i am new to netbeans ide , i have a swing desktop application and i want to change the default java look and feel (for it) to substance look and feel ( or other) , so how to add substance jar file to my project (i want to deploy the project to jar file) , and set a look and feel from it .
thanks
You place the .jar in a module wrapper, as you would any .jar file in a NetBeans Platform application. As for setting the look and feel, you might want to extend ModuleInstall, specifically, override the restored() method with something like this:
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new SubstanceRavenGraphiteLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Substance Raven Graphite failed to initialize");
}
First try this code :
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Test extends JFrame {
public Test() {
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents() {
// JFormDesigner - Component initialization - DO NOT MODIFY //GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
menuBar1 = new JMenuBar();
menu1 = new JMenu();
menuItem5 = new JMenuItem();
menuItem4 = new JMenuItem();
checkBoxMenuItem1 = new JCheckBoxMenuItem();
menuItem3 = new JMenuItem();
menu2 = new JMenu();
menuItem6 = new JMenuItem();
tabbedPane1 = new JTabbedPane();
panel1 = new JPanel();
scrollPane1 = new JScrollPane();
textPane1 = new JTextPane();
button1 = new JButton();
button2 = new JButton();
button3 = new JButton();
scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane();
textArea1 = new JTextArea();
scrollPane3 = new JScrollPane();
tree1 = new JTree();
progressBar1 = new JProgressBar();
radioButton1 = new JRadioButton();
checkBox1 = new JCheckBox();
panel2 = new JPanel();
panel3 = new JPanel();
Container contentPane = getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(null);
{
{
menu1.setText("text");
menuItem5.setText("text");
menu1.add(menuItem5);
menuItem4.setText("text");
menu1.add(menuItem4);
menu1.addSeparator();
checkBoxMenuItem1.setText("text");
menu1.add(checkBoxMenuItem1);
menuItem3.setText("text");
menu1.add(menuItem3);
}
menuBar1.add(menu1);
{
menu2.setText("text");
menuItem6.setText("text");
menu2.add(menuItem6);
}
menuBar1.add(menu2);
}
setJMenuBar(menuBar1);
{
{
panel1.setLayout(null);
{
scrollPane1.setViewportView(textPane1);
}
panel1.add(scrollPane1);
scrollPane1.setBounds(15, 15, 665, scrollPane1.getPreferredSize().height);
button1.setText("text");
panel1.add(button1);
button1.setBounds(15, 45, 300, button1.getPreferredSize().height);
button2.setText("text");
panel1.add(button2);
button2.setBounds(325, 45, 140, 23);
button3.setText("text");
panel1.add(button3);
button3.setBounds(470, 45, 210, 23);
{
scrollPane2.setViewportView(textArea1);
}
panel1.add(scrollPane2);
scrollPane2.setBounds(15, 75, 665, 175);
{
scrollPane3.setViewportView(tree1);
}
panel1.add(scrollPane3);
scrollPane3.setBounds(15, 260, 140, 150);
progressBar1.setValue(40);
panel1.add(progressBar1);
progressBar1.setBounds(160, 260, 520, 20);
radioButton1.setText("text");
panel1.add(radioButton1);
radioButton1.setBounds(160, 290, 100, radioButton1.getPreferredSize().height);
checkBox1.setText("text");
panel1.add(checkBox1);
checkBox1.setBounds(265, 295, 165, checkBox1.getPreferredSize().height);
{
Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension();
for(int i = 0; i < panel1.getComponentCount(); i++) {
Rectangle bounds = panel1.getComponent(i).getBounds();
preferredSize.width = Math.max(bounds.x + bounds.width, preferredSize.width);
preferredSize.height = Math.max(bounds.y + bounds.height, preferredSize.height);
}
Insets insets = panel1.getInsets();
preferredSize.width += insets.right;
preferredSize.height += insets.bottom;
panel1.setMinimumSize(preferredSize);
panel1.setPreferredSize(preferredSize);
}
}
tabbedPane1.addTab("text", panel1);
{
panel2.setLayout(null);
{
Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension();
for(int i = 0; i < panel2.getComponentCount(); i++) {
Rectangle bounds = panel2.getComponent(i).getBounds();
preferredSize.width = Math.max(bounds.x + bounds.width, preferredSize.width);
preferredSize.height = Math.max(bounds.y + bounds.height, preferredSize.height);
}
Insets insets = panel2.getInsets();
preferredSize.width += insets.right;
preferredSize.height += insets.bottom;
panel2.setMinimumSize(preferredSize);
panel2.setPreferredSize(preferredSize);
}
}
tabbedPane1.addTab("text", panel2);
{
panel3.setLayout(null);
{
Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension();
for(int i = 0; i < panel3.getComponentCount(); i++) {
Rectangle bounds = panel3.getComponent(i).getBounds();
preferredSize.width = Math.max(bounds.x + bounds.width, preferredSize.width);
preferredSize.height = Math.max(bounds.y + bounds.height, preferredSize.height);
}
Insets insets = panel3.getInsets();
preferredSize.width += insets.right;
preferredSize.height += insets.bottom;
panel3.setMinimumSize(preferredSize);
panel3.setPreferredSize(preferredSize);
}
}
tabbedPane1.addTab("text", panel3);
}
contentPane.add(tabbedPane1);
tabbedPane1.setBounds(10, 10, 700, 450);
{
Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension();
for(int i = 0; i < contentPane.getComponentCount(); i++) {
Rectangle bounds = contentPane.getComponent(i).getBounds();
preferredSize.width = Math.max(bounds.x + bounds.width, preferredSize.width);
preferredSize.height = Math.max(bounds.y + bounds.height, preferredSize.height);
}
Insets insets = contentPane.getInsets();
preferredSize.width += insets.right;
preferredSize.height += insets.bottom;
contentPane.setMinimumSize(preferredSize);
contentPane.setPreferredSize(preferredSize);
}
pack();
setLocationRelativeTo(getOwner());
}
private JMenuBar menuBar1;
private JMenu menu1;
private JMenuItem menuItem5;
private JMenuItem menuItem4;
private JCheckBoxMenuItem checkBoxMenuItem1;
private JMenuItem menuItem3;
private JMenu menu2;
private JMenuItem menuItem6;
private JTabbedPane tabbedPane1;
private JPanel panel1;
private JScrollPane scrollPane1;
private JTextPane textPane1;
private JButton button1;
private JButton button2;
private JButton button3;
private JScrollPane scrollPane2;
private JTextArea textArea1;
private JScrollPane scrollPane3;
private JTree tree1;
private JProgressBar progressBar1;
private JRadioButton radioButton1;
private JCheckBox checkBox1;
private JPanel panel2;
private JPanel panel3;
public static void main(String args[]){
new Test().setVisible(true);
}
}
You can also use Nimbus theme, modified to this code :
try{
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Nimbus isn't available");
}
And edit the main project for this :
public static void main(String args[]){
try{
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Nimbus isn't available");
}
new Test().setVisible(true);
}
Reference : forum.codecall.net