Java Utililty Methods Swing UIManager

List of utility methods to do Swing UIManager

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Method

ColorgetUnfocusedSelectionForeground()
Get the system-wide unfocused selection foreground color 
if (unfocusedSelFg == null) {
    unfocusedSelFg = UIManager.getColor("nb.explorer.unfocusedSelFg"); 
    if (unfocusedSelFg == null) {
        unfocusedSelFg = UIManager.getColor("textText"); 
        if (unfocusedSelFg == null) {
            unfocusedSelFg = Color.BLACK;
return unfocusedSelFg;
ColorgetUnfocusedSelectionForeground()
Get the system-wide unfocused selection foreground color 
if (unfocusedSelFg == null) {
    unfocusedSelFg = UIManager.getColor("nb.explorer.unfocusedSelFg"); 
    if (unfocusedSelFg == null) {
        unfocusedSelFg = UIManager.getColor("textText"); 
        if (unfocusedSelFg == null) {
            unfocusedSelFg = Color.BLACK;
return unfocusedSelFg;
StringgetWindowsVisualStyle()
Returns the name of the current Windows visual style. 
String style = UIManager.getString("win.xpstyle.name");
if (style == null) {
    style = (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDesktopProperty("win.xpstyle.colorName");
return style;
intGUI_unit(double p_GUI_unit, java.awt.Component c)
Converts a distance measured in "GUI unit" to pixels. 
return (int) Math.round(p_GUI_unit * getRowHeight(c));
voidinit()
init 
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
try {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new WindowsLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
voidinitComponentHeight(final Component... components)
init Component Height 
if (components == null) {
    return;
for (final Component component : components) {
    if ((component instanceof JComboBox) || (component instanceof JButton)) {
        component.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(component.getPreferredSize().width, 22));
    } else if (component instanceof JTextField) {
        final String lf = UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getClass().getName();
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voidinitGui()
init Gui 
if (!guiInitialized) {
    try {
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
    } catch (Exception e) {
    guiInitialized = true;
voidinitialize()
initialize 
try {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
    UIDefaults ui = UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults();
    ui.put("TextPane.background", new Color(240, 240, 250));
    ui.put("Panel.background", new Color(240, 240, 250));
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
voidinitLnF()
Initializes the Look and feel; uses Nimbus if possible 
try {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) {
    try {
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
    } catch (Exception e1) {
        e1.printStackTrace();
voidinitNimbusStyle()
init Nimbus Style 
try {
    for (LookAndFeelInfo info : UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
        if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
            break;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
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