Making a cross platform UI that is pretty, using Java

[phrostbyte]

Is this possible? :D Long time since I've looked at Java.

Does Eclipse have a SWT visual designer?

[juancarlospaco]

Python can be cross-platform too :)
random example:Bleachbit for Windows

[apoth]

Turn on GTK look and feel if present?

[kpkeerthi]

Is this possible? :D Long time since I've looked at Java.

yes. SWT is a better choice compared to Swing if you want to do Java way.



Does Eclipse have a SWT visual designer?

There is. http://www.eclipse.org/vep/ . But I haven't seen much progress in a long time.

http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#guibuilder

[apoth]

I prefer Swing to SWT.

[The Cog]

This may be of interest:
http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/

[kknd]

If you don't mind the strange look and feel (the GTK one have a lot of glitches) of Swing (and it's huge memory usage), use Swing, as it comes with the JRE.

Else, you can try JavaGNOME (for GTK+) or QtJambi (for Qt).