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On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 10:17:50 AM UTC-8, Knute Johnson wrote:
> I'm having a problem getting my JFrame to change LookAndFeel.  No matter 
> what I set it to the outside of the frame always looks the same.  If I 
> change the LAF to Motif the color of the inside of the frame changes but 
> not the frame decorations themselves.  Windows 8.1, Java 8u31.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> import java.awt.*;
> import java.awt.event.*;
> import java.util.*;
> import javax.swing.*;
> 
> public class test {
>      static Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>();
> 
>      public static void main(String... args) {
>          for (UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info :
>           UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
>              map.put(info.getName(),info.getClassName());
>              System.out.println(info.getName());
>          }
> 
>          EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
>              try {
>                  UIManager.setLookAndFeel(map.get("Nimbus"));
>              } catch (Exception e) {
>                  e.printStackTrace();
>              }
>              JFrame f = new JFrame();
>              f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
>              f.setSize(400,300);
>              f.setVisible(true);
>          });
>      }
> }
> 
> 
It has been my experience that the frame decorations are added by 
the window manager, not by java. So you get whatever decorations
are native to the WM, regardless of what L&F you specify.
-- 
Fred K