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Creating the Interface
The first step in creating a GUI-based program, such as the
one for Crandall Power and Light, is to create the window. This
step involves creating a class named BillPayer that constructs
an instance of a JFrame and then sets properties for the Look
and Feel in its main() method, along with other attributes.
Because the program requires user input, the BillPayer class
uses an ActionListener.

confirm
dialog box

separator
line

FIGURE 8-6

3D Yes
button

shortcut key
underlined

The Swing Motif Look and Feel

The requirements document specifies the Swing Motif Look and Feel for the
BillPayer program. Recall that the LookAndFeel() methods offer any program
that uses Swing a choice of how windows, title bars, and other components are
displayed. The Motif Look and Feel displays a modern looking window, different
from those normally generated by Windows or UNIX. Motif interfaces display a
dark gray background color, and text boxes display as 3D, in the same dark gray
color. When the component with focus is displayed, a thin, pink border is added
around it. The text in the window is displayed in black. Window decorations in
the title bar are displayed using the system default. Dialog boxes in the Motif
Look and Feel display buttons below a separator line; the buttons are displayed
using a special 3D look and automatically display shortcut key designations.
Figure 8-6 displays a Motif confirm dialog box.
Motif is just one of several Look and Feel interfaces. Table 8-3 displays some
of the available Look and Feel formats that accompany the Java SDK.

Table 8-3 Examples of Look and Feel Formats

NAME SETTING SAMPLE

Ocean javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel

version 1.5

Metal javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel

version 1.4

Motif com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif

.MotifLookAndFeel

Windows com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows

.WindowsLookAndFeel

GTK com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel Unix-based Look and Feel

Cross Platform UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeel Same as Metal

ClassName();