I am developing an desktop application for my personal use. I use Java as programming language and I use Swing to develop GUI. I need some beautiful look and feel. How can I do it in Java or with any 3rd party API?
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A:
There is a lot of possibilities for LaFs :
- The native for your system
- The nimbus LaF
- The substance project
- Napkin LaF
- Synthetica
- Quaqua (looks like aqua from MacOS X)
- Seaglass
- JGoodies
- Liquidlnf
- The Alloy Look and Feel
- PgsLookAndFeel
- JTatoo
- InfoNode laF
- Jide look and feel
- etc.
Resources :
- Best Java Swing Look and Feel Themes | Top 10
- oracle.com - Modifying the Look and Feel
- wikipedia.org - Pluggable look and feel
- Java2s.com - Look and feel
Related topics :
Colin Hebert
2010-10-17 18:31:57
Quick way to see how your application looks under Nimbus, start the app with the argument ` -Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel` e.g. `java -Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel -jar MyApp.jar`
nos
2010-10-17 18:36:10
Your Substance link takes you the Oracle website.... (the Substance website is https://substance.dev.java.net/)
alpha123
2010-10-17 18:53:34
@alpha123, thanks, bad copy/paste.
Colin Hebert
2010-10-17 18:54:50