I have a problem with substance look and feel. I'm trying to set Office 2007 LAF as descibed here. try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel("org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceOfficeBlue2007LookAndFeel"); }catch(Exception ex) { System.out.println("Exception:"+ ex.getMessage()); } But when i run thi...
Hello In my current project we have to develop a good looking desktop based application in java. Currently, we have a very basic desktop application written in swing and team does not have good swing knowledge. Can we create a very good looking UI in swing? Should we use JavaFX for creating the desktop application? What are other a...
Which are Open source lafs[look n feel] for java swing application? ...
I'm using a JToolBar to have a toolbar on my application, but I don't like the look of it. Actually, there's basically no look, no background and the buttons are flat when the mouse is not over them. This is on Windows. How can I have a better look for this? Something that would fit better on Windows? Maybe something like the ToolStrip ...
There is a website with a master-page, set of css-files,... menus. It is necessary to implement another one that will have same (or at least very similar) look-and-feel. And also it is necessary to have look-and-feel in sync. I've tried to find for appropriate solution (at least idea, not implementation) in the internet but didn't find ...
I am building an application in java swing and I am using the following code to give the UI a native OS look try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel( UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } On a OS X, the look is fine, but on windows (XP and 7) the buttons look like this. I have...
Let's say I want to use a custom image for the arrow in JComboBox, how can I do this? I understand it's possible using the synth xml files, or maybe even UIManager.put(...), but I don't know how. All I want to do at this time is change the arrow image to something else, either programatically or even just overriding the image it uses. ...
Hi all, I m doing a commercial j2me project in which I need some good Gui like tabbed pane and auto complete text boxes and I need a constant look and feel across all handsets so anyone having idea what gui tool used for commercial apps. I found j2me polish and LWUIT but I m confused which is preferred in j2me commercial apps. Regards ...
My swing GUI application starts with a script. When I run that script under Linux without sudo it gives me unexpected Look and feel and other graphical problems. Why is running with sudo su to my own account fixes this problem? ...
I'm writing a game using Swing and want to achieve a distinctive "steampunk" inspired look for the GUI. This will require some animated components, chunky metallic borders etc. I know that I can get nice effects by overriding paintComponent and doing all of my rendering for custom lightweight components in that method. Is this the way ...
I'm implementing a custom Look & Feel using Synth for my application - basically providing custom versions of SynthStyle, SynthPainter and SynthStyleFactory. I am not using any XML, i.e. everything is done through the Java API. In general this is working just fine. The best way to set appropriate insets is however proving a little tric...
I'm trying to implement a custom "Steampunk" themed look and feel using Synth - basically providing custom versions of SynthStyle, SynthPainter and SynthStyleFactory. I am not using any XML, i.e. everything is done through the Java API. In general this is working just fine and actually starting to look pretty decent. However I am havin...
I have created a menu using a treeview to launch forms when the user clicks on a node. To complete the look-and-feel, I have set up the nodes to look like hyperlinks. I'd like to have the cursor change to a hand (like the one you see when you hover over a link) when the user hovers over a node, however so far I've only been able to hav...
I downloaded JTattoo.jar for the look and feel of my application. However I am confused, is the look-and-feel concept a run-time issue (I will only see the JTattoo look and feel when I run the application but not on the Designer)?? or can I have the components added in the Palette so I can drag and drop the components?? Can you provide ...
Hi all. I've been trying to Google this answer with no results. I keep on finding answers on how to make Netbeans run in a GTK skin .... this is NOT what I want. I have a Java Swing application. I can preview it under GTK+, C/X Motif perfectly fine when I right click the JPanel Form --> Preview. However, whenever I try to run the pro...
For various reasons, I have to reimplement MFC's print preview functionality. I'd like to re-use its styled print preview dialog bar in a CFrameWndEx, but I've been running into problems. First, if I use something like the following in a CFrameWnd, I can successfully embed the toolbar: if (!m_wndDlgBar.Create(this, ATL_MAKEINTRESOURCE(...
I have a JFileChooser in a JFrame. I've added an ActionListener to the JFileChooser so that the "Cancel" button works when clicked. I can also tab to the "Cancel" button, but when I then hit the "Enter" key, nothing happens (i.e., the ActionListener isn't called with the event command JFileChooser.CANCEL_SELECTION). What must I do wit...
I am trying to get runtime display to match the preview here is what I am looking at: http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff111/DrivingTibNaked/Screenshot-1-5.png As you can see the editor does not match runtime. It shows it the system way when I use the form preview button, but then at runtime I get the weird looking java environment....
Hi dears! I have a problem with Updating Form Element Look and Feel under Update Panel Control. I Used Uniform JQuery Plugin to shape form controls such as DropDown. it works very well in a ASP.net form but i used an update panel to generate CheckboxList Items when user selects a dropDownList Item. The picture Below Shows form Look and F...
Hi, If you use Woopra, you probably know that several months ago they released a web based analysis tool. I was surprised by how smooth and well designed it was. Taking a look at the source code, it seemed to be coded using GWT. However, its Mac look and feel reminds me of Sproutcore. I'm not aware of a look and feel like it for GWT. I...