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

We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of JFormDesigner 8, now with integrated FlatLaf look and feel, dark mode for Stand-alone and Eclipse plug-in editions, and Properties view improvements.

See What's New in JFormDesigner 8 for the significant or more interesting changes or have a look at the change log for a complete list of changes.

Download JFormDesigner 8

Customer information: JFormDesigner 8 is free of charge for existing customers if the "Free updates until" date of your license key is 2022-01-01 or later. If not, then you can order upgrades here.

2022-09-26 JFormDesigner, News, FlatLaf

Highlights

This release brings some usability improvements to the window title bar used in FlatLaf window decorations. This affects only Windows 10/11.

Window resizing

There are now additional areas at top of embedded menu bar to resize the window. This makes it easier to resize small frames with lot of menus.

Minimum window title width for moving window

The window title now has a minimum width, which avoids that it is completely hidden in small frames with menus. The window title is important because it is needed to move the window. Without any window title, you can move the window only via the small area around the window icon.

Buttons shrink if space is rare

The width of iconify/maximize/close buttons is reduced if space is rare, to give more space to embedded menu bar and title.

Show app icon beside title

There is a new option to show window icon beside window title, if menu bar is embedded or title is centered.

Change log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/2.4

2022-07-14 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel, HiDPI