look and feel

[major]

Hi every one, does any one know how I can implement the java look and feel of metal.

I have the following code but it doesnt seem to do any thing.

  try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
    } catch(Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error setting Motif LAF: " + e);
    } {

it works fine when I use motif. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[rngomez]

You might try this. First get all of the look and feels supported, and then try them out to see.

    
    private void setLook()
    {
        UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo looks[] = 
        Manager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
        try
        {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(looks[3].getClassName());
            SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
        }
        catch(InstantiationException ie)
        {
        }
        catch(ClassNotFoundException cnf_e)
        {
        }
        catch(IllegalAccessException ia_e)
        {
        }
        catch(UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ulf_e)
        {
        }
        catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException aoob_e)
        {
        }
        finally
        {
            this.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        }
    }

What this does is manually selects the look and feel from all installed look and feels. It could be that the look you are looking for is not installed.

Rich Gomez

[nspils]

The javax.swing.plaf.metal "package description" says:

Provides user interface objects built according to the Java look and feel (once codenamed Metal), which is the default look and feel.

These classes are designed to be used while the corresponding LookAndFeel class has been installed (UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new XXXLookAndFeel())). Using them while a different LookAndFeel is installed may produce unexpected results, including exceptions. Additionally, changing the LookAndFeel maintained by the UIManager without updating the corresponding ComponentUI of any JComponents may also produce unexpected results, such as the wrong colors showing up, and is generally not encouraged

Do these "unexpected results" sound to you like the behavior you've been seeing?

Is your constructor correct? The UIManager.setLookAndFeel() call in the quoted passage looks different than the one you've provided ...