Unable to use Sea Glass Look and Feel together with JFreeChart

Question

When i used Sea-glass look and feel with JFreechart, the chart appreared normally but Sea-Glass didn't change the look and feel at all, although when sea-glass was used without Jfreechart, it worked.

So, what could be the reason?

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{

        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() { 
try {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.seaglasslookandfeel.SeaGlassLookAndFeel");
    JFreeChart chart = chart_producer(url) //my own static method to make the chart//
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    ChartPanel chartPanel = new ChartPanel(chart);
    //chartPanel.setPopupMenu(null);
    //chartPanel.setMouseZoomable(false);
    panel.add(chartPanel);
    frame.add(panel);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException e1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}
};
        }
        );
    }

@TU_HEO If you use another custom look-and-feel, does it behave in the same way ? Or is this behaviour specifically to SeaGlass ? — Radu Murzea, Mar 30 '12 at 14:54
@Sobo : No, SeaGlass is my only customed look and fell till now.. — TU_HEO DAKAI, Mar 30 '12 at 14:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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Note that JFreeChart is not a JComponent. It does not have a UI delegate to change. Alternatively, applying a ChartTheme may be effective.

Addendum: Although a chart is not a component, it may be added to a ChartPanel as part of an arbitrary L&F/layout, as shown here, here and here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Mar 30 '12 at 14:58

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Sea-Glass doesn't work in the way that the new Jframe(with sea-glass) looks exactly the one without Sea-Glass. – TU_HEO DAKAI Mar 30 '12 at 15:06
@TU_HEO DAKAI you can apply Look and Feel only to the [JComponents](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/index.html), `JFreeChart` is not part of a `JComponents` – mKorbel Mar 30 '12 at 15:18
@mKorbel : how about the JFrame (that contains the JFreeChart)? In my case, Sea-Glass doen't make any change to JFrame : the min, max, close buttons... – TU_HEO DAKAI Mar 30 '12 at 15:24
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@TU_HEO DAKAI It wrong, very wrong way to create a new JFrame, use JDialog, JWindow for popup window only, otherwise look at [CardLayout](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/card.html), for changing L&F on the runtime you have look at [SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html#dynamic) – mKorbel Mar 30 '12 at 15:29
@mKorbel: is correct; more above. Frame decorations belong to the host platform. – trashgod Mar 30 '12 at 17:16

Unable to use Sea Glass Look and Feel together with JFreeChart

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