I'm tired of JButtons, how can I make a nicer GUI in java?

Question

So far I\'ve only built \"small\" graphical applications, using swing and JComponents as I learned at school. Yet I can\'t bear ugly JButtons anymore. I\'ve tried to play wi

Answer 1

Swing supports changing the Look & feel.

This tutorial explains how:

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(lookAndFeelClassName);

Another way is to start your app with the L&F:

java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel MyApp

Here is a list of 10 very nice look and feels.