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Change User Interface(UI) in Java

Submitted by donbermoy on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 18:18.
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Java
This tutorial will teach you how to create a program that can choose and change the User Interface(UI) that is installed already in java. So, now let's start this tutorial! 1. Open JCreator or NetBeans and make a java program with a file name of UILookAndFeel.java. 2. Import the following package library:
  1. import java.awt.event.*; //used to access the ActionEvent and ActionListener class
  2. import java.awt.*; //used to access the GridLayout class
  3. import javax.swing.*; //used to access the JButton,JList,JTextArea,JFrame,JPanel,SwingUtilities and UIManager class
3. Initialize the following variable components in your Main.
  1.     final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Change User Interface");
  2.     JList comboBox = new JList(new String[] { "www.sourcecodester.com", "This is a List." });
  3.     JTextArea txtArea = new JTextArea("www.facebook.com/BermzISware \n This is a TextArea.");
  4.     JPanel panel = new JPanel();
4. To have an event for changing the UI of the frame, we will use the ActionListener and when clicking a particular component it will change the UI directly.
  1.     ActionListener changeUI = new ActionListener() {
  2.       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
  3.         String plaf = null;
  4.         plaf = actionEvent.getActionCommand();
  5.         String finalLafClassName = plaf;
  6.         try {
  7.           UIManager.setLookAndFeel(finalLafClassName);
  8.           SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
  9.         } catch (Exception exception) {
  10.          System.out.print("Can't change look and feel.");
  11.         }
  12.  
  13.       }
  14.     };
To get all the installed User Interface in java, have this code below:
  1.     UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo UIlooks[] = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
5. Now, create a JButton component in which it will get all the installed UI in your java software. This will also call the ActionListener that we have declared above when clicking the button.
  1.     for (int i = 0, n = UIlooks.length; i < n; i++) {
  2.       JButton button = new JButton(UIlooks[i].getName());
  3.       button.setActionCommand(UIlooks[i].getClassName());
  4.       button.addActionListener(changeUI);
  5.       panel.add(button);
  6.     }
6. Lastly, add all the components, set the layout into GridLayout, set the size, visibility, and the close operation of the frame. Have this code below:
  1.     frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
  2.     frame.getContentPane().add(comboBox);
  3.     frame.getContentPane().add(txtArea);
  4.     frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
  5.     frame.setSize(580, 250);
  6.     frame.setVisible(true);
  7.    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Output: output Here's the full code of this tutorial:
  1. import java.awt.event.*; //used to access the ActionEvent and ActionListener class
  2. import java.awt.*; //used to access the GridLayout class
  3. import javax.swing.*; //used to access the JButton,JList,JTextArea,JFrame,JPanel,SwingUtilities and UIManager class
  4.  
  5. public class UILookAndFeel {
  6.  
  7.   public static void main(String args[]) {
  8.     final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Change User Interface");
  9.     JList comboBox = new JList(new String[] { "www.sourcecodester.com", "This is a List." });
  10.     JTextArea txtArea = new JTextArea("www.facebook.com/BermzISware \n This is a TextArea.");
  11.     JPanel panel = new JPanel();
  12.    
  13.        
  14.     ActionListener changeUI = new ActionListener() {
  15.       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
  16.         String plaf = null;
  17.         plaf = actionEvent.getActionCommand();
  18.         String finalLafClassName = plaf;
  19.         try {
  20.           UIManager.setLookAndFeel(finalLafClassName);
  21.           SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
  22.         } catch (Exception exception) {
  23.          System.out.print("Can't change look and feel.");
  24.         }
  25.  
  26.       }
  27.     };
  28.  
  29.     UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo UIlooks[] = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
  30.  
  31.  
  32.     for (int i = 0, n = UIlooks.length; i < n; i++) {
  33.       JButton button = new JButton(UIlooks[i].getName());
  34.       button.setActionCommand(UIlooks[i].getClassName());
  35.       button.addActionListener(changeUI);
  36.       panel.add(button);
  37.     }
  38.    
  39.     frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
  40.     frame.getContentPane().add(comboBox);
  41.     frame.getContentPane().add(txtArea);
  42.     frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
  43.     frame.setSize(580, 250);
  44.     frame.setVisible(true);
  45.    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  46.   }
  47. }
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