How do I get the default font for Swing JTabbedPane labels?

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Does the text in Swing components have a default font? In particular, what about tab labels on JTabbedPanes?

I'm working on a mock-up of a GUI made with Swing and want it to blend it with a screen image I grabbed of a Swing app.

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 10 '12 at 22:26

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It depends on the Look and Feel. If it's an application you've written, get the values from UIManager.getDefaults().getFont("TabbedPane.font")

edited Feb 10 '12 at 22:26

Brad Mace

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answered Sep 16 '09 at 17:46

Reverend Gonzo

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Yes, thanks, that worked, although you forgot a pair of parentheses: UIManager.getDefaults().getFont("TabbedPane.font") It turned out to be Arial Bold, as I thought (for what it's worth). – Paul Reiners Sep 16 '09 at 19:27
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How do you determine the appropriate keys for other swing components? – Brad Mace Feb 10 '12 at 22:30
You can get the font for other components by changing 'TabbedPane' to the element type you're interested in. For instance, I just found that the 'ToolTip.font' is 'Dialog'. – marklark Oct 06 '16 at 19:28

camickr · Answer 2 · 2009-09-17T01:34:20.033

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The UIManager Defaults shows what the values are for all properties for all components (including "TabbedPane.font").

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answered Sep 16 '09 at 18:52

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Timmos · Answer 3 · 2013-02-28T14:41:06.377

Based on the answer of Reverend Gonzo, this piece of code lets you know what keys are in the UIDefaults. As the keys are self-explanatory, you know what key you can use. I had to know the key for the JTextField font, for example, and could only find it this way.

Set<Object> keys = UIManager.getDefaults().keySet();
for (Object key : keys) {
     if (key instanceof String && ((String) key).contains("font")) {
          System.out.println(key + "=" + UIManager.getDefaults().get(key));
     }
}

If you're looking for a font, in your case, just cast the key to a String and check whether it contains the word "font". This way you narrow the set of keys you have potential interest for.

I got a list

Menu.font=...
TextField.font=...
RadioButtonMenuItem.font=...
ToolTip.font=...
TitledBorder.font=...
...
TabbedPane.font=...
...

And thus you would need to pick TabbedPane.font.

Tried this on Java8 but only got a reduced subset of items. Changed the approach to assign the result of `getDefaults()` to a `Hashtable`, created an iterator and then checked its keys just as you suggested. — Alfabravo, Apr 04 '16 at 15:40

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 16 '09 at 16:57

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It may depend on the 'Look and Feel' you are using, but for me Swing's default font is

DejaVu Sans - Plain

For most components the font size defaults to around 12 or 13

answered Sep 16 '09 at 16:57

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 16 '09 at 17:42

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It looks like it's Arial. That's what Identifont tells me and it looks right.

answered Sep 16 '09 at 17:42

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score -3 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '13 at 02:20

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The Java GUI default font is "Helvetica", bold size 9, color gray.

answered Mar 30 '13 at 02:20

JavaLicious

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that's wrong in its absoluteness: as others already correcty answered, fonts depend on LAFs and/or OS setting – kleopatra Mar 30 '13 at 10:31

How do I get the default font for Swing JTabbedPane labels?

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