I.2. Nimbus Look-and-Feel
In our screen captures, we use Java’s elegant Nimbus cross-platform look-and-feel. There are three ways that you can use Nimbus:
1. Set it as the default for all Java apps that run on your computer.
2. Set it as the look-and-feel at the time that you launch an app by passing a command-line argument to the java command.
3. Set it as the look-and-feel programatically in your app.
We set Nimbus as the default for all Java apps. To do so, you must create a text file named swing.properties in the lib folder of both your JDK installation folder and your JRE installation folder. Place the following line of code in the file:
swing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel
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