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<h1>:: Look and Theme ::</h1>
<h2>Setting a JGoodies Look</h2>
This is the preferred way, if you are allowed to import
third party libraries:
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try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new Plastic3DLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {}
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The class can be one of:
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<li><tt>com.jgoodies.looks.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel</tt>
<li><tt>com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticLookAndFeel</tt>
<li><tt>com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.Plastic3DLookAndFeel</tt>
<li><tt>com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticXPLookAndFeel</tt>
</ul>
<h2>Java Web Start</h2>
If you use a third party l&f in a network launchable environment
such as Java Web Start, you must indicate where to find the l&f classes:
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UIManager.put("ClassLoader", LookUtils.class.getClassLoader());
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<h2>Setting a JGoodies Look by Name</h2>
You can set a JGoodies look using its class name:
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try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.jgoodies.looks.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) {}
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<h2>Setting a Plastic Theme</h2>
Plastic, Plastic3D and PlasticXP support color themes much like
Sun's Java Look&Feel. At startup the Plastic l&fs automatically
choose a default color theme that is appropriate for the current operating system.
You can override this default theme via:
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PlasticLookAndFeel.setPlasticTheme(new DesertBlue());
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new Plastic3DLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {}
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To make use of the new color theme, you must set the theme
<strong>before</strong> you set the look&feel.
Find color themes in package <tt>com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.theme</tt>.
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