Actually what is meant by look and feel?
Isn't the link outdated?
Felix Kling
2010-04-10 10:07:34
Yup, you're right. But the link is just enough to answer his question - "What is meant by look and feel?"
Petar Minchev
2010-04-10 15:07:36
@Petar Minchev: That is true :)
Felix Kling
2010-04-10 16:23:26
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A:
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.
Felix Kling
2010-04-10 09:36:27
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A:
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.
JRL
2010-04-10 10:17:37
A:
Others have said it is a way to change the way your program looks and feel.
To demonstrate, go to http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/demos-nojavascript.html and launch "The SwingSet Demo" (requires Java installed).
In the menu under "Look & Feel" several options exist that allows you to choose between different Look and Feels included with the default Java installation.
You can also bring your own if you want to. See http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/metamorphosis/index.html for a demonstration about how to tweak your Look and Feel. You can launch the demo directly from http://www.jgoodies.com/download/demos/metamorphosis/metamorphosis.jnlp
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
2010-04-10 11:12:10