Substance - JavaOne 2007 Community Corner

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Substance look and feelSubstance look and feelJavaOne 2007 Community Corner


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An application before SubstanceAn application before Substance


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Same application with SubstanceSame application with Substance


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Same application with SubstanceSame application with Substance


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Using Substance in you appUsing Substance in you app

y Go to https://substance.dev.java.net

y Download the latest substance.jar

y U

se one of the three options: UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new SubstanceLookAndFeel())

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(

org.jvnet.substance.SubstanceLookAndFeel)

-Dswing.defaultlaf=org.jvnet.substance.SubstanceLookAndFeel


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Substance themesSubstance themes

y Contains information on control colorsfor different visual states (disabled, default,

active)

y Base class SubstanceTheme

y Use bundled core themes

y UseAPIs to create derived themes

y Extend and create a custom theme


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Substance simple themesSubstance simple themes

SubstanceAquaTheme SubstanceBottleGreenTheme

SubstancePurpleTheme SubstanceOliveTheme


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Substance derived themesSubstance derived themes

y Invert, negate, saturate, hue-shift andcolor-blind

Example of hue-shift:

SubstanceTheme theme = SubstanceLookAndFeel.getTheme();SubstanceTheme shifted = theme.hueShift(-0.5);

SubstanceLookAndFeel.setCurrentTheme(shifted);


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Substance watermarksSubstance watermarks

y Simple watermarks

y Image-based watermarks

SubstanceBinaryWatermark SubstanceWoodWatermark

SubstanceImageWatermark + APP_TILE


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Substance skinsSubstance skins

y A collection of various settings (theme,watermark, painters, shapers etc).

y In org.jvnet.substance.skin

package

y Can set as

SubstanceLookAndFeel.setSkin()

Derived look and feel classes based on aspecific skin (set with UIManager or VM flag)


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Substance tonedSubstance toned--down skinsdown skins

SubstanceBusinessLookAndFeel

SubstanceCremeLookAndFeel

SubstanceBusinessBlackSteelLookAndFeel

SubstanceSaharaLookAndFeel


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Substance dark skinsSubstance dark skins

SubstanceRavenGraphiteLookAndFeel

SubstanceEmeraldDuskLookAndFeel

SubstanceRavenLookAndFeel

SubstanceChallengerDeepLookAndFeel


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Substance saturated skinsSubstance saturated skins

SubstanceOfficeBlue2007LookAndFeel

SubstanceGreenMagicLookAndFeel

SubstanceFieldOfWheatLookAndFeel

SubstanceFindingNemoLookAndFeel


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Configuring animationsConfiguring animations

y LafWidget.ANIMATION_KIND

controls animation speed (0.5 sec for a

transition by default)

y FadeConfigurationManager APIs

to enable / disable animations

On a specific control

On control class (JTree, for example) Globally


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Custom appearanceCustom appearance

y Theme extend SubstanceTheme or

use derivationAPIs

yWatermark implementSubstanceWatermark

y Skin implement SubstanceSkin orextend SubstanceAbstractSkin

(provides basic functionality)y See existing core implementation and test

app for examples


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Additional UI elementsAdditional UI elements

y Substance provides additional feel partfor some Swing components

y These are called widgets

y Some widgets are turned on by default

y Most widgets are configurable

y Some widgets are not visible behavior

only


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Widget examplesWidget examples

y Menu search panel on big menus

y Lock icon on non-editable text

components

y Auto-completion on editablecomboboxes

y Password strength checker

y Tab overview panel

y Tree smart scroll


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SubstanceSubstance pluginsplugins

y Substance provides a plugin mechanismfor third-party components

y No need to change the code just dropthe plugin jar in the classpath

y Available plugins for:

NetBeans module supports 5.0 and 5.5

SwingX at https://swingx.dev.java.net

Flamingo at https://flamingo.dev.java.net


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SwingXSwingX pluginplugin

y Provides consistent appearance (colors,fonts, animation) for

Task pane container and task panes

Status bar

Month view

Date picker

Translucency on JXPanely More to come as SwingX matures and

reaches the first release


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Q&AQ&A

Visit https://substance.dev.java.net

Mail [email protected]

See http://javootoo.com for a list of otherthird-party look and feels

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