JTable and Look and Feels

Question

I have small problem with changing look and feel of an object. In my app I have

public class JavaCommander extends JFrame

and in this class I have JTable that is constructed with my own table model. Everything works fine, but as I said there is a problem when I want to change look and feel. In menu bar I have a menu with available look and feels.

menuBar=new JMenuBar();
    JMenu lookMenu=new JMenu("Look and Feel");

    UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] info= UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
    ButtonGroup group=new ButtonGroup();

    for (int i=0;i<info.length;++i)
    {
        JRadioButtonMenuItem but=new JRadioButtonMenuItem(info[i].getClassName());
        but.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
            {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(e.getActionCommand());
                    SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(JavaCommander.this);
                    table.setShowGrid(true);
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                } catch (InstantiationException e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IllegalAccessException e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                }

            }

        });
        lookMenu.add(but);
        group.add(but);
    }
    menuBar.add(lookMenu);

so when I click on one of the buttons it should change look and feel of my application. But when I do it everything changes but the grid around elements in table is missing so I needed to add

table.setShowGrid(true);

is it normal behavior that grid goes missing after changing look and feel?

Nimbus is misbehaving severely, by not cleaning up behind itself at several places, table gridlines is just one of those - be prepared for more dirt :-( — kleopatra, Dec 25 '11 at 12:25

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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is it normal behavior that grid goes missing after changing look and feel?

Some PLAFs do not paint it.

I was just about to hot-link to some example images of tables in different PLAFs, in this question. Then I realized that source shows the same problem as you describe!

I can get cell borders/ grid-lines in any PLAF bar Nimbus. But once Nimbus has been selected, none of the other PLAFs show cell borders any longer. :(

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Dec 24 '11 at 11:36

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Ok then, it seems it is a common problem, i was thinking that I done something wrong. I will just use setShowGrid then. – Andna Dec 24 '11 at 12:10

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