Using SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI to update UI by platform settings
/* This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed. (http://horstmann.com/corejava) This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.EventQueue; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; import javax.swing.UIManager; /** * @version 1.32 2007-06-12 * @author Cay Horstmann */ public class PlafTest { public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { PlafFrame frame = new PlafFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setVisible(true); } }); } } /** * A frame with a button panel for changing look and feel */ class PlafFrame extends JFrame { public PlafFrame() { setTitle("PlafTest"); setSize(DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT); buttonPanel = new JPanel(); UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] infos = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels(); for (UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : infos) makeButton(info.getName(), info.getClassName()); add(buttonPanel); } /** * Makes a button to change the pluggable look and feel. * @param name the button name * @param plafName the name of the look and feel class */ void makeButton(String name, final String plafName) { // add button to panel JButton button = new JButton(name); buttonPanel.add(button); // set button action button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { // button action: switch to the new look and feel try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel(plafName); SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(PlafFrame.this); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }); } private JPanel buttonPanel; public static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 300; public static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200; }