SetLookAndFeel in a JFileChooser

i made my JFileChooser class in order to change the LookAndFeel of my form for the choice of file... this is the simple code of my personal class for jFileChooser

Code:

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public class SdoJFileChooser extends JFileChooser{

    public SdoJFileChooser(){
        super();
try {[COLOR="Blue"]UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());[/COLOR]
}
[COLOR="Red"]catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {[/COLOR]
Logger.getLogger(SdoJFileChooser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);}
 [COLOR="Red"]catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) [/COLOR]{
            Logger.getLogger(SdoJFileChooser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } [COLOR="Red"]catch (InstantiationException ex)[/COLOR] {
            Logger.getLogger(SdoJFileChooser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } [COLOR="Red"]catch (IllegalAccessException ex)[/COLOR] {
            Logger.getLogger(SdoJFileChooser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
       
       
    }

}

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and in my main class i write:

Code:

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SdoJFileChooser chooser = new SdoJFileChooser();
int option = chooser.showSaveDialog(this);
        if (option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {

// my code
      }

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now, why do i have the Java LookAndFeel in my jFileChooser instead of the windows one? ..no Exception returned everything alright.. but different look n feel... why?

Set the look and feel before creating the Swing component.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by r035198x

Set the look and feel before creating the Swing component.

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how? Looks impossible to me...
i changed the look inside the constructor of my JFC.. but obviously i can't set the look n feel before the call super(); in that constructor..

How about in the main method?

i thought that option too... but remember that my JFC is an attribute of a "main frame" class (a class who extends JFrame) so if i call the

Code:

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UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

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method in my main JFrame (the frame where i call the filechooser).. will this change be inherited also by the attributes of my class, if i create the swing component (in this specific situation: chooser = new JFileChooser()) after the LookAndFeel setting??
and will the setLookAndFeel() change the JDialog associated to the JFileChooser too??

You set the look and feel for the application not for specific components.

it works! Thanks for the advice.. now my JFileChooser looks like a JFileChooser.. and not like a crap