4.16.4 Appearance

Figure 29: Appearance Dialog

Sizes

Click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the size of the font and the icons in SDMetrics' main window, menus, and dialogs. You can judge the resulting size by the preview fields next to the size adjustment controls.

Make sure to change the sizes in small steps and "within reason". Too large or too small settings may render the application difficult or impossible to use.

Note: you need to restart SDMetrics for the new size settings to become effective.

Look and Feel

To adjust the overall appearance - or look and feel - of SDMetrics, you have the following choices:

• Platform-specific: Uses the look and feel that best matches your operating system.
• Java Look and Feel: The cross-platform look and feel of Java (also known as "Metal" with "Ocean Theme").
• Custom: Here you can specify a custom look and feel, e.g., one provided by a third party. Refer to the documentation of the custom look and feel package for the class name to enter in the text field, and make sure the class is included in your CLASSPATH.
  For example, to use Java's Nimbus look and feel, enter: javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel in the text field.

Design Comparison Colors

Here you can adjust the colors used to indicate added and deleted elements or increased or decreased measurement values for design comparisons (see Section 4.9 "The View 'Design Comparison'").

Click the button for the color you like to change. This opens a color chooser dialog where you can select the new color.