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I am new to Java programming and want to whether it is possible to get the windows native look in Java GUI applications. Obviously Swing won't work.

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Use the following: 

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

Read UIManager and How to Set the Look and Feel for more information.

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  • if you use this you have to do the update as you can see in Kumar answer below: `SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frmae);` `updateComponentTreeUI(frame);` – SüniÚr Nov 10 '14 at 08:44
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    @Csanesz if you change the L&F after the application start up when the UI is already visible then `updateComponentTreeUI` is required, otherwise it is not needed. The mentioned tutorial discusses various options. – tenorsax Nov 11 '14 at 20:12
  • Don't forget to surround it with try/catch (checked exceptions) – Devid Feb 23 '23 at 14:59
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Try this....

The syntax is:

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(PLAF); (Pluggable Look and Feel)

So, you must include the below 3 lines.

UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");

SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);

updateComponentTreeUI(frame);

SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame) is used for refreshing the frame after the change.

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try this code:

javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel("Windows")
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    -1 wrong - you would at least need the fully qualified classname of the LAF – kleopatra Jul 11 '12 at 07:58
  • @RonE dooh, nearly fainted and quickly tried (which you might have done as well ;-) It's throwing `java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Windows` just as documented, so curious: why do you think that? – kleopatra Jan 19 '14 at 12:23
  • @kleopatra My mistake, I'm just so used to a helper method that makes use of parameter `lookAndFeelString` to select the L&F. `for (LookAndFeelInfo info : UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) { if (lookAndFeelString.equals(info.getName())) { UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());}}` I'll remove my other comment to not be misleading. – Ron Jan 21 '14 at 09:23