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GUI Preferences - <guiprefs>

This <guiprefs> element allows you to set the layout and behavior of the GUI when the installer runs. This information will not have any effect on the command-line installers that will be available in future versions of IzPack.The attributes that can be specified are:

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 The available look and feels are:

• Kunststoff: kunststoff (JDK <9)

• Liquid: liquid (support removed in 5.0.7)

• Metouia: metouia

• JGoodies Looks: looks

• Substance: substance

• Windows: windows

• Aqua: aqua

• Metal: metal

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<installation version="5.0"
              xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/installation"
              xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
              xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/installation http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-installation-5.0.xsd">

  <info>
    <appname>Test</appname>
    <appversion>0.0</appversion>
    <appsubpath>myapp</appsubpath>
    <javaversion>1.6</javaversion>
  </info>

  <guiprefs width="800" height="600" resizable="no">
    <splash>images/peas_load.gif</splash>
    <laf name="substance">
      <os family="windows" />
      <os family="unix" />
      <param name="variant" value="mist-silver" />
    </laf>
    <laf name="substance">
      <os family="mac" />
      <param name="variant" value="mist-aqua" />
    </laf>
    <modifier key="useHeadingPanel" value="yes" />
  </guiprefs>

</installation>

kunststoff

<laf name="kunststoff">

JDK: <9

Liquid Look and Feel

The Liquid Look and Feel supports the following variant attributes:

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Support for Liquid removed in 5.0.7.

JGoodies Looks

<laf name="looks">

The JGoodies Looks look and feel can be specified by using the variant attributes. The values can be one of:

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<guiprefs height="600" resizable="yes" width="800" splash="images/splash.png">   
  <laf name="substancelooks">      
    <os family="windows" />
    <os family="unix" /> 
    <param name="variant" value="mist-silverwindows" />
  </laf> 
  <laf name="substancelooks">
    <os family="mac" /> 
    <os family="unix" /> 
    <param name="variant" value="mist-aquaplastic" />
  </laf> 
</guiprefs>

Substance

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The Substance look and feel toned-down themes can be specified using the variant parameter, with the value being one of:

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Attribute

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PushingPixels Theme Name

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default

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceBusinessLookAndFeel

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business

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceBusinessLookAndFeel

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sahara

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceSaharaLookAndFeel

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business-blue 

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceBusinessBlueSteelLookAndFeel

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business-black 

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceBusinessBlackSteelLookAndFeel

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creme 

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceCremeLookAndFeel

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creme-coffee

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceCremeCoffeeLookAndFeel

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graphite

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceGraphiteLookAndFeel

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moderate

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceModerateLookAndFeel

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nebula

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceNebulaLookAndFeel

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nebula-brick-wall

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceNebulaBrickWallLookAndFeel

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autumn

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceAutumnLookAndFeel

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mist-silver

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceMistSilverLookAndFeel

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mist-aqua

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceMistAquaLookAndFeel

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dust

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceDustLookAndFeel

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dust-coffee

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceDustCoffeeLookAndFeel

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gemini

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceGeminiLookAndFeel

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mariner

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceMarinerLookAndFeel

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officesilver

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceOfficeSilver2007LookAndFeel

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officeblue

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceOfficeBlue2007LookAndFeel

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officeblack

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org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceOfficeBlack2007LookAndFeel

The Substance web site has been taken off line but is still available in the Substance project source code found at https://github.com/Insubstantial/insubstantial/tree/master/substance http://java.net/projects/substance/sources/svn/show/trunk/www.

To view the gallery of the different toned-down themes, you need to check out the source code and then navigate to the www/docs/skins/toneddown.html file from your browser.

Substance is not compatible with JDK >=9. There is evolution of Substance named Radiance (https://github.com/kirill-grouchnikov/radiance).

Radiance supports JDK >=9 but has class file format incompatible with JDK 8. Radiance has same set of themes as Subsance. So since version 5.2.4 IzPack use Substance themes if run on JDK <9, otherwise use Radiance themes.
Istallation jar includes Radiance only if required JDK min version is >8 (<javaversion> in install.xml)

Istallation jar includes Substance only if required JDK <9 and JDK is strict (<javaversion strict="true"> in install.xml))

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<laf name="substance">

Here is a small sample:

Code Block
language html/xml
<guiprefs height="600" resizable="yes" width="800" splash="images/splash.png"> <laf name="substance"> <os family="windows" />  <os family="unix" /> <param name="variant" value="mist-silver" /> </laf> <laf name="substance">  <os family="mac" /> <param name="variant" value="mist-aqua" />  </laf> </guiprefs>

The Substance web site has been taken off line but is still available in the Substance project source code found at https://github.com/Insubstantial/insubstantial/tree/master/substance http://java.net/projects/substance/sources/svn/show/trunk/www.

To view the gallery of the different toned-down themes, you need to check out the source code and then navigate to the www/docs/skins/toneddown.html file from your browser.

Substance is not compatible with JDK >=9.

Since 5.2.4
There is evolution of “Substance” named “Radiance” (https://github.com/kirill-grouchnikov/radiance).

“Radiance” supports JDK >=9 but has class file format incompatible with JDK 8. IzPack use “Substance” themes if run on JDK <9, otherwise use Radiance themes. Radiance has same set of themes as Subsance so xml-configuration and variants are the same as for substance.
The installation jar includes only “Radiance” if the required minimum SDK version is >8 (<javaversion> in install.xml)

The installation jar includes only “Substance” if required JDK <9 and JDK is strict (<javaversion strict="true"> in install.xml))

Otherwise the istallation jar includes both.

The substance look and feel toned-down themes can be specified using the variant parameter (default: business) pointed in next table. Some variants available in Radiance only (on JDK >8).

If a Radiance-specific theme is used and the installer is running on JDK<9, the default "business" variant will be used as a fallback.

Variant	Substance	Radiance
autumn	+	+
business	+	+
business-black	+	+
business-blue	+	+
cerulean	-	+
creme	+	+
creme-coffee	+	+
dust	+	+
dust-coffee	+	+
field-of-wheat	-	+
gemini	+	+
graphite	+	+
graphite-aqua	-	+
graphite-chalk	-	+
graphite-electric	-	+
graphite-glass	-	+
graphite-gold	-	+
graphite-sienna	-	+
graphite-sunset	-	+
green-magic	-	+
harvest	-	+
magellan	-	+
magma	-	+
mariner	+	+
mist-aqua	+	+
mist-silver	+	+
moderate	+	+
nebula	+	+
nebula-amethyst	-	+
nebula-brick-wall	+	+
night-shade	-	+
officeblack	+	+
officeblue	+	+
officesilver	+	+
raven	-	+
sahara	+	+
sentinel	-	+
streetlights	-	+
twilight	-	+

Background Image

Since 5.2.2 it is possible to specify the background image (

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