nimbus look and feel netbeans

Introduction

 Nimbus, a cross platform look and feel introduced in the Java SE 6 update 10 release, is drawn with 2D vector graphics and can be rendered at any resolution.

Activating Nimbus Look and Feel There are two ways to activate the Nimbus Look and Feel.

 Invoking UIManager.setLookAndFeel Add the following snippet to your source code:

 try {

 for (LookAndFeelInfo info : UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {

      if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) 

    {

            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());

             break;

     }

   } 

  } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) { // handle exception }

   catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { // handle exception }

   catch (InstantiationException e) { // handle exception }

   catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // handle exception }

 -Dswing.defaultlaf command line option To activate Nimbus Look and Feel for an application, specify the following when running the Java application -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel