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pelagos
pelagos

Reputation: 1059

Netbeans Java application - change title or name of application

When I run my app (in Netbeans) the title of the app (in the top left corner of my OS) is the name of the java class (not the name I want or the name of the project).

If there a way to change this so it is more meaningful? I am sure there should be but I can't seem to find out how..

I can change the title of the window that opens but I want the name in the top left corner to be different (i.e. the programs name).

Hope this is clear?

Thanks

EDIT WITH SCREENSHOT

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OK in this pic the app is running in the foreground and Netbenas behind.

You can see the name I want changed is 'photosjFrame' - to something more meaningful for my app like "Photo Databse" etc etc

Hope this makes sense now…

Thanks

UPDATE 2

Here is another screenshot that I hope makes sense…

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I have tried:

this.setTitle("Some meaningful title");

and

super("Some meaningful title");

but as you can see from the screen shot they change the title of the window open not of the application name (or whatever it is called)…

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3171

Answers (1)

robzillaDev
robzillaDev

Reputation: 91

Although your question is not as clear as it could be, and the screenshot still doesn't really show us what you desire, is it not as simple as calling...:

this.setTitle("Some meaningful title");

from within the jframe code, or...:

yourFrame.setTitle("Some meaningful title");

from wherever else is appropriate...

To change what text is shown in the Mac taskbar (top left), try adding the following lines:

System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar","true");
System.setProperty("com.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name", "Some meaningful name"); 
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName())

Or, in newer versions of Java I beleive you can either:

  1. Use the -XDock:name functionality
  2. Set CFBundleName in the information property list. See this link:

See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/07-NativePlatformIntegration/NativePlatformIntegration.html

Upvotes: 1

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