UI-Editor - plugin detail

NetBeans dynamic UI editor. Set your Look And Feel (LAF), modify some (editable) UI properties, and customize your NetBeans look! See what the Nimbus LAF looks like compared to the CDE/Motif LAF! Customize everything from font sizes, font colors, and background colors for virtually every component type (menus, buttons, etc)! I'd appreciate any feedback. Please leave me comments!

NetBeans Plugin - UI-Editor
Plugin owner: jbisanti
Website: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JasonBisanti/posts
Added: 2014-08-02
License: Free to use, do what you like, just keep my name in there
Category: Utilities
Downloaded: 7,056 times
Rating:
 4.45, by 3 users

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Versions available

Download plugin   Download size: 0.04 MB   Last Update: 2014-09-02

This plugin is also available on the NetBeans Plugin Portal Update Center. Use 'Tools > Plugins' action from the NetBeans IDE main menu for convenient installation of this plugin


What's new in this version


- Ability to save (and load) non-default LAF configurations as separate files

- Added a 'Restart Recommended' NetBeans notification when a restart may be necessary for certain properties to apply.

Verifications for NetBeans versions

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Download plugin   Download size: 0.04 MB   Last Update: 2014-09-02

This plugin is also available on the NetBeans Plugin Portal Update Center. Use 'Tools > Plugins' action from the NetBeans IDE main menu for convenient installation of this plugin


What's new in this version


- Ability to save (and load) non-default LAF configurations as separate files

- Added a 'Restart Recommended' NetBeans notification when a restart may be necessary for certain properties to apply.

Verifications for NetBeans versions

7.4 verification PASSED See verification details
Download plugin   Download size: 0.04 MB   Last Update: 2014-09-02

What's new in this version


- Ability to save (and load) non-default LAF configurations as separate files

- Added a 'Restart Recommended' NetBeans notification when a restart may be necessary for certain properties to apply.

Verifications for NetBeans versions

Plugin is not subject to any verification



Introduction

The UI Editor allows you to change the Look and Feel (LAF) of NetBeans on the fly! You can choose from a set of pre-installed LAFs and then modify individual UI properties to create your own customized NetBeans experience. You can also save your customized LAF so it's automatically applied each time you start NetBeans.

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Github

If someone would like to help, here is the source: https://github.com/jbisanti/Netbeans-UI-Editor-Plugin
Posted by ChrisLE on Jan 06, 2016
  

Output window colour

I don't seem to be able to find the option for changing the colour of the output window.

Edit: never mind, found it; you can just right click the output window and click settings.
Posted by Venator on May 21, 2015
  

A pretty good replacement for themes.xml

Netbeans used to have similar functionality that would allow you to change UI colors through themes.xml. Sadly, this stopped working a few versions ago. So it's great to have a plugin to pick up the slack.

My one complaint about it is that it's not very user friendly. No one wants to sift through all those arcane Swing UI keys. It's very tedious. Can't there be a set of options that batch changes the background, foreground etc in all components? themes.xml used to do this. E.g, you just needed to set the background color and it would change in in all components.


Posted by eggbert74 on Aug 22, 2014