GTK+ Pluggable look and feel for Java
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<IMPORTANT>
A lot of this PLAF if based on code by
Sun Microsystems. Please use it only to
test it and help improve it. I will submit
the final version to Sun for approval
and license issues.
</IMPORTANT>

This is an attempt to make Java Swing applications
comply to the look and feel of GTK+ (and Gnome).

The PLAF classes are based on the Motif classes
distributed with Sun's Swing implementation.
They are however been heavily changed.

Most widgets, like buttons and menus, are complete.
Some, like the internal frames, are still Motif like,
because there is no equivalent in GTK+/Gnome.
Suggestions for their look and feel are welcome.

Please note, that some widgets don't exactly behave
like their GTK+ analogues, because the basic Swing model
is different than GTK's.

Furthermore, only the standard GTK theme is implemented,
support for automatic GTK themes support seems yet to be
far off.
The code is not yet tidied up. Useless remains need to
be removed, naming and coding conventions need to
be unified.

I appreciate every help I can get to complete the L&F.

There is also an adapted version of the SwingSet demo,
that automatically uses the GTK L&F.

Installation
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Put the GTK classes in your classpath or (in JDK 1.2.2)
put the jarred classes into $JDK_HOME/jre/lib/ext.

If you want your applications to use the GTK L&F,
include this bit of code:

import javax.swing.*
...
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("org.gtk.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GtkLookAndFeel");
...

To enable the GTK L&F automatically, put a file named 
"swing.properties" in $JDK_HOME/jre/lib with the following
contents:

swing.defaultlaf=org.gtk.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GtkLookAndFeel

Remember, the GTK classes must be in your classpath.
Note, that most applications using Swing hardwire the Metal
look and feel.

Caviats
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- the class "GtkScrollBarUI" only compiles with Jikes.

To Do
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- implement internal frames
- tabbed pane still not completely satisfying
- different component directions buggy
- split pane does not look perfectly like in GTK
- implement combo boxes
- tables and lists not exactly like in GTK
- there is a problem with the buttons in SwingSet's ProgressBar Tab
- TreeView is not quite like GTK
- clean up code