SnapKast Look and Feel

Users have the ability to change the look and feel of the SnapKast windows and components (buttons, tabs, lists, etc)¹. All changes made to the look and feel (except the skin) are remembered when you exit SnapKast.

To change the look and feel, please follow these steps:

1. Click on the to display the menu.
   

   Figure 1: Select the Media Center Frame Icon

2. Choose the category of components you would like to change (Figure 2, A):
   • Skin—A combination of changes following some predefined pattern.
   • Theme—Same as skin.
   • Watermark—The background of the frames and dialogs.
   • Button Shaper—The shape of buttons.
   • Gradient Painter—Defines the way components that have a gradient are painted.
   • Title Painter—Defines the way the title bar on frames and dialogs are painted.
   

   Figure 2: Choose your LAF

3. Select the item in the category to affect the change (Figure 2, B).

Example

With the choices selected in Figure 2, here's a screenshot of the resulting Media Center window.

Figure 3: Finding Nemo LAF

Getting SnapKast to Remember the Skin

The currently selected skin is not saved when you exit SnapKast. If you would like SnapKast to remember the skin, you'll need to edit the MediaCenter.bat file found in your SnapKast installation directory as follows:

1. Right click on the SnapKast Media Center icon on your desktop and select Properties from the popup menu.
2. Click the Find Target... button to go to the SnapKast installation folder.
3. Right-click on the Mediacenter.bat file and select Edit from the menu.
4. Make sure Word Wrap is selected on the Format menu.
5. Look for the string -Dswing.defaultlaf=some value, where some value is usually org.jvnet.substance.SubstanceLookAndFeel.
6. Change some value to the desired substance look and feel. For the skin in Figure 3 above, this value is org.jvnet.substance.skin.FindingNemoSkin. The values of other skins can be found on the substance home page.
7. Click File->Save, then exit the editor.
8. The next time you launch SnapKast, you should see the skin you selected.

Resetting SnapKast Back to the Default Look and Feel

To change back to the default look and feel follow these steps:

1. Click ->Substance themes->Bright Themes->Aqua
2. Click ->Substance watermarks->Stripes
3. Click ->Substance button shapers->Standard
4. Click ->Substance gradient painters->Standard
5. Click ->Substance title painters->Glass 3D

The settings will be saved when you exit SnapKast.

1. Look and feel courtesy of https://substance.dev.java.net

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