Re: Nimbus Look and Feel is not applied correctly all the time

Neil C Smith <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.modules.openide.devel
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On 28 July 2016 at 15:58, bbergeson <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the installer class I am doing the following to set the look and feel.  I have some extra code since I was trying to allow the user to be able to pick a normal Nimbus L&F or a Dark Nimbus L&F, but I have not been able to get the switching to work right when switching from the Dark Nimbus L&F back to the normal L&F, but that is a different topic.

Note that in my code (which is forked from Dark Nimbus anyway) I don't
use UIManager.setLookAndFeel(), just install the look and feel, and
this is done in the validate() method.  In my experience, both those
things are necessary to get this to work correctly.

To get the user to choose the look and feel, you want to set the laf
preference and force a restart.  Setting the look and feel after the
UI has initialized is very hit and miss.

Best wishes,

Neil

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