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Changing NetBeans look
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NetBeans 4.0 or higher
To change the look of NetBeans you have to edit the netbeans.conf file. You can find this file in
the XXX/netbeans/etc folder where XXX stands for the relative path of your NetBeans installation.
Open this file in a text editor and change the following line
netbeans_default_options="-J-Xms32m -J-Xmx128m -J-XX:PermSize=32m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=96m -J-Xverify:none"
to
netbeans_default_options="-J-Xms32m -J-Xmx128m -J-XX:PermSize=32m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=96m -J-Xverify:none -laf com.jtattoo.plaf.smart.SmartLookAndFeel"
Copy the JTattoo.jar file into the XXX/netbeans/platform5/lib folder.
NetBeans before 4.0
To change the look of NetBeans you have to edit the ide.cfg file. You can find this file in
the XXX/netbeans/bin folder where XXX stands for the relative path of your NetBeans installation.
Open this file in a text editor and change respectively insert the following line
-ui com.jtattoo.plaf.aluminium.AluminiumLookAndFeel
Copy the JTattoo.jar file into the XXX/netbeans/lib folder.
Next time you start NetBeans you will be suprised.