look-and-feel

I'd like to use custom Look and Feel's for IntelliJ IDEA (for the IDE itself). I've tried adding the L&F .jar to the libs directory in the IDEA installation folder, as well as in my {java_home}\libs\ext , and specifying the Look and Feel in {user}.IntelliJIdea11\config\options\options.xml , under the LAFManager component, and it would only revert to the default Alloy: IDEA theme. Can this be accomplished? Or can I add themes to the selection drop down in the IDEA Appearance settings panel? You basically have two choices: Go into the "Color & Fonts" settings and tweak them to your liking. Of

First of all, using gnome is not an option (but it is possible to install its libraries). I need to know what is necessary to display a Java Swing desktop application using the current installed KDE look and feel of KDE. Ideally, the solution should allow me to apply a look and feel that looks like the underlying windowing system (ie: Windows LNF for Windows, GTK LNF for Gnome(GTK), QT LNF for KDE (QT), the default one for other platforms). Under KDE, you can configure it to use the current KDE theme for GTK applications, too. So, if the solution works with GTK it is fine. When I run the

I need to setup LookAndFeel Files in JDK 1.6. I have two files: napkinlaf-swingset2.jar napkinlaf.jar How can I set this up and use it? I would like a GTK look and feel OR Qt look and feel, Are they available? The class name for Naplin is net.sourceforge.napkinlaf.NapkinLookAndFeel . So to set it as default on the command line, use: java -Dswing.defaultlaf=net.sourceforge.napkinlaf.NapkinLookAndFeel To install it add napkinlaf.jar to the lib/ext direction and the lines: swing.installedlafs=napkin swing.installedlaf.napkin.name=Napkin swing.installedlaf.napkin.class=net.sourceforge.napkinlaf

I have a Class MainWindow which extends JFrame. In MainWindow i have a JMenuBar. I want to show the MenuBar in OSX on top (next to the Apple Symbol). This only works, when i dont set a Substance Skin. Is it possible to use a Substance Skin and use The MacOS MenuBar? My Code: //Set Menu for MacOS System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true"); System.setProperty("com.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name", name); try { SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() { public void run() { SubstanceSkin skin = new GraphiteGlassSkin(); SubstanceLookAndFeel.setSkin(skin); //WORKS WHEN I

How do I create a window which looks like this in Java: I want that window layout, instead of the standard Windows-borders, and I don't know how this is called. Edit: look and feel doesn't work for me: Joachim Sauer If you want your Look and Feel to draw the window decoration (that's what the "border" is called), then you need to call JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true) before creating your JFrame objects and JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true) before creating your JDialog objects. that's called look and feel, you can find a detailed explanation here http://download.oracle.com

Actually what is meant by look and feel ? It means how the Graphical User Interface (GUI) looks like and behaves. Every OS has its own typical Look&Feel. At the beginning, Java had its own, but of course most people want to have their applications look like the others of their OS. You can change the L&F of your Java applications, read about it in the tutorials . Read about L&F in general at Wikipedia . To directly quote the Sun tutorials : " Look " refers to the appearance of GUI widgets (more formally, JComponents) and " feel " refers to the way the widgets behave . This is how your

I have already developed a Java application which is working well in Windows XP, Windows 7 & Windows 8 consumer preview. The application is developed using GWT, CSS3 with Spring framework,and built-in Jetty server which is used to launch the application using the Internet explorer. After exploring throught the metro apps principles, i want to give my application users an extra benefit of using is as a metro app I read about DWR , gwt-explorer . But still i'm not sure. Is there any other workaround with minimum code changes? Thank you Mr.Andrew Thompson for helping me. You could mimic Metro

I am looking for a tool that I used a few months ago, but I am not able to remember the name. This is a graphical tool for customizing the Nimbus Swing look and feel. On the right side of the window, there was a set of sample Swing components, and on the left the list of all customizable properties (the same than the result of UIManager.getDefaults() ). The tool allows to change the values of the properties (color, font, integer values), and to see the result on the right side in real time. The tool allows to export the changes in a file, too (the java code that sets the customized values). I