Creating a New Look-and-Feel Handler

Gadgets > Rogue Wave Views Gadgets > Customizing the Look and Feel > Creating a New Look-and-Feel Handler

To create a new look-and-feel handler, you can either:

subclass directly the IlvLookFeelHandler class or

subclass one of the existing predefined look-and-feel handler classes (IlvMotifLFHandler, IlvVXLFHandler, IlvWindowsLFHandler, IlvWindows95LFHandler, IlvWindowsXPLFHandler).

The second option is easier, since you do not have to provide an object look-and-feel handler for all the registered gadgets. You just have to provide the object look-and-feel handlers for the objects you want the look and feel to be changed.

The sample lookfeel located in the directory ILVHOME/samples/gadgets/lookfeel shows how to create a new look-and-feel handler.

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