Use emulated look for app permanently

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Sat May 20 19:58:06 EDT 2006


Garrett Hylltun wrote:
 > J. Landman Gay wrote:
 >> Garrett Hylltun wrote:
 >>> Rev 2.6.1 / Linux
 >>>
 >>> Greetings,
 >>>
 >>> Is it possible to permanently use one of the emulated "look & feel"
 >>> themes in a standalone rev app?
 >>>
 >>> That motif is just so ugly that I'd rather use the Windows emulated
 >>> look all the time for any Linux app I make.
 >>
 >> Try setting the "lookandfeel" property to either "windows 95" or
 >> "macintosh". This is a global property that affects the entire
 >> environment. I haven't actually tried it in a standalone but it is
 >> worth a test.
 >>
 >
 >
 > I did try that.  But it doesn't stick with the standalone  :-(  Which
 > amazed me since I've seen several people ask how to get the look & feel
 > emulation to not stick with their standalones.

It's not a permanent property of the stack, it is an engine runtime 
property. Try setting it in a preOpenStack handler.

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