Java is able to change the look and feel of an application to provide
a platform independent graphical user interface. The NumericalChameleon
is a really a chameleon in this case. It provides all standard Look&Feels,
Metal-Themes, the Kunststoff-, the Metouia-, the Plastic- and the Squareness
Look&Feel.
Standards
The standard Look&Feels are selectable from most computers.
"Aqua (Mac OS X)" is the look and feel on Mac OS X (Mac OS X only)
"GTK+ 2.0" is the look and feel on Unix/Linux (since JRE 1.4+)
"Ocean" is a plattform independent Look&Feel-Standard (since JRE 1.5+)
"Metal (Java)" is the first platform independent Look&Feel provided by Java (seit JRE 1.2+)
"Motif" is the look and feel of applications under UNIX (e. g. CDE)
"Windows" is the look and feel of Windows (Windows only)
"Mac" ist the look and feel of Mac OS (Mac OS only)
"System" is the look and feel of your computer system.
Metal-Themes
Metal-Themes are based on the platform independent "Metal" Look&Feel. You have the control about color and font. The filename of a theme have to end with ".theme". They should be stored in "installationdirectory/data/themes/", otherwise the NumericalChameleon will not find them. The following entries are supported by the NumericalChameleon:
Key Format Description/Example name String Name of the theme primary1 red,green,blue-values (decimal) 87,87,47 primary2 -"- 159,151,111 primary3 -"- 199,183,143 secondary1 -"- 111,111,111 secondary2 -"- 159,159,159 secondary3 -"- 231,215,183 black -"- Definition von Schwarz white -"- Definition von Weiß ControlTextFont fontname,style,size Dialog,bold,12 SystemTextFont -"- Dialog,bold,12 UserTextFont -"- Dialog,bold,12 MenuTextFont -"- Dialog,bold,12 WindowTitleFont -"- Dialog,bold,12 SubTextFont -"- Dialog,plain,10 Please have a look at the themes "Steel.theme", it's the default Metal Look&Feel, "Presentation.theme" for presentations and "Contrast.theme" for two color driven laptops.
Kunststoff-Look&Feel
The Kunststoff-Look&Feel is the default Look&Feel of the NumericalChameleon. Download the latest version from http://www.incors.org . The filename is "kunststoff.jar" and it is stored in the subdirectory "installationdirectory/lib". The Kunststoff-Look&Feel is inherited by the Metal-Look&Feels. Therefore themes are also supported.
Metouia-Look&Feel
The Metouia-Look&Feel is a free Look&Feel, themes are also supported. Download it at http://mlf.sourceforge.netPlastic
The Plastic-Look&Feel is a free Look&Feel. Download it at http://www.jgoodies.comSquareness
The Squareness-Look&Feel is a free Look&Feel. Download it at http://squareness.sourceforge.comSkinIt
SkinIt is part of the Skin Look and Feel (as known as SkinLF). Skin Look And Feel allows you to make any Java application skinable. Skin Look And Feel is able to read GTK (The Gimp ToolKit) and KDE (The K Desktop Environment) Skins. You can download SkinLF from http://www.L2FProd.com/software/skinlf .
L2FProd provides also themes for MacOS X (Aqua) and Windows XP. If you're using SkinIt you'll not be able to use NumericalChameleon's Look and Feels anymore.