Nimbus look and feel for Matlab

Question

I am trying to change the appearance of my Matlab GUI using Java. Following the instructions of the post found here, I have tried this code:

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

However, the results are not shown correctly and I am getting the following error messages:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTTitleBar$InternalUI.getBottomColor(DTTitleBar.java:1181)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.getLineColor(DTBorderFactory.java:370)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.paintBorder(DTBorderFactory.java:379)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintBorder(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTTitleBar$InternalUI.getBottomColor(DTTitleBar.java:1181)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.getLineColor(DTBorderFactory.java:370)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.paintBorder(DTBorderFactory.java:379)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintBorder(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTTitleBar$InternalUI.getBottomColor(DTTitleBar.java:1181)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.getLineColor(DTBorderFactory.java:370)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.paintBorder(DTBorderFactory.java:379)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintBorder(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JSplitPane.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JSplitPane.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JSplitPane.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JLayeredPane.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run(Unknown Source)
    at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent(Unknown Source)
    at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTTitleBar$InternalUI.getBottomColor(DTTitleBar.java:1181)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.getLineColor(DTBorderFactory.java:370)
    at com.mathworks.widgets.desk.DTBorderFactory$DockedFrameBorder.paintBorder(DTBorderFactory.java:379)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintBorder(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

I do not understand what is happening.

Most probably matlab component is created to work only with Look and Feel matlab has provided. — jb., Feb 11 '12 at 14:44
Thank you for your comment. However, it is possible to do it (see the link I have just added). — julianfperez, Feb 11 '12 at 14:57
Judging by what Muhammad Abrar said I'd recomend setting Look and Feel before Matlab GUI appears. Matlab has some nice initialisation schema and just put code to change L&F before gui loads, it will get rid of initialisation problems. — jb., Feb 11 '12 at 15:07
+1 agree with @jb; more [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9244344/230513). — trashgod, Feb 12 '12 at 13:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '12 at 15:02

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Reading the comment section of the link you provided. Quoting:

Changing the L&F does cause problems with Java exceptions being thrown. To change the entire desktop, set the L&F then invoke:

f=com.mathworks.mde.desk.MLDesktop.getInstance.getMainFrame();
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(f);

I tried it, but just some part are changed, and the GUI becomes fairly unusable. I was running Matlab 2010 on Linux.

answered Feb 11 '12 at 15:02

Muhammad Abrar

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Thank you so much for your answer. Next time I will read the information more quietly. – julianfperez Feb 11 '12 at 16:10

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