netbeans eclipse look and feel

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soni29 - 24 Jul 2003 21:16 GMT

hi,
is there anyway to change the look and feel of netbeans or eclipse? i
currently use eclipse, looks fine, but was thinking of also trying out
netbeans, but i seems to have the metal look to it, is there a way to
change that, some setting somewhere?

Thank you.

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Karsten Lentzsch - 25 Jul 2003 10:06 GMT

> is there anyway to change the look and feel of netbeans
> or eclipse?

Since eclipse uses the native widgetry, it'll reflect
any changes in the OS appearance, e. g. via skinning.

> i currently use eclipse, looks fine, but was
> thinking of also trying out netbeans, but i seems to have
> the metal look to it, is there a way to change that,
> some setting somewhere?

NetBeans allows to install custom look&feels.
In file <netbeans-dir>\bin you can edit file ide.cfg
and add a parameter for your favorite l&f.

You can find a short introduction how to install my
free Plastic l&fs (contributed by Moazom Raja), see
http://devnull.unixville.com/~moazam/jgoodies1.html

And you can find a couple of free other l&fs at
www.javootoo.com. I've seen several people using
the Skin l&f with NetBeans too.

Hope this helps,
--
Karsten Lentzsch
www.JGoodies.com - Java User Interface Design

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