Pg 668, Extension of pg 665 "Try It Out"

engindav · December 19th, 2013, 09:27 PM

I was unable to get anything but metal "look and feel". My code is below. Tried moving segments around without success. Using Windows 8.1.
On Line 9, I set "look and feel" to nimbus but the look was still metal. I know this because I print out that variable on Line 43 and it is still metal. I have 5 possible "look and feel"s but always get metal. Any suggested changes to the code to make it work is most welcome.

Code:

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

public class TryWindow {
  public static void createWindow() {
  JFrame aWindow = new JFrame("This is the Window Title");
      try {
	  UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
	  javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(aWindow);
	} catch(Exception e) {
	  System.err.println("Look and feel not set.");
	}


	try {
	  UIManager.setLookAndFeel( UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
	  javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(aWindow);
	} catch(Exception e) {
	  System.err.println("Look and feel not set.");
	}

	int windowWidth = 400;
	int windowHeight = 150;
	aWindow.setBounds(50,100, windowWidth, windowHeight);
	aWindow.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
	aWindow.setVisible(true);
		
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] looks = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
    for(UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo look : looks) {
	  System.out.println(look.getClassName());
	}

    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
	  public void run() {

	    createWindow();
	  }
	});
	System.out.println(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
  }
 }

engindav · December 20th, 2013, 04:19 PM

NVM - found the answer. I inserted the "JFrame.set...Decorated(true);" line as shown. The code below is from line 5, 6 and now a new line 7 which pushes everything down a line. I Googled "get look and feel to work in windows 8 with java" and found this link

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5...e-this-in-java

Code:

public class TryWindow {
  public static void createWindow() {
  JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);