Log of changes, including new added features und fixed bugs.

New features:

• Improved pressed state support for JRadioButton and JCheckbox.

• Custom table background color doesn't appear in viewport if #setFillsViewportHeight() is set to true (Synth issue - also affects JXTable, JXTreeTable).
• Drag and Drop Support on MAC doesn't work properly when Meta key support is enabled.

New features:

• New, dark theme - Synthetica BlackEye.
• Shaped window support for Java6u10 and above.
• Shaped and translucent window support on MAC (Java 1.5 and Java6).
• Outer focus support for components.
• Fading focus support.
• Accessible/extensible fileChooser popup menu.
• Smart background image support for JPanels - see customization.
• Improved support for multiple XML config files.
• New client properties to support colorizing of JTabbedPane tabs - "Synthetica.tabbedPane.tab.[tabIndex].background", "Synthetica.tabbedPane.tab.[tabIndex].background.alpha"
• Synthetica provides now an additional DefaultTableCellRenderer and DefaultTableCellEditor to support proper cell highlighting for increased table cell insets.
• New UI-property to specify a custom DefaultTableCellRenderer - see customization.
• New UI-property to specify a custom DefaultTreeCellRenderer, "Synthetica.tree.defaultCellRenderer.className" - see customization.
• New UI-property to specify a custom DefaultListCellRenderer, "Synthetica.list.defaultCellRenderer.className" - see customization.
• New UI-property to use translucent icons as disabled icons, "Synthetica.translucency4DisabledIcons.enabled" - see customization.
• Improved Meta key support for multi row selection on Mac.
• Improved support for derived popup menus.
• Added support for addititional UI-properties "Label.disabledForeground", "Button.disabledForeground"...
• Support of system property "synthetica.window.respectMinimumYPos" to avoid moving windows out of the screen or above top system bar/tray (especially on MAC).
• Updated themes.

• In filechooser filename editing in table mode by double-clicking isn't doable (Java 6 only).
• If DIRECTORIES_ONLY mode is used in JFileChooser the passed path doesn't appear in the file name field.
• An application flicker can appear when Java6u14 is used and a heavyweight popup will be closed.
• Under some rare circumstances a focusable popup ca be overlapped by Systemtray.
• Customized focus for ButtonBar buttons isn't respected.
• Parser exception with turkish locale (Swing issue) - Synthetica#setLookAndFeel(String className) implements a workaround.
• Performance of Java2D based themes (like Simple2D) possibly slows down in mulitscreen environments or if internal frames will be used.

Fixed bugs:

• Table and List cell focus border won't get painted - Java6u10 or above only (Swing issue).

New features:

• Additonal key bindings for details (table) view in FileChooser.
• Updated Themes: BlueSteel, BlueMoon, BlackMoon, SilverMoon, BlueIce, GreenDream, BlackStar.

• Wrong border color for disabled JSpinner (some themes only).
• Customized border insets of JRootPane can cause unexpected results.
• User setting of divider size (JSplitPane) isn't respected.
• ScrollBarPainter can cause NPE under some rare cirumstances.
• Minor artifacts for tabbedPane tabs can appear - Standard look and feel only.
• InternalFrame: User setting of title foreground color isn't respected.

New features:

• Improved titled border support for non-rectangular ScrollPanes.
• Added text foreground support for additional toplevel menu styles.
• Optional DesktopManager to improve drag performance of JInternalFrames with shadowed border.
• New UI-property to disable the remember last directory feature of JFileChooser because of Bug 6744953 - see customization.

• SliderPainter throws NPE if JSlider min and max values are equal.
• For themes with blurred and translucent popup menus the background painting falls back to non-blurred mode if window opacity will be disabled.
• Print dialog throws NPE on Ubuntu OS under some circumstances.
• JTabbedPane tab foreground color can't be set programmatically by #setForegroundAt(index, color) - Synth issue.
• JTabbedPane - tab area background isn't completely filled if scroll layout policy is set (WhiteVision only).
• Slider thumb disappears while dragging - WhiteVision theme with Java6u10.
• ClassCastException with JIDE-SplitButton under some circumstances.
• NPE for ScrollPanes without a view for cache enabled themes like Simple2D LAF.
• UI-property "TableHeader.cellBorder" isn't respected (Java6u10 issue).

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaSimple2DLookAndFeel.
• SyntheticaBatik library to support Java2D based Synthetica themes on Java 1.5.
• Improved translucency support for ComboBox, Spinner and TextComponents.
• Improved border support for ComboBox, Spinner and TextComponents.
• Transparent window support for Java6u10 - see customization.
• Improved RTL component orientation support.
• Minor performance improvements.
• FileChooser now supports file selection by pressing char sequence within file view pane.
• Improved windows feel by ALT-key support for menu activation - see customization.
• Added support for TextComponents and ComboBox coloring by client property "Synthetica.background".
• New UI-property to override minimum window size - see customization.
• New UI-property to specify titlepane title insets - see customization.
• New UI-property to specify list background color for fileChooser combo boxes - see customization.
• New UI-property to specify border color for combobox popups - see customization.
• Updated SyntheticaBlueIce theme.

• Expanded splitpane with centered (one touch expandable) buttons becomes resized when frame is resized.
• Customized DefaultCellRenderer for comboBoxes isn't applied for comboBoxes with empty constructor.
• Synthetica#setFont(...) doesn't respect titled borders.
• FileChooser: Language specific filename characters (like german umlauts) won't get respected while sorting.
• EDT-Violation within FileChooser.
• NPE for scrollable tabbed pane without tabs.
• TabbedPane tab foreground color isn't respected for additional defined tabbed pane styles.
• JInternalFrame frame icon height is restricted to 14 pixels (Java 1.5 issue).
• Added workaround for Java 6u10 issue #6688138 (http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6688138)

New features:

• Improved support for JIDE components (use latest JIDE release V2.2.8).
• Support for selected buttons.
• Added support for UI-property "Slider.tickColor".
• Added support for UI-property "Button.foreground".
• Added support for UI-property "MenuItem.foreground".
• Updated themes.

• Please use the latest Synthetica (V2.7.2 or above) and JIDE (V2.2.8 or above) release and don't forget to update all your Synthetica themes!
• For proper work the latest SyntheticaAddons (V0.9.7 or above) package is also needed.

• Table header grid does not appear on Java 6u10 beta.
• ComboBox layout bug in conjunction with box layout and some third party LAFs.

New features:

• Enhanced logo renderer.
• Improved SyntheticaLookAndFeel#setAntiAliasEnabled to force anti aliasing on Java 6.

• Decreased paint performance for some themes - especially in conjunction with internal frames.
• Exception when file chooser is used within an applet (Java 6 related issue).
• Table header does not respect cellBorder UI-property.

New features:

• Support for logo rendering within the title pane and menu bar area through the rootPane client property "Synthetica.logoRenderer" - see FAQ #39.
• Prepared for Java2D painter support (Java2D theme template coming soon).
• Enhanced painters for better support of third party components - like JIDE.
• Support for translucent toolbars (useful for nested toolbars).
• Improved FileChooser performance. New UI-property to disable sorting - see customization.
• Screen menu bar support on Mac-OSX 10.5 (Leopard) - see FAQ #37.
• Quaqua filechooser support on Mac-OSX when Quaqua filechooser library is found on the classpath.
• Possibility to specify your own default comboBox cell renderer - see customization.
• Possibility to specify your own default table editor - see customization.
• New UI-property to specify default table header text alignment - see customization.
• New UI-property to enable dynamic viewport background (same a view) - see customization.
• New, optional scrollpane layout mananger to modify scrollbar position - see customization.
• New, optional layout manager for comboBoxes to modify arrow button resize behaviour- see customization.
• New UI-property to specify insets for combobox popups (useful for a modified popup border)- see customization.
• Added support to customize default preferred size of progress bars - see customization.
• Added new UI-properties to modify font and position for titled border - see customization.
• Added an UI-property to disable animation - see customization.
• New properties to specify table row/colum margin and default border - see customization.
• New UI-Manager property for JTabbedPane to disable tab rotating for selected tab - see customization.
• New UI-Manager property for JTabbedPane to allow tab stretching across the complete width - see customization.
• All themes have been updated.

• Tooltip text for disabled components is painted with disabled text color.
• File chooser returns wrong directory name in directory only mode when selected directory has been opened.
• Menu text overlaps accelerator text if icon is set (Java 6 related issue).
• JTabbedPane tab area background doesn't completely appear if a border is set.
• Default TableHeader insets doesn't appear with Java 6.
• Separators won't respect border size if a custom border is set.
• NPE within Netbeans (6.0) Options/Identation dialog.

New features:

• Added audio support ("AuditoryCues.allAuditoryCues", "AuditoryCues.defaultCueList").
• Added toolBar handle support - see customization.
• Support for displaying sortable table arrows (Java 6).
• Added JDialog#setIconImage support (Java 6).
• Added support for the "OptionPane.buttonPadding" UI-property.
• New clientProperty "Synthetica.titlePane.enabled" can be used to disable the titlePanel of a window.
• Colorizing support for JSeparators through clientProperty "Synthetica.background".
• ExtendedFileChooser now supports the clientProperty "Synthetica.fileChooser.id", which can be used to set a string id with a maximum of 7 characters. This enables you to control for which filechoosers a different set of preferences will be stored. Same id or no id means share preferences across all fileChoosers within an application.
• Improved file chooser - right mouse click also selects a file item; improved preselection of files and additional UI-properties for dialog icon customization - see customization.
• Improved windows feel - double click on a menu button closes a window (only on Windows OS).
• New UI-Manager property to specify destination insets of the JSpinner border-image. Can be used to disable JSpinner border painting within cells - see customization.
• New UI-Manager property to specify destination insets of the JComboBox border-image. Can be used to disable JComboBox border painting within cells - see customization.
• New Component client property "Synthetica.tabbedPane.keepChildrenOpacity" to keep opacity of child components, because Synthetica possibly modifies opacity of components added to a JTabbedPane tab.
• All themes have been updated.

• Wrong frame bounds for maximized windows in multiscreen environments with enabled monitor adjustment.
• ToolBar button appearance stays even if the button is placed within a container.
• JInternalFrame: "..." appears instead of the title under some cirumstances.
• JInternalFrame: Resize cursor stays when popup menu will be opened.
• JScrollBar: ScrollBar animation appears even if no scrollBar thumb is visible.
• JSpinner: Focus is painted even if JSpinner focusable is set to 'false'.
• ExtendedFileChooser: Floppy drive will be accessed with W2k OS under some rare circumstances.
• ExtendedFileChooser: An exception occurs when a removeable drive will be removed.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaWhiteVision Look and Feel (animated).
• Enhanced background image support for tabArea (JTabbedPane) - see customization.
• Mouse over and pressed state support for comboBoxes and spinner including animation - see customization.
• Animation support for RadioButtons and Checkboxes - see customization.
• Animation and enhanced hover/pressed support for sliders (track, thumb) - see customization.
• Text background image support for progressbars - see customization.
• Progressbar background support for active/inactive progressbars including animation - see customization.
• Button area painting support for frame buttons - see customization.
• Window inactive state support for toplevel menus - see customization.
• Window inactive state support for rootPane/titlePane buttons.
• Centered title support for rootPane/titlePane and internalFrame/titlePane.
• Pressed button state support for rootPane/titlePane and internalFrame/titlePane.
• Gap support for rootPane/titlePane buttons - see customization.
• Mouse over support for scrollBarTrack including animation - see customization.
• Pressed state support for scrollBarThumbs - see customization.
• Hover and pressed state support for scrollBarThumbGrip - see customization.
• Font style/size support for ToolBar buttons - see customization.
• New UI-properties to disable focus painting on textComponents/scrollPanes - see customization.
• Additional UI-properties for FileChooser icons to represent disabled/pressed state - see customization.
• Support of the UI-property "Button.defaultButtonFollowsFocus".
• Support for MAC specific titlePane layout - see customization.
• Support for MAC specific select all shortcut key.

• High CPU utilization under some circumstances (only V2.5.0).
• Extended FileChooser: Exception when dialog will be closed with Java SE 5u12.
• Repaint bug for animations on scrollable tabbedPane.
• Extended FileChooser: NPE in conjunction with preselected temporary file.
• JMenuItems: Text indent correction for Radio/CheckBox MenuItems with icons on Java 6.
• JToolTip: ClassCastException under some rare circumstances.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaSkyMetallic Look and Feel (animated).
• Animation support for ArrowButtons (see customization).
• Icon and Sytemmenu support for JDialogs (see customization).
• Colorizing support for JButtons (see FAQ 33 - How can I colorize a JButton?).
• Updated themes to support "ScrollBar.minimumThumbSize" (only with Java SE 6).
• Improved NetBeans support for NetBeans 6.

• JProgressBar: Text isn't painted for indeterminate progressBars (Synth issue).
• JSeparator: ClassCastException when used in a JComboBox.
• When app is started in unresizeable, maximized mode, resizing is possible through system menu.
• On MAC systems a window can be moved underneath the fixed OS menuBar so the window titlepane and menubar will become inaccessible.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaMauveMetallic Look and Feel (animated).
• Support for blurred (and translucent) PopupMenus (see customization).
• Animation support for ToolTips (see customization).
• Support for MAC specific copy, cut and paste shortcut keys.
• Improved configuration for title drop-shadows (see customization).
• Insets correction for ComboBoxes with formatted textfield renderer.
• Improved UIManager property defaults support (e.g: "ComboBox.font" is now supported).
• OrangeMetallic Look and Feel library file size shrinked (40% smaller).
• Updated BlackStar Look and Feel to resolve some issues in conjunction with SyntheticaAddons.

• Customization of default TableHeaderRenderer border is not possible (Swing issue #6469640).
• JSpinner: ToolTip only appears when mouse is over the border (only Java5).
• On some themes the hover effect applies to disabled top level menus.
• Wrong menu indent correction for popupMenus with OrangeMetallic Look and Feel on Java 5 under rare circumstances.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaOrangeMetallic Look and Feel (animated).
• Animation support for buttons, menuItems, scrollBars, progressBars, tabbedPaneTabs and focus.
• Icon separator support for popup menus.
• Focus support for scrollpanes and text components.
• Backgroundimage support for text components.
• Better indent correction for popup menus.
• About 50% smaller library file size.
• Added 'enter' key support for the FileChooser filename field.
• Updated themes (optimized BlueMoon theme).
• Some refactorings.

• Wrong splitpaneDivider arrowButton location for some themes when orientation is changed.
• JComboBox, JSpinner: Setting background color in non-opaque mode does not completely appear.
• Wrong painting of window title when panels default font is in plain style (instead of bold).
• Wrong textcolor for selected and disabled Radio-, CheckBox-MenuItems (only with Java SE 6).
• Disabled default button is painted in enabled state.
• Exception when internalFrame is iconified and title length is smaller than 4 chars.
• FileChooser: When switching from a multi screen environment to single screen the fileChooser does not appear under some circumstances

New features:

• Mixed styles - enhanced customizing through 'named default properties'. This feature enables you to specify specific styles for named components (see FAQ 16).
• Additional defaults properties for compatibility issues with JIDE components.
• New defaults property "Synthetica.font.disabled" to disable Syntheticas default font completely or for specific components by appending the components name (see customization, FAQ 18).
• New defaults properties for JTabbedPane customization (see customization).
• New defaults properties for RootPane customization (see customization).
• New defaults properties for MenuBar customization (see customization).
• Added UIManager support for tableHeader defaults.
• FileChooser: Better support for escape keystrokes.
• Support for additional SyntheticaAddons components (DirectoryChooser, AboutDialog, DetailsDialog).

• Custom TreeCellRenderer changes to DefaultTreeCellRenderer when Look and Feel is switched.
• No border appears for non editable textfields when "Synthetica.opaque" is set to FALSE.
• Applications which do not use JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE won't get closed immediately.
• FileChooser: Control button panel disappears under some very rare circumstances.
• NPE when FileChooser is in read only mode.
• NPE when decoration stlye for dialogs was changed e.g: dialog.getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.FRAME)
• CheckBox, RadioButton - the pressed state isn't handled in conjunction with selected and unselected states.
• ArrowButtons arrow pressed state does not appear with Java SE 6.

New features:

• Better support for multiscreen environments.

• Maximized window disappears when window is maximized on an additional screen (multiscreen environment).
• When using Windows2000/XP and the taskbar is configured for "auto hide" the taskbar won't appear when the window state is maximized and the mouse will be moved to the border of the screen.
• NPE in conjunction with SwingUtilities#updateComponentTreeUI under some circumstances.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaBlueSteel Look and Feel.
• Support for SyntheticaAddons components (and thereby SwingX).
• Changed license model - non commercial applications are granted to use Synthetica (including themes) for free.
• Improved color support for text components (no pixel fragments on dark backgrounds).
• Support for left/right placed icons on a tabbed pane tab.
• Support for bold selected tabs.
• Nonselected tab insets support.
• Support of JButton#setContentAreaFilled.
• Better LAF switching support at runtime.
• Full Java SE 6 compliant.
• TitlePanes can now be disabled by UIManager key "<WindowSimpleClassName>.titlePane.enabled".

• While resizing of JInternalFrame the parent JFrame is cleared to background color - appears only after LAF switching.
• When a background color is set for none-opaque panels the background will be painted anyway.
• Filechooser: Customized button text can become truncated.
• JButton#setContentAreaFilled is not supported.
• Double shadow border for popups under Mac OSX when application gets started via WebStart.
• Frame icons defined within synth.xml won't appear in the taskbar.
• JTextPane: No cursor appears on empty textpanes for JVM > V1.5.04.
• TextComponents: Light pixels appear on the edges when using a dark parent background.
• JInternalFrame and Java SE 6: TitlePanes are to large - wrong button borders.
• Window and Dialog titles beginning with "W" will be painted blurred.
• Wrong maximized button state when calling JFrame#setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH) before #setVisible().

• Section TextField
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="textFieldBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section FormattedTextField
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="formattedTextFieldBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section PasswordField
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="passwordFieldBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section ComboBox
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
• Section Spinner
  • Added entry within subsection state: <painter method="spinnerBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="spinnerBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section TextArea
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="textAreaBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section TextPane
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="textPaneBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section EditorPane
  • Added entry within subsection state: <color value="#FFFFFF" type="BACKGROUND"/>
  • Added entry within subsection state value="DISABLED": <painter method="editorPaneBackground" idref="syntheticaPainter" />
• Section DesktopPane
  • Added entry within subsection state: <opaque value="true" />
• Section InternalFrameTitlePane
  1. Changed entry within subsection state: <insets top="2" left="2" bottom="2" right="2"/>
  2. New entry within subsection state value="SELECTED": <color type="TEXT_FOREGROUND" value="#FFFFFF"/>
  3. New entries behind <bind style="internalFrameTitlePane" type="region" key="InternalFrameTitlePane"/>:

     <style id="internalFrameMenuButton">
       <insets top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
     </style>
     <bind style="internalFrameMenuButton" type="name" key="InternalFrameTitlePane.menuButton"/>
       
     <style id="internalFrameIconifyButton">
       <insets top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
     </style>
     <bind style="internalFrameIconifyButton" type="name" key="InternalFrameTitlePane.iconifyButton"/>
     
     <style id="internalFrameMaximizeButton">
       <insets top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
     </style>
     <bind style="internalFrameMaximizeButton" type="name" key="InternalFrameTitlePane.maximizeButton"/>
     
     <style id="internalFrameCloseButton">
       <insets top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
     </style>
     <bind style="internalFrameCloseButton" type="name" key="InternalFrameTitlePane.closeButton"/>
         

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaBlackMoon Look and Feel.
• Support for SyntheticaComponents DropDownButtonUI.
• Filechooser: Find and select files where the first character matches pressed key - for list and table view.
• Filechooser: Accessory support.
• Support for JPanel#setBackgroundColor.
• New UIManager key to disable 16x16 scaling of the menubutton image.
• Better support for UIManager defaults.

• Customized background color for JList changes to white after selecting items.
• Maximize button stays enabled for non-resizable windows.
• Filechooser: Exception for list view with Mustang.
• JInternalFrame: Disabled iconify, maximize or close button causes a NPE.
• JInternalFrame: ClassCastException when a menubar is set.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaBlueMoon Look and Feel.
• Support for opaque toolBars - usefull for toolbars which does not fill complete frame width and no toolbar background should appear.
• PopupMenu support for mixed components - does not appear behind heavy components.
• New UIManager key to enable button borders for the FileChooser component "Synthetica.extendedFileChooser.actionButtons.paintBorder".
• New UIManager key to enable button borders for pressed ToolBar-Buttons "Synthetica.toolBar.button.pressed.paintBorder".
• Added UIManager support for some tabbedPane defaults.
• Added a DefaultTableCellRenderer for the Icon class.

• None-resizeable frame can not be moved.
• Filechooser combobox cannot scrolled with arrow keys.
• Filechooser does not recognize unwriteable directories.
• Selected and focused checkboxes/radiobuttons will be painted as unselected with Java SE 6.
• Background for a custom tableCellRenderer including a checkBox does not appear.
• Border for non opaque comboboxes won't get painted / selected element does not appear.
• Popup menus for applications on OSX started via Webstart does not appear.
• Memory Leak for dynamic components.

New features:

• New theme called SyntheticaSilverMoon Look and Feel.
• A separate menuBar background image for inactive windows can now be specified.
• Support for centered one touch buttons of splitpane.
• Support for colorized, opaqued tabbed pane for the selected tabbedPane.
• New property "Synthetica.rootPane.titlePane.background.verticalTiled" to disable vertical stretching for titlePane background images.
• Added UIManager support for table defaults.
• Some refactorings.

• ImagePainter: Wrong stretching for some stretched/tiled combinations.
• TabbedPanePainter: One pixel with wrong color for right border tabs when removeDoubleBorder property was set.
• TabbedPanePainter: IndexOutOfBoundsException in some cases when tabIndex is -1.
• IllegalArgumentException for internal frames without title and enabled dropShadow.
• JFileChooser#setControlButtonsAreShown() does not work.

New features:

• Additional theme called SyntheticaBlueIce - completely free for licensees.
• Drop shadow support for window titles.
• A backgroundimage-pattern for the desktop pane can now be specified.
• Support for background-image of non-editable textcomponents.
• Support for textPanes.
• A background-image for button-labels can be specified (to increase readability).
• Added orientation support for progressBarBackground.
• The width for JSpinner arrowButtons can now be specified.
• Improved performance for JTabbedPane hover effect.
• Added UIManager support for list defaults.
• Antialias text can now be enabled through xml configuration file.
• Some refactorings.

• TreeIcons (treeCellRenderer) won't get restored when switching laf.
• Background will be painted for translucent text components.
• JInternalFrame: Title color for selected frames is not used.
• JTabbedPane: A selected tabIndex of -1 leads to an IndexOutOfBoundsException.
• JInternalFrame: #setFrameIcon is ignored (a Synth issue).
• FileChooser: Exception for apps where title is longer than 57 characters.
• NPE for scrollpane without a component.

New features:

• External xml files can now be used to customize existing lafs.
• Additional theme called SyntheticaBlackStar - completely free for licensees.
• Support for Java SE 6 aka Mustang.
• Full support for MAC OS X (10.4 and above).
• XML-file refactorings.
• Refactorings for all painters and TitledPaneBorder.
• Added selection border for listcells.
• Added focus for non-editable comboboxes.
• FileChooser: Added OptionPane stop icon for file delete dialog.
• FileChooser: FilePanes background color is now the same as table background color.
• Changed default to use a brighter color for table grids.
• TabbedPane border will be now broken only for the selected tab.
• Hover effect for buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons, scrollbars, menus, tabs, titlePane buttons, toolBar buttons, arrow buttons, sliders.
• Added support for custom checkboxes (JCheckBox#setIcon).
• Added support for custom radioButtons (JRadioButton#setIcon).
• Added orientation support for scrollBarTrack.
• JTree-, JOptionPane- and JInternalPane-Icons are now available through UIManager.
• Changed scrollBarTrack background.
• Changed splitPane divider UI.
• Changed gardient for selected tabbedPane tab.
• Changed gardient for left/right placed tabbedPane tabs.

• TreeIcons (open, closed, leaf) appear even though they are set to null.
• Key actions for default button won't get recognized.
• Custom application icon does not appear at frame title pane.
• Corner pixels of borders will be painted with wrong color for opaque components.
• Mustang: Wrong menuItem indents.
• Mustang: Some borders won't appear.
• Default button follows focus (Synth issue).
• ToggleButtons, RadioButtons and CheckBoxes are not selectable by space (Synth issue).
• Selected and disabled JRadioButtonMenuItems and JCheckBoxMenuItems will be painted as unselected (Synth issue ID#6238826).
• FileChooser: Filename field remains empty although a file was selected via JFileChooser#setSelectedFile.
• FileChooser: Sometimes index out of array exception when opening FileChooser.
• No border is painted for tables without TableHeader.
• SetBackground is ignored for non-editable TextFields.
• Separators won't get painted.

New features:

• Improved performance.
• Support for decorated windows.
• Workaround to avoid hiding Taskbar for maximized decorated windows (Swing lack).
• ImagePainter supports combined vertical/horizontal stretched/tiled painting.
• Support for "block-progressbars".
• Support for translucent popup menus.
• Support for translucent titlePane buttons.
• Configurable titlePane buttons with/without button borders.

• Toolbar buttons margin alters when switching application font.
• Fixed #setBackground issue for TextFields.
• Sometimes a short flicker appears for popupMenu drop shadows.
• Filechooser sometimes appears on wrong place
• NPE on MAC OSX when popup will appear.
• A small shape appears when a title pane button is pressed.
• Mouse cursor sometimes does not change after resizing a decorated window (Metal issue).

New features:

• Paint toolBar buttons with or without border is now configurable.
• Added support for toolBar margin.
• Added support for different types of treelines (none, solid, dashed).
• Added selection border for treecells.
• Added compatibility mode for system defaultProperties and some other defaults (enabled by default).
• Added support for translucent toplevel menus.
• Added support for ToolBarSeparator-Images to offer more flexibility.
• Added properties dialog for the extended FileChooser.

• Very small progressbars are painted wrong.
• ToolBar grows when being dragged.
• Box fillers (glue/strut) not supported for ToolBars.
• Exception when using a titledBorder with a null title.
• Wrong title color of titledBorders for decorated borders i.e. etched border.
• White lines under and above PopupMenuSeparators after switching LAF back to metal
• Wrong button margins after switching LAF from Synthetica back to another
• Translucent menus after switching LAF from Synthetica back to another
• Wrong toolbar separator dimension after switching LAF from Synthetica back to another

New features:

• Added focus support for sliders.
• SplitPaneDivider grip is now an image (offers more flexibility).
• ScrollBar grip is now an image (offers more flexibility).
• FileChooser: Pressing delete key is now supported.
• FileChooser: Remember preferences (screen location, window size, view, sort type, sort order, last directory).
• FileChooser: Method to disable remember preferences functionality.
• FileChooser: Better sort performance.
• FileChooser: Group sort order by directories/files.
• Simplified insets for TabbedPane.
• Added a double border correction param for TabbedPaneTabs.

• Fixed wrong border painting (insets) for TabbedPane.
• FileChooser: TableView - TableHeader makes use of LAF defaults.
• FileChooser: Wrong label text for save button.
• FileChooser: Set ToolTipText for listViewButton and detailsViewButton.

New features:

• Added method to switch between extended and regular FileChooser.
• FileChooser: Added cut, copy, delete capabilities.
• FileChooser: Multithreaded support for file-operations.
• FileChooser: Configurable dialogs for file-operations.
• FileChooser: Sortable views.
• FileChooser: Language support German/English.
• Changed look for enabled progressbar.

New features:

• FileChooser: Native icons for directoryComboBox and filePane using FileSystemView.
• FileChooser: Larger default directoryComboBox and filePane.
• FileChooser: Doubleclick on a already selected file or directory does not edit but open file or change directory.
• Polished dialog icons.
• Removed hardcoded insets - all image insets backed in xml file.

New features:

• Gradient adjustment for selected tabs.

• Table row height does not fit for larger fonts.

New features:

• Modified icons for internal frames.
• Different frame colors for selected/unselected internal frames.
• Removed method for blocking LAF switch.

• Wrong JTree row height - especially for larger fonts.

New features:

• Automatic detection of ToolBarSeparator height for more flexiblity. Disabled if size is set manually.
• Additional look for buttons, smaller or equal 12x12 pixel.
• Added grey arrow for disabled menus.
• New gradient for title panel of internal frames.
• Style wrapper refactorings.

• Invalid hover and disabled font-color for html-styled menus and menuItems.
• NullPointerException for titledBorders with a null outsideBorder
• ClassCastException for custom TreeCellRenderers

New features:

• New method to set default font and fontsize.
• New method to enable anti-alias for text components.
• New method to set toolbar separator dimension to support buttons greater or smaller then 24x24.

• Wrong background color for scrollPanes.
• Wrong size for imageButtons on toolbar with a margin set.
• Title of JInternalFrame not centered vertical for larger fonts.
• Some refactorings.

New features:

• Popup Shadow support for heavyweight containers.
• New ToolTip Look including support for heavyweight containers.

• Removed experimental FileChooser class.

New features:

• First official pre release.
• Polished icons.
• New look for tabs (no space between tabs).

• Some minor bugs in ButtonPainter and ScrollPanePainter.

New features:

• First pre release.