change look and feel of just one component

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Robert Ludewig - 12 Dec 2003 12:51 GMT

Is there a way to change the look and feel of just one component of my
gui ?
Especially I want some XP-Style-Buttons look like metal look and feel.
The rest should still have the xp/windows look and feel.

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Gerbrand van Dieijen - 13 Dec 2003 00:10 GMT

>Is there a way to change the look and feel of just one component of my
>gui ?
>Especially I want some XP-Style-Buttons look like metal look and feel.
>The rest should still have the xp/windows look and feel.

You could use .. setLookAndFeel(...) before you create the JButtons and
then set it back to the old lookandfeel. I'm not sure, but I think that
should work (slighty).

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Jon A. Cruz - 16 Jan 2004 18:07 GMT

> You could use .. setLookAndFeel(...) before you create the JButtons and
> then set it back to the old lookandfeel. I'm not sure, but I think that
> should work (slighty).

Not really.

Many (or most) of the Look-And-Feels are written to think that they are
the only one in action.

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Mendrik - 21 Jan 2004 15:30 GMT

> > You could use .. setLookAndFeel(...) before you create the JButtons and
> > then set it back to the old lookandfeel. I'm not sure, but I think that
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> Many (or most) of the Look-And-Feels are written to think that they are
> the only one in action.

JButton button = new JButton();
button.setUI(new javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalButtonUI());

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Jon A. Cruz - 21 Jan 2004 15:53 GMT

>>>You could use .. setLookAndFeel(...) before you create the JButtons and
>>>then set it back to the old lookandfeel. I'm not sure, but I think that
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> JButton button = new JButton();
> button.setUI(new javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalButtonUI());

Yes. But in many cases things will become confused if that's not the
current look and feel.

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