NetBeans 6.0 M9 & Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

June 25, 2007 on 9:53 am | | In General, Java, Netbeans, Software | 8 Comments

Hacking a small Java interface for video transcoding was the reason for installing the M9 of NetBeans 6.0. At a first glance I was really shocked by the Metal Look & Feel. See the screenshots & decide yourself :-D

For everyone suffering the same shock … following startup parameters make NetBeans pretty again:

~/netbeans-6.0m9/bin/netbeans -laf com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel

netbeans-gtk.png    netbeans-metal.png

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  1. Install Nimbus theme and then see the effect

    Comment by umar — June 28, 2007 #

  2. I’ve tried your suggestion on Netbeans 6 m10 (looks like it’s –laf now) and netbeans just pukes with an illegal arg exception width (-1) height (-1). Any thoughts?

    Comment by Ryan — August 7, 2007 #

  3. Hm, actually I have no idea why this is happening. Above command (there is a double minus before the term ‘laf’) it worked for me with M9 and still works in M10:
    $>[path to netbeans]/bin/netbeans --laf \\
    com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel

    Comment by Mathias Lux — August 7, 2007 #

  4. Man, that’s weird. In my previous post I actually meant the double minus but looks like the software took out the second minus.

    What version of java are you using? I’ve tried the latest full download of netbeans on both a 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Feisty systems and receive the same IllegalArgumentException Width (-1) and height (-1) cannot be ./netbeans –laf \\ com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel

    Comment by Ryan — August 7, 2007 #

  5. BTW, it took out the double dash again, I really am providing 2 dashes before the laf.

    Comment by Ryan — August 7, 2007 #

  6. Seems to work fine with Java 1.6.02, just not any of the 1.5 builds.

    Comment by Ryan — August 7, 2007 #

  7. Yeah, Java 1.6 would have been my next guess :) I had 1.6.02 and 32bit Feisty. And: Looks like WordPress is eating up double minus like Pacman, sorry for that!

    Comment by Mathias Lux — August 7, 2007 #

  8. Woot thanks man, I was seeking this hack for a long time! :D

    Comment by Edder — September 17, 2007 #

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