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Each of the ComponentUI s provided by MetalLookAndFeel derives its behavior from the defaults table. Unless otherwise noted each of the ComponentUI implementations in this package document the set of defaults they use. Unless otherwise noted the defaults are installed at the time installUI is invoked, and follow the recommendations outlined in LookAndFeel for installing defaults.

MetalLookAndFeel derives it's color palette and fonts from MetalTheme . The default theme is OceanTheme . The theme can be changed using the setCurrentTheme method, refer to it for details on changing the theme. Prior to 1.5 the default theme was DefaultMetalTheme . The system property "swing.metalTheme" can be set to "steel" to indicate the default should be DefaultMetalTheme .

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans^TM has been added to the java.beans package. Please see java.beans.XMLEncoder .
See Also:   MetalTheme
See Also:   DefaultMetalTheme
See Also:   OceanTheme
version:
   @(#)MetalLookAndFeel.java 1.213 07/06/07
author:
   Steve Wilson

After the theme is set, MetalLookAndFeel needs to be re-installed and the uis need to be recreated.

While this method is public, it should only be invoked by the UIManager when the look and feel is set as the current look and feel and after initialize has been invoked. the look and feel defaults
See Also:   MetalLookAndFeel.createDefaultTheme
See Also:   javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLookAndFeel.getDefaults
See Also:   MetalTheme.addCustomEntriesToTable(UIDefaults)

Some look and feels might not render the disabled Icon, in which case they will ignore this.
Parameters:
  component - JComponent that will display the Icon, may be null
Parameters:
  icon - Icon to generate disable icon from. Disabled icon, or null if a suitable Icon can not begenerated.
since:
   1.5

Some look and feels might not render the disabled and selected Icon, in which case they will ignore this.
Parameters:
  component - JComponent that will display the Icon, may be null
Parameters:
  icon - Icon to generate disabled and selected icon from. Disabled and Selected icon, or null if a suitable Icon can notbe generated.
since:
   1.5

After the theme is set, MetalLookAndFeel needs to be re-installed and the uis need to be recreated. The following shows how to do this:

 MetalLookAndFeel.setCurrentTheme(theme);
 // re-install the Metal Look and Feel
 UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new MetalLookAndFeel());
 // Update the ComponentUIs for all Components. This
 // needs to be invoked for all windows.
 SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(rootComponent);