FlatLaf look-and-feel with better Dark mode support. (#23)

This PR configures Symon to use the FlatLaf Swing look-and-feel, giving both a slightly more modern look but also much better support for Dark/Light UI modes. Additional small tweaks to make the UI more readable in both Dark/Light modes.

Detection of system theme also added, selecting the Dark/Light FlatLaf variant accordingly.

Gets rid of need for the hardcoded Metal UI for text fields in StatusPanel workaround as well, as FlatLaf renders these small fields correctly.

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/sethm/symon/pulls/23
Reviewed-by: Seth Morabito <sethm@noreply.codeberg.org>
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Retrograde authored and Seth Morabito committed 2026-06-24 23:13:23 +02:00
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@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@
package com.loomcom.symon;
import com.loomcom.symon.machines.*;
import com.loomcom.symon.ui.Ui;
import org.apache.commons.cli.*;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import java.util.Locale;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class Main {
private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class.getName());
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public class Main {
CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
try {
CommandLine line = parser.parse(options, args);
InstructionTable.CpuBehavior cpuBehavior = null;
String romFile = null;
@@ -116,27 +118,11 @@ public class Main {
haltOnBreak = true;
}
Ui.initUi();
while (true) {
if (machineClass == null) {
Object[] possibilities = { "Symon", "Multicomp", "Simple", "BenEater" };
String s = (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
null,
"Please choose the machine type to be emulated:",
"Machine selection",
JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE,
null,
possibilities,
"Symon");
if (s != null && s.equals("Multicomp")) {
machineClass = MulticompMachine.class;
} else if (s != null && s.equals("Simple")) {
machineClass = SimpleMachine.class;
} else if (s != null && s.equals("BenEater")) {
machineClass = BenEaterMachine.class;
} else {
machineClass = SymonMachine.class;
}
machineClass = Ui.showMachineSelectionDialog();
}
if (cpuBehavior == null) {
@@ -146,9 +132,8 @@ public class Main {
final Simulator simulator = new Simulator(machineClass, cpuBehavior, romFile, haltOnBreak);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
// Create the main UI window:
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
// Create the main UI window
simulator.createAndShowUi();
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("Error during Symon UI initialization: {}", e.getMessage());
@@ -168,4 +153,5 @@ public class Main {
logger.error("Could not start Symon. Reason: {}", ex.getMessage());
}
}
}
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class BreakpointsWindow extends JFrame {
final JTable breakpointsTable = new JTable(breakpoints);
breakpointsTable.setShowGrid(true);
breakpointsTable.setGridColor(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
breakpointsTable.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
breakpointsTable.getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener(e -> removeButton.setEnabled(e.getFirstIndex() > -1));
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
private void createUi() {
Border emptyBorder = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(EMPTY_BORDER, EMPTY_BORDER,
EMPTY_BORDER, EMPTY_BORDER);
EMPTY_BORDER, EMPTY_BORDER);
Border etchedBorder = BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.LOWERED);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(emptyBorder, etchedBorder));
@@ -125,16 +125,15 @@ public class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
// Add tool-tip text
carryFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Carry: The last operation caused an overflow " +
"from bit 7 of the result or an underflow from bit 0");
"from bit 7 of the result or an underflow from bit 0");
zeroFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Zero: The result of the last operation was 0");
irqDisableFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Interrupt Disable: Processor will not respond to IRQ");
decimalModeFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Decimal Mode");
breakFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Break: BRK instruction occurred");
overflowFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Overflow: The result of the last operation was " +
"an invalid 2's complement result");
"an invalid 2's complement result");
negativeFlagLabel.setToolTipText("Negative: The result of the last operation set bit 7");
statusFlagsPanel.add(negativeFlagLabel);
statusFlagsPanel.add(overflowFlagLabel);
statusFlagsPanel.add(breakFlagLabel);
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ public class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
constraints.gridy = 1;
add(statusFlagsPanel, constraints);
constraints.insets = new Insets(5, 0, 0, 0);
constraints.gridy = 2;
add(opcodeLabel, constraints);
@@ -392,13 +390,6 @@ public class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
textField.setMinimumSize(size);
textField.setMaximumSize(size);
textField.setPreferredSize(size);
textField.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
// Although we usually defer to the system look-and-feel, for
// these small text fields in particular, we use a Metal
// look-and-feel because native look-and-feel breaks very small
// text fields under GTK+ (they are drawn with an inner margin
// even if the margin is set to 0)
textField.setUI(new MetalTextFieldUI());
return textField;
}
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@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
/*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2025 Seth J. Morabito <web@loomcom.com>
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
* the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
* LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
* OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
* WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.loomcom.symon.ui;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.LookAndFeel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatDarkLaf;
import com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatLaf;
import com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatLightLaf;
import com.formdev.flatlaf.util.SystemInfo;
import com.jthemedetecor.OsThemeDetector;
import com.loomcom.symon.machines.BenEaterMachine;
import com.loomcom.symon.machines.MulticompMachine;
import com.loomcom.symon.machines.SimpleMachine;
import com.loomcom.symon.machines.SymonMachine;
public final class Ui {
private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Ui.class.getName());
public static void initUi() throws UnsupportedLookAndFeelException {
// Location of properties resources for app-specific UI defaults:
FlatLaf.registerCustomDefaultsSource("com.loomcom.symon.themes");
// Enable automatic scaling, based on system DPI settings:
System.setProperty("sun.java2d.uiScale.enabled", "true");
System.setProperty("sun.java2d.uiScale", "1x");
System.setProperty("flatlaf.uiScale", "1x");
// OS-specific tweaking:
if (SystemInfo.isLinux) {
logger.debug("Adapting UI for Linux.");
// Enable custom window decorations:
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
}
else if (SystemInfo.isMacOS) {
logger.debug("Adapting UI for MacOS.");
// Move menu bar from JFrame window to top of screen:
System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");
// Set name used in screen menu bar (first menu after Apple menu):
System.setProperty("apple.awt.application.name", "Symon");
// Use current macOS appearance (light/dark) for window title bars:
System.setProperty("apple.awt.application.appearance", "system");
}
else if (SystemInfo.isWindows) {
logger.debug("Adapting UI for Windows.");
}
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(createLookAndFeel());
}
public static Class<?> showMachineSelectionDialog() {
Object[] possibilities = { "Symon", "Multicomp", "Simple", "BenEater" };
String s = (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
null,
"Please choose the machine type to be emulated:",
"Machine selection",
JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE,
null,
possibilities,
"Symon");
if (s != null && s.equals("Multicomp")) {
return MulticompMachine.class;
} else if (s != null && s.equals("Simple")) {
return SimpleMachine.class;
} else if (s != null && s.equals("BenEater")) {
return BenEaterMachine.class;
} else {
return SymonMachine.class;
}
}
private static LookAndFeel createLookAndFeel() {
final OsThemeDetector themeDetector = OsThemeDetector.getDetector();
final boolean systemThemeIsDark = themeDetector.isDark();
// Set light/dark mode depending on what can be detected from the system theme:
FlatLaf theme;
if (systemThemeIsDark) {
logger.debug("Using DARK theme.");
theme = new FlatDarkLaf();
} else {
logger.debug("Using LIGHT theme.");
theme = new FlatLightLaf();
}
return theme;
}
}