Look and feel string : Look Feel « Swing JFC « Java

1. Java
2. Swing JFC
3. Look Feel

Look and feel string

  
    
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

public class MainClass {
  final static JLabel l = new JLabel();

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    selectLookAndFeel();

    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    JPanel pane = new JPanel();
    pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

    JButton b = new JButton("Press Me!");
    b.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_P);
    b.setToolTipText("Click this button to see a message.");
    pane.add("North", b);

    l.setLabelFor(b);
    pane.add("South", l);

    f.setContentPane(pane);

    f.setSize(300, 100);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }

  private static void selectLookAndFeel() {
    String actualName = UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName();
    //actualName = UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName();
    //actualName = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.mac.MacLookAndFeel";
    //actualName = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel";
    //actualName = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel";

    try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(actualName);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println("Could not get " + actualName + " look and feel for some reason.");
    }
  }
}

   
  

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