22.6. Pluggable Look-and-Feel
A program that uses Java’s Abstract Window Toolkit GUI components (package java.awt) takes on the look-and-feel of the platform on which the program executes. A Java application running on a Macintosh looks like other applications running on a Macintosh. A Java application running on Microsoft Windows looks like other applications running on Microsoft Windows. A Java application running on a UNIX platform looks like other applications running on that UNIX platform. This is sometimes desirable, because it allows users of the application on each platform to use GUI components with which they are already familiar. However, it also introduces interesting portability issues.
Portability Tip 22.1
GUI components look different ... |
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