I want a way to set default settings like, background colour, size etc. for all components I use in my GUI, what’s a convenient way to do this? so when I do new JButton or JLabel etc. it will already have the settings applied?
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I want a way to set default settings like, background colour, size etc. for all components I use in my GUI, what’s a convenient way to do this? so when I do new JButton or JLabel etc. it will already have the settings applied?
Write a factory method that returns your components with the defaults already applied, then retrieve them from the factory instead of directly creating them.
Or write a method that accepts an instance of a JComponent and sets the desired defaults, that can be reused throughout your code.
Or use a combination of both.
Another option is to create and use your own “Look and Feel”:
… but I would guess that this is much more involved than what you’re looking for.