Forcing NetBeans to use Metal LAF on Ubuntu

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Forcing NetBeans to use Metal LAF on Ubuntu

April 30, 2008 binil Leave a comment Go to comments

I just installed NetBeans 6.1 on my Ubuntu Gutsy running Sun’s Java 6. The default L&F used is GTK. I personally prefer Metal with Ocean theme. Here is how you get those:

Edit NETBEANS_HOME/etc/netbeans.conf
Add --laf javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dswing.metalTheme=ocean to netbeans_default_options variable

Thats it!

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bodhi

July 3, 2008 at 4:49 am | #1

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thank you so much, I was looking everywhere for this option, I think GTK lookAndFeel doesn’t go too well with netbeans

thanks
Salutis

July 11, 2008 at 7:13 am | #2

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Thanks!
glauber_md

July 8, 2009 at 10:13 pm | #3

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Thank you for this post. I don’t like the glitches of gtk laf…