Nimbus Look and Feel
for JavaSE 6u10

• Introduction
• Activating Nimbus Look and Feel
  • Invoking UIManager.setLookAndFeel
  • -Dswing.defaultlaf command line option

Introduction

Nimbus is a new cross platform look and feel that is drawn with 2D vector graphics and can be rendered at any resolution.

Activating Nimbus Look and Feel

There are two ways to activate the Nimbus Look and Feel.

Invoking UIManager.setLookAndFeel

Add the following snippet to your source code:

try {
    for (LookAndFeelInfo info : UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
        if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
            break;
        }
    }
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
    // handle exception
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
    // handle exception
} catch (InstantiationException e) {
    // handle exception
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
    // handle exception
}

-Dswing.defaultlaf command line option

To activate Nimbus Look and Feel for an application, specify the following when running the Java application

-Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel