We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of JFormDesigner 8.2, now with integrated FlatLaf IntelliJ themes, using JSVG for rendering SVG images, NetBeans plug-in supports different look and feels in design view, and more.

See What's New in JFormDesigner 8.2 for the significant or more interesting changes or have a look at the change log for a complete list of changes.

Download JFormDesigner 8.2

Customer information: JFormDesigner 8.2 is free of charge for existing customers if the "Free updates until" date of your license key is 2023-10-16 or later. If not, then you can order upgrades here.

2023-10-16 JFormDesigner, News, FlatLaf, SVG, NetBeans

Highlights

New SVG renderer

The FlatLaf Extras library now used JSVG library (instead of svgSalamander) for SVG rendering. JSVG provides improved SVG rendering and uses less memory compared to svgSalamander.

IntelliJ Themes improved

Many improvements and fixed were made to the FlatLaf IntelliJ Themes Pack. If you use those themes it is highly recommended to upgrade to this release.

TabbedPane: rounded selection

TabbedPane now support rounded underline selection and rounded card tabs. Card tabs now have rounded corners by default.

FileChooser: more localized texts

FileChooser now show localized text for all locales supported by Java's Metal look and feel.

Toolbox-style "small" window title bar

FlatLaf Window Decorations now supports toolbox-style "small" window title bar.

Windows on ARM

The FlatLaf native library is now also available for ARM 64-bit architecture on Windows.

Change Log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/3.2

2023-08-12 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel, SVG

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

Windows 11: rounded popup borders

On Windows 11, popups now use native Windows 11 rounded borders and drop shadows, which gives them a beautiful look:

Table: header hover and pressed feedback

Columns in table header now show hover and pressed feedback:

Change Log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/3.1

2023-04-12 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel

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