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harraypotter
harraypotter

Reputation: 111

UI Windows 8 Look in JAVA

Im creating a system that is standalone and not online. It is a java based system. I just want to make my UI look like those in Windows 8. Will that be possible?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 16958

Answers (3)

MrMadsen
MrMadsen

Reputation: 3012

If you are using swing then you can make it look like Windows 8 regardless of the OS you're running, but it will take a lot of work. You will need to create your own custom look and feel that looks the same as windows 8. Here is a tutorial that shows how to do that.


Another option - also pretty time-intensive - is to override the look and feel of each individual component so that it mimics the equivalent windows 8 component.

Upvotes: 0

jeroen_de_schutter
jeroen_de_schutter

Reputation: 1883

Using Java FX and CSS you can mimic the Windows 8 Metro interface.

See here : http://code.makery.ch/java/javafx-2-tutorial-part4

Or here : http://pixelduke.wordpress.com/

Upvotes: 6

Holger
Holger

Reputation: 298113

If you use Swing, just add the following lines to the beginning of your program:

try
{
  UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
}
catch(Exception e){}// if it fails, your program might look ugly but still work

This just tells Swing to use a look and feel that matches the System. I.e. if your program runs on Windows 8, the look and feel will be that of Windows 8.

The JRE should not be too old for that. Note, that this means the Desktop’s Look&Feel, not the Metro Style as with the standard JRE the Java applications will run as desktop applications not Metro apps. But using these line above you have done everything necessary to look like a Metro app if there will be a Metro-App JRE in the future.

Upvotes: 2

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