uic.themes
Class UICTheme

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalTheme
      javax.swing.plaf.metal.DefaultMetalTheme
          uic.themes.UICTheme

Direct Known Subclasses:

UICThemeBigFonts

public class UICTheme

extends DefaultMetalTheme

The UICTheme for lots of usability fixes. Use this theme by setting it just before you create a JFrame or similar root window.

      // Set our theme to make it look better.
      try {
          //The following line is needed when starting the application from WebStart (only on Windows)
          javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel.setCurrentTheme(new uic.themes.UICTheme());
          UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getLookAndFeel());
      } catch(Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
      }

      try {
          final JFrame frame = new JFrame("myTitle");
          Runnable r = new Runnable() {
              public void run() {
                  // update LaF for the toplevel frame, too
                  javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
              }
          };
          javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
      } catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
      } // end setting theme.

      // finish initialistion of frame.
      frame.show();

This not only changes colors and look and feel, but also fixes some problems on how widgets behave, this should not influence your application; but those fixes are needed for the layouter used in UICompiler to do its job.
See the SwingBugs text file for a list of problems detected while writing UICompiler.

Field Summary

protected static boolean	useAntiAlias
protected Properties	userSettings

Constructor Summary

UICTheme()

UICTheme(Properties userSettings)

Method Summary

void	addCustomEntriesToTable(UIDefaults table) Add changes to the table
ColorUIResource	getAcceleratorForeground()
ColorUIResource	getAcceleratorSelectedForeground()
static boolean	getAntialiasEnabled() Check if global antialias is enabled.
ColorUIResource	getControl()
ColorUIResource	getControlDarkShadow()
ColorUIResource	getControlDisabled()
ColorUIResource	getControlHighlight()
ColorUIResource	getControlInfo()
ColorUIResource	getControlShadow()
ColorUIResource	getControlTextColor()
FontUIResource	getControlTextFont()
protected Properties	getDefaults() The hardcoded defaults for UICTheme are programmed here so its easy to alter them in extending classes.
ColorUIResource	getDesktopColor()
ColorUIResource	getEvenRow()
ColorUIResource	getFocusColor()
ColorUIResource	getHighlightedTextColor()
ColorUIResource	getInactiveControlTextColor()
ColorUIResource	getInactiveSystemTextColor()
ColorUIResource	getMenuBackground()
ColorUIResource	getMenuDisabledForeground()
ColorUIResource	getMenuForeground()
ColorUIResource	getMenuSelectedBackground()
ColorUIResource	getMenuSelectedForeground()
FontUIResource	getMenuTextFont()
String	getName()
ColorUIResource	getOddRow()
ColorUIResource	getPrimaryControl()
ColorUIResource	getPrimaryControlDarkShadow()
ColorUIResource	getPrimaryControlHighlight()
ColorUIResource	getPrimaryControlInfo()
ColorUIResource	getPrimaryControlShadow()
ColorUIResource	getSeparatorBackground()
ColorUIResource	getSeparatorForeground()
FontUIResource	getSubTextFont()
ColorUIResource	getSystemTextColor()
FontUIResource	getSystemTextFont()
ColorUIResource	getTextHighlightColor()
protected Color	getUserColor(String name, String defaultColor)
protected Font	getUserFont(String name)
Properties	getUserSettings()
ColorUIResource	getUserTextColor()
FontUIResource	getUserTextFont()
ColorUIResource	getWindowBackground()
ColorUIResource	getWindowTitleBackground()
FontUIResource	getWindowTitleFont()
ColorUIResource	getWindowTitleForeground()
ColorUIResource	getWindowTitleInactiveBackground()
ColorUIResource	getWindowTitleInactiveForeground()
void	setAntialiasEnabled(boolean on) Turn antialias on or off for all widgets.
void	setUserSettings(Properties settings)
void	store()

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.metal.DefaultMetalTheme

getPrimary1, getPrimary2, getPrimary3, getSecondary1, getSecondary2, getSecondary3

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalTheme

getBlack, getWhite

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

userSettings

protected Properties userSettings

useAntiAlias

protected static boolean useAntiAlias

Constructor Detail

UICTheme

public UICTheme()

UICTheme

public UICTheme(Properties userSettings)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

getUserSettings

public Properties getUserSettings()

getUserColor

protected Color getUserColor(String name,
                             String defaultColor)

getUserFont

protected Font getUserFont(String name)

getDefaults

protected Properties getDefaults()

The hardcoded defaults for UICTheme are programmed here so its easy to alter them in extending classes. For example you can do:

  protected Properties getDefaults() {
      Properties defaults = super.getDefaults();
      defaults.put("color.oddrow", "#111111");
      return defaults;
  }

setUserSettings

public void setUserSettings(Properties settings)

addCustomEntriesToTable

public void addCustomEntriesToTable(UIDefaults table)

Add changes to the table

Parameters:

table - the table to be changed

getFocusColor

public ColorUIResource getFocusColor()

getDesktopColor

public ColorUIResource getDesktopColor()

getControl

public ColorUIResource getControl()

getControlShadow

public ColorUIResource getControlShadow()

getControlDarkShadow

public ColorUIResource getControlDarkShadow()

getControlInfo

public ColorUIResource getControlInfo()

getControlHighlight

public ColorUIResource getControlHighlight()

getControlDisabled

public ColorUIResource getControlDisabled()

getPrimaryControl

public ColorUIResource getPrimaryControl()

getPrimaryControlShadow

public ColorUIResource getPrimaryControlShadow()

getPrimaryControlDarkShadow

public ColorUIResource getPrimaryControlDarkShadow()

getPrimaryControlInfo

public ColorUIResource getPrimaryControlInfo()

getPrimaryControlHighlight

public ColorUIResource getPrimaryControlHighlight()

getSystemTextColor

public ColorUIResource getSystemTextColor()

getControlTextColor

public ColorUIResource getControlTextColor()

getInactiveControlTextColor

public ColorUIResource getInactiveControlTextColor()

getInactiveSystemTextColor

public ColorUIResource getInactiveSystemTextColor()

getUserTextColor

public ColorUIResource getUserTextColor()

getTextHighlightColor

public ColorUIResource getTextHighlightColor()

getHighlightedTextColor

public ColorUIResource getHighlightedTextColor()

getWindowBackground

public ColorUIResource getWindowBackground()

getWindowTitleBackground

public ColorUIResource getWindowTitleBackground()

getWindowTitleForeground

public ColorUIResource getWindowTitleForeground()

getWindowTitleInactiveBackground

public ColorUIResource getWindowTitleInactiveBackground()

getWindowTitleInactiveForeground

public ColorUIResource getWindowTitleInactiveForeground()

getMenuBackground

public ColorUIResource getMenuBackground()

getMenuForeground

public ColorUIResource getMenuForeground()

getMenuSelectedBackground

public ColorUIResource getMenuSelectedBackground()

getMenuSelectedForeground

public ColorUIResource getMenuSelectedForeground()

getMenuDisabledForeground

public ColorUIResource getMenuDisabledForeground()

getSeparatorBackground

public ColorUIResource getSeparatorBackground()

getSeparatorForeground

public ColorUIResource getSeparatorForeground()

getAcceleratorForeground

public ColorUIResource getAcceleratorForeground()

getAcceleratorSelectedForeground

public ColorUIResource getAcceleratorSelectedForeground()

getOddRow

public ColorUIResource getOddRow()

getEvenRow

public ColorUIResource getEvenRow()

getControlTextFont

public FontUIResource getControlTextFont()

getSystemTextFont

public FontUIResource getSystemTextFont()

getUserTextFont

public FontUIResource getUserTextFont()

getMenuTextFont

public FontUIResource getMenuTextFont()

getWindowTitleFont

public FontUIResource getWindowTitleFont()

getSubTextFont

public FontUIResource getSubTextFont()

setAntialiasEnabled

public void setAntialiasEnabled(boolean on)

Turn antialias on or off for all widgets.

Since:

1.1

getAntialiasEnabled

public static boolean getAntialiasEnabled()

Check if global antialias is enabled. Note that this is a static due to implementation details of Swing, this means that you can not configure antialias per theme, the last change is for the whole JVM.

Since:

1.1

store

public void store()