How to create a custom look and feel for Java Swing?

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Ashish picture Ashish · Mar 21, 2011 · Viewed 26.6k times · Source

I want to create my own look and feel in Swing. Can anyone give me succinct knowledge about how to do this?

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MattBianco picture MattBianco · Mar 21, 2011

Have a look at Ralph Kar's explanation of how to subclass Swing's Basic L&F, or perhaps the Swing tutorial: Modifying the Look and Feel.

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