Interaction with the UIManager table

[kirillcool]

To prevent JIDE (common components) from overriding the UIManager entries of menu items, i use

LookAndFeelFactory.installJideExtension(LookAndFeelFactory.XERTO_STYLE_WITHOUT_MENU);

If i put this line before setting the custom LAF, it has no effect (the menus get the UI delegates from JIDE). If i put this line after setting the custom LAF, it overrides the UIManager entries of custom UI delegates (such as JideButtonUI, for example).

If i don't add that line at all, it looks OK.

So i guess my question is - if i'm writing a set of custom UI delegates for JIDE, should the application use LookAndFeelFactory, or is it enough to populate the UIManager table with the information on the custom UI delegates?

Thanks
Kirill

[JIDE Support]

The right order is

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UIManager.setLookAndFeel(...);
LookAndFeelFactory.installJideExtension(optional style);

If you want to some customization, use addUIDefaultsInitializer and addUIDefaultsCustomizer. You may find the need to use both method. The javadoc for these two methods of LookAndFeelFactory should have sample code of how to use them.

Depending on how you want to customize, you may or may not need to write any UI delegates. For example, for Synthetica integration, I only write one very simple SyntheticaJideTabbedPaneUI for JideTabbedPane (mainly because it doesn't use the ThemePainter way although it should). All other UI are done through SyntheticaJidePainter. You can look at SyntheticaCustomizer and SyntheticaInitializer to see how they played together.

Thanks,

Thanks,

[kirillcool]

Thanks, David