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e869. Setting the Default Look and Feel Using a System Property or Property FileBy default, Swing uses a cross-platform look and feel called Metal. This default can be changed with a system property on the command line, an entry in a properties file, or programmatically (see e867 Getting and Setting a Look and Feel).The following example demonstrates how to set the look and feel using a system property on the command line: > java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel MyAppAlternatively, the default look and feel can be set in a properties file called `swing.properties' located in the `<JAVAHOME>/lib' directory. The name of the property is swing.defaultlaf .
# Specify the default look and feel swing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
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