=%array% obr=%obr% query_only=%query_only% quiet=%quiet% render=%render% record=%record% tracegroup=%tracegroup% log=%log% term=%term% useSDI=yes
buffer=no
debug_messages=no
array=no
obr=no
query_only=no
quiet=yes
render=no
pageTitle=Summit
serverURL=/forms/lservlet
codebase=/forms/java
imageBase=DocumentBase
width=100%
height=100%
separateFrame=false
splashScreen=no
lookAndFeel=oracle
colorScheme=blue
logo=no
restrictedURLparams=HTMLbodyAttrs,HTMLbeforeForm,pageTitle,HTMLafterForm,log,allow_debug,allowNewConnections
serverApp=default
archive_jini=frmall_jinit.jar
archive=frmall.jar,laf.jar
WebUtilArchive=
jpi_download_page=http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_09/index.html
jpi_classid=clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93
jpi_codebase=http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/autodl/jinstall-1_4-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,4,0,0
2- then I put a copy of the file 'forms.css' in the middle tier in the folder :
apache\apache\htdocs
so as to be on the path and then modified PM$CSS_FILENAME in all forms to be 'forms.css' instead of 'c:\forms.css' and recompiled.
3-I put a copy of the file 'laf.jar' in the folder : 'd\Ora_AS\forms\java' in the middle tier and added this path to the classpath environment variable.
4- I restarted the middle tier and wrote this URL:
http://test/forms/frmservlet/config=summit
the customers form opened but with no background images,I added the following to the URL '&form=test_laf_color_scheme.fmx',the form opened with the default color scheme to 'purple',I changed it from a drop down list to orange and all buttons background color degraded to orange.
My questions:
1-where are the background images ?
2- I cannot compile the 'laf.pll' file to 'laf.plx',when I compile I get this error:
FRm-91507 -internal error
P.S. I read this thread :
FRM-91507 when compiling a library with Forms 6i
and I didn't understand it,where do I change the Forms_Path? in the forms Home release 1 or Forms home release 2?!!!
3-Is the 'forms.css' file properly located? if not? where do I put it?
Sorry for the long scenario but I'm really confused?
Thanks
Mohammad

Hello,
I'm curently out of everything so I cannot answer this one. All I can tell is that images are read from the client machine or jar file. If you want read images from the application server, you need the http:// syntax.
Francois

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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)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
Java Result: 1

Thanks for everyone's help!
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 ">
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        jDesktopPane1 = new javax.swing.JDesktopPane();
        jInternalFrame1 = new javax.swing.JInternalFrame();
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        jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        jMenuItem1 = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
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            .addGap(0, 190, Short.MAX_VALUE)
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            .addGap(0, 95, Short.MAX_VALUE)
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            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(jDesktopPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 484, Short.MAX_VALUE)
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            .addComponent(jDesktopPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 279, Short.MAX_VALUE)
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        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
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            e.printStackTrace();
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    private javax.swing.JDesktopPane jDesktopPane1;
    private javax.swing.JInternalFrame jInternalFrame1;
    private javax.swing.JMenu jMenu1;
    private javax.swing.JMenuBar jMenuBar1;
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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);

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