:: Look and Theme ::

Setting a JGoodies Look

This is the preferred way, if you are allowed to import third party libraries:

   try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new Plastic3DLookAndFeel());
   } catch (Exception e) {}

The class can be one of:

com.jgoodies.looks.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticLookAndFeel
com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.Plastic3DLookAndFeel
com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticXPLookAndFeel

Java Web Start

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:

   UIManager.put("ClassLoader", LookUtils.class.getClassLoader());

Setting a JGoodies Look by Name

You can set a JGoodies look using its class name:

   try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.jgoodies.looks.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
   } catch (Exception e) {}

Setting a Plastic Theme

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:

   PlasticLookAndFeel.setPlasticTheme(new DesertBlue());
   try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new Plastic3DLookAndFeel());
   } catch (Exception e) {}

To make use of the new color theme, you must set the theme before you set the look&feel. Find color themes in package com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.theme.