how to make Indeterminate progressbar look nicely?

Question

I'm using nimbus lookAndFill

UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");

and my indeterminate JProgressBar looks like that:

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9470/uglyprogress.jpg

can i make it looks better?

You could write your own UI delegate – MadProgrammer May 13 '13 at 21:29 — MadProgrammer, May 13 '13 at 21:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '13 at 10:28

There's an easier solution. You can just copy the progress bar UI defaults before setting the nimbus look-and-feel and then set them back after. You then get Nimbus look and feel but without its progress bar styling.

// copy progress bar defaults
HashMap<Object, Object> progressDefaults = new HashMap<>();
for(Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : UIManager.getDefaults().entrySet()){
    if(entry.getKey().getClass() == String.class && ((String)entry.getKey()).startsWith("ProgressBar")){
        progressDefaults.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }
}

// set nimbus
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");

// copy back progress bar defaults
for(Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : progressDefaults.entrySet()){
    UIManager.getDefaults().put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
}

I found the best solution, based on your! *//setting NimbusLookAndFeel*
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new NimbusLookAndFeel()); *// setting other progress bar l&f*
processingJProgressBar.**setUI**(new WebProgressBarUI()); — Adir, Oct 12 '13 at 17:35

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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You can either use a different look and fill or create your own component.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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Just wanted to keep this l&F, but use another for progress bar – Adir Oct 12 '13 at 17:33
Philip's answer will do it, I didn't think of that, its a much simpler solution too – 0x6C38 Oct 12 '13 at 18:11

how to make Indeterminate progressbar look nicely?

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