Tutorial: Swing Synth PLAF Template - Part 11: Targeting Styles

July 8, 2012 · swing java plaf

Is CSS, you can target elements and style them specially, e.g. as a title, or important button. You can do the same in Swing by setting their name:

new JButton("Button named 'primary'") {{setName("primary");}}

In the XML you can set-up colours for this name and they’ll be applied.

<object class="javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource" id="primaryfg"><int>255</int><int>0</int><int>0</int></object>
<object class="javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource" id="primarybg"><int>50</int><int>50</int><int>50</int></object>

<style id="primary">
    <state><color type="FOREGROUND" idref="primaryfg"/>
        <color type="BACKGROUND" idref="primarybg"/> </state>
</style>
<bind style="primary" type="name" key="primary"/>

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