Top "Look-and-feel" questions

Questions about the Look and Feel (LaF) of applications with a graphical user interface (GUI).

Java Substance look and feel problem

I have a problem with substance look and feel. I'm trying to set Office 2007 LAF as descibed here. try { UIManager.…

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How can I change the arrow style in a JComboBox

Let's say I want to use a custom image for the arrow in JComboBox, how can I do this? I …

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How can I make a java FileDialog accept directories as its FileType in OS X?

I am trying to switch from using a JFileChooser to a FileDialog when my app is being run on a …

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How to set the JGoodies Look and Feel?

I added the jgoodies-looks-2.5.3.jar to my buildpath and started it with public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(…

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setOpaque() in java

Can anyone explain why Nimbius treats the setOpaque() differently than other java LaF's. Its breaking my code because components that …

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How to change the look and feel of a single part of a java program

So I'm making a program selection tool, and currently i like the way everything looks with just the java look …

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iTerm2 - hide split pane title bars?

After recent update of iTerm2 the split panes look different: This is how it looked before (some random image found …

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Change the JSlider look and feel

I have gone through this website Change look and feel of JSlider but except for Slider.altTrackColor nothing else is …

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How do I get the old colors and look & feel back in Eclipse 4.2?

I had been using Eclipse 3.x for a few years and while I had a few issues w.r.t. …

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Painting the slider icon of JSlider

Would like to repaint the the marker or the thumb of the JSlider instead of the standard gray. How can …

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