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

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

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

Highlights

macOS improvements in FlatLaf Demo

The FlatLaf Demo now demonstrates how to use the "full window content" feature on macOS to extend the content into the window title bar:

This is the old FlatLaf Demo without "full window content":

And here is a guide to use this in own applications.

File chooser shortcuts panel

This release adds a shortcuts panel to the left side of all file choosers (class JFileChooser):

On Windows, the content of the shortcuts panel is the same as in the Java Windows L&F. On macOS and Linux the shortcuts panel is empty and hidden. However you can customize the content. See PR #522

Change log

See https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/releases/tag/2.3

2022-05-28 FlatLaf, Swing, Look and Feel, HiDPI