How to change the appearance of swing components?

Hi all,

I'm new to Java but I have extensive experience of both PHP and C/C++.

I am using the javax.swing package because it seemed to do what I want quickly (i.e. building a GUI), but it looks so clunky! How can I alter the appearance of Swing components? E.g., I'm using a JTabbedPane, and I want the label text on each tab to be in a smaller and more elegant font than the default. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

The API is your friend.

To do it quickly you can use NetBeans GUI Editor. That should help I guess

If ur concern is label text to be smaller, then it's Font stuff.
Use font that you want to use with ur choice font size.

- Regards

Hi,

Are you asking about the look and feel of you Java Swing application? You look more about LAF on the following URL How to Set the Look and Feel (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Modifying the Look and Feel)