How to change the default font size of Java swing components

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LikKee 沥祺 Richie picture LikKee 沥祺 Richie · Jun 15, 2013 · Viewed 18.3k times · Source

When doing Java JFrame design, I need to edit the font size and font type manually each time drag and drop from the Swing palette. The default font of Java Swing components is Tahoma 11 plain.

What I want is the font size and font type to be set to Tahoma 15 plain when I drag JTextfield and then JLabel. So I don’t need to change manually anymore.

Answer

Andrew Thompson picture Andrew Thompson · Jun 15, 2013

Adjusting the UIDefaults is one way. Another is to design a pluggable look & feel.

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