slaf 0.22

Simple Look And Feel
Last modified : 2005-08-01
Created : 1998-11-01
Author : Guillaume Desnoix ©1998-2005
This document is the translation of this one. Send me email if you find any mistakes.

News

01-aou-05: New release 0.22.
28-aou-04: New release 0.20.
25-jun-04: New release 0.19.
22-jan-04: New release 0.18.
17-mai-03: New release 0.17.
22-dec-02: New release 0.15. Major bug fixes.
10-oct-02: New release 0.14. Focus management, opacity, tabs, ...
8-oct-02: New theme Redmondxp.
04-jul-02: Try the new demo (JNLP).
03-jul-02: New release 0.13. Add the new components (JDK 1.4). A lot of improvements, bug fixes and theme updates.
03-avr-02: New theme Lothar (mandrake).
02-avr-02: New release 0.12. Focus border, shortcuts, table renderer, ...
17-dec-01: New release 0.11. Transparent menus, texture control, ...
29-oct-01: New release 0.10. Compliant 1.4, Tabs, ...
23-feb-01: Ninth release. Some improvements.
26-avr-00: Eighth release. Some improvements.
14-feb-00: Seventh release. Icon filters, editable comboboxes, ...
22-dec-99: Sixth release. Finally and only for Swing 1.1.
15-jun-99: Fifth release. GPL'ed.
25-fev-99: Fourth release. With samples.
31-dec-98: Third release. Usefull ?
1-dec-98: Second release. More stuff !
10-nov-98: First release of Slaf.

Presentation

Slaf is a new "LookAndFeel" for Java/Swing. The objectives are :

Faster (depending on the theme)
Less consumming (not really)
Easily configurable by a properties file (yes)
Completely parameterized (almost)

It will be use by the final user, integrated by the developper.

Demonstration

Try the demo (JNLP).

A page of samples showing different variations of Slaf.

A hardcopy of an application using Slaf (PNG).

Current release

The present release is entirely written in Java. It needs JDK 1.1.6 or later and Swing 1.1. If you use JDK 1.2.0, please update to JDK1.2.2 or later. Slaf should run on any JRE, from 1.1.6 to 1.6.0.

How to use it...

On the command line

This command switchs to SLAF. It works only if the application doesn't change the LNF itself.
java com.memoire.slaf.Slaf [--theme <name>] <application>

At the beginning of your code

These lines select SLAF.
try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.memoire.slaf.SlafLookAndFeel"); } catch (Exception ex) { System.err.println("SLAF not found"); }

If you want a particular theme, you must call before:
SlafLookAndFeel.setCurrentTheme(args[1]);

Feedback

F
O
R
M

License

The distributions 0.05 to 0.22 are provided under the terms of GPL2 (GNU general public licence 2). You can read it there.

To include Slaf in your non-GPL'ed software, please contact me.

Buy

The confusion between the two meanings of "free" is often made. A free software (free as freedom) is not a free software (as no price). Every software has a development and distribution cost. It is true for Slaf too. It's why a small amount of money (10 EUR) is asked.

The registration is done for the releases 0.01 to 0.99 of Slaf.
It includes the commercial themes.
A user needs to register only once.
The password will be sent to you in a 24h delay (except on saturday and sunday).
The transaction is secured by Yaskifo! and Atos group.

slaf.jar 339k
slaf-commercial-themes.zip 381k

Download

Thanx of thinking to fill the little form above. Warning, Slaf is difficult to compile because of the dependancies with javax.swing.plaf.*. You need jikes and javac. A ready-to-use release is available for the licensed users.

The distribution Slaf 0.22 is here:

Present themes at no cost: slaf-themes.zip 255k (aou-05)

Thanks

Ring

Receipes meals, Market Best, awareness2007 globalwarming awareness2007 globalwarming, Attorneys Attorney Criminal, Tips Useful, ...