It only takes a single line of code: UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel"); You can also force Nimbus to be the default look and feel by specifying -Dswing ...

I've been recently playing around with Java as I'm planning on ... As far as I can tell all the look and feel options are set to use the system default. So I'm wondering if there is a preference ...

applications retain their original look and feel. The two approaches to GUI design previously caused a rift between Sun and IBM, and the Java community as a whole. Australian software developer ...