Highlights

"full window content" mode for FlatLaf window decorations (Windows 10/11 and Linux)

Full window content mode allows you to extend the content into the window title bar. This means that the content pane (and glass pane) of the Swing window is extended into the window title bar. The window icon and title are automatically hidden. Only the minimize/maximize/close buttons stay visible. So your application can use (nearly) the whole window area.

You can try out "full window content" mode in FlatLaf Demo. Press the "expand" button on the right side in the tab area.

macOS: window title bar close/minimize/zoom buttons spacing

If using full window content mode on macOS, it is now possible to use larger space around the close/minimize/zoom buttons (traffic lights) to give your application a "native" look:

Change Log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/3.4

2024-02-20 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel, macOS

Highlights

macOS: native rounded borders for popups

Popups on macOS now use native macOS rounded borders (including native drop shadow):

ScrollPane: Support rounded border

ScrollPane now support using rounded border. See PR #713 for information how to enable this feature.

TabbedPane: Support vertical tabs

TabbedPane now supports rotated/vertical tabs:

Change Log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/3.3

2024-01-11 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel, macOS

We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of JFormDesigner 8.1, now with integrated FlatLaf macOS light and dark themes, support for using SVG images in forms, and more.

See What's New in JFormDesigner 8.1 for the significant or more interesting changes or have a look at the change log for a complete list of changes.

Download JFormDesigner 8.1

Customer information: JFormDesigner 8.1 is free of charge for existing customers if the "Free updates until" date of your license key is 2023-01-01 or later. If not, then you can order upgrades here.

2023-06-02 JFormDesigner, News, FlatLaf, macOS, SVG

Highlights

macOS themes

New light and dark themes that use macOS colors and look similar to native macOS controls:

Fonts

Packaged fonts Inter, Roboto and JetBrains Mono into JARs (available on Maven Central) and provide an easy way to use them with FlatLaf.

Rounded selection

JMenuItem, JComboBox, JList and JTree components now support rounded selection. This is currently used only in macOS themes for menus and combo boxes, but may be used in standard themes as well in the future. Feel free to use it in own themes to give your application a special look. See PRs for instructions.

Rounded outlined icons

JFileChooser, JOptionPane, JPasswordField and JTree got new modern rounded outlined icons:

Change Log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/3.0

2023-01-03 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel, macOS, Fonts

We've just released JFormDesigner 5.1.1, which is now compatible with IntelliJ IDEA 12 and 12.1, has been tested with NetBeans 7.3, supports Eclipse plug-in in Java 7 VM on Mac OS X (read note below), fixes minor bugs and brings some minor improvements.

See Change Log for details and download JFormDesigner 5.1.1.

Eclipse plug-in in Java 7 VM on Mac OS X

The JFormDesigner plug-in for Eclipse depends on a JRE class that embeds Swing into SWT. Unfortunately, when migrating Apple Java 6 to Oracle Mac Java 7, the class was not migrated. There is work in progress to bring it back, but currently it is only available in JDK 7u12 Developer Preview (1.7.0_12-ea) (from jdk7.java.net/download.html), but not in Java SE 7u21 (from oracle.com). See also Java Bug 7154778 and Eclipse Bug 374199.

2013-05-14 JFormDesigner, News, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, Eclipse, macOS