Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; import javax.swing.UIManager; public class ChangeLook { public static void main(String args[]) { final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Change Look"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { String lafClassName = null; lafClassName = actionEvent.getActionCommand(); String finalLafClassName = lafClassName; try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel(finalLafClassName); SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame); } catch (Exception exception) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Can't change look and feel", "Invalid PLAF", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } } }; UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo looks[] = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels(); JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(new String[] { "a", "b" }); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); for (int i = 0, n = looks.length; i < n; i++) { JButton button = new JButton(looks[i].getName()); button.setActionCommand(looks[i].getClassName()); button.addActionListener(actionListener); panel.add(button); } frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setSize(350, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }