v2.2.0

Changes since last release

New in this release

• Support for insert text mode.

• Text cursor will now show directional hints for bidi text.

• Added cut/copy/paste context menu for text components.

• Balloons tooltips are now enabled by default for buttons.

• Improved html style sheet.

• On Windows (Vista and later) darklaf will now use the system font.

• On macOS Catalina the default font will now be Helvetica Neue due to kerning issues with the San Francisco font.

• Better interoperability with custom cell renderers.

• Improved selection painting.

  • Added property to control whether the selection is extended to the end of the text component.

    textComp.putClientProperty(DarkTextUI.KEY_EXTEND_LINE_SELECTION, enabled);

• Performance improvements.

• New scrollbar appearance on macOS that resembles the system appearance more closely.

• Improved slider thumb appearance.

• Added rounded button variant.

  button.putClientProperty(DarkButtonUI.KEY_ROUND, true);

• Added warning variant for text components.

  textComp.putClientProperty(DarkTextUI.KEY_HAS_WARNING, true);

  

• Added HelpButton component.

  

Addressed issues

• Disabled tables/trees/lists don't paint the cells disabled. dcf8646
• Non standard cares shift text when at the end of the document. 5bcda60
• Visuals of other tex components may be visible outside of border. aaa3a08
• TableHeader doesn't scroll along when TableModel is set after creating the table. #163 d727dbc
• Table doesn't use the Object.class renderer when set. #164 1e1f02f
• Layout of QuickColorChooser has undesirable resize behaviour. #165 673eb77
• Incorrect popup location when using multiple monitors with different resolutions. #162 59e3c8e
• Poor performance when using bidirectional text with non zero margins. #167 252885d
• Text isn't painted when using the toggle button slider variant. 0d1f291
• Kerning issues on macOS Catalina. #128 d3fd5de
• Icons loose opaque parts after changing the theme. 6e6890f
• Popups use the incorrect background after switching theme resulting in flashing when opening it. [Windows] 4a8b4c6

v2.1.1

New in this release:

• Added LoadingIndicator
  

Addressed issues:

• NPE when creating a ToolTipAware[Toggle]Button. #157 58b39f8
• Cells are painted outside of bounds [Tree, Table] #155 88cb7a4
• Disable logging behaves intrusive to log settings. 4259bf8
• Incorrect cursor position [macOS] #156 e629714

v2.1.0

New in this release:

• Add default text to JTextComponent using:

  comp.putClientProperty(DarkTextUI.KEY_DEFAULT_TEXT, "Your default text");

  

• Added support for listening to theme changes through LafManager#addThemeChangeListener.

• Added convenience methods to update the ui of components outside a visible view hierarchy:

  UIUpdater.registerComponent(comp); // To enable ui updates.
  UIUpdater.removeComponent(comp); // To disable ui updates.
  
  // Or manually through
  UIUpdater updater = new UIUpdater(comp);
  LafManager.addThemeChangeListener(updater);

• Improved positioning of checkboxes/radiobuttons in table cells.

• Add the clear button to text fields without it being a text field:

  textField.putClientProperty(DarkTextFieldUI.KEY_SHOW_CLEAR, true);

  

  This is automatically enambled if the DarkTextFieldUI.KEY_VARIANT is set to DarkTextFieldUI.VARIANT_SEARCH and can me manually disabled after the property has been set.

Addressed issues:

• Checkbox for theme monitoring is not disabled if unsupported in theme settings panel. 54c7985
• Rounded selection is not painted on right side in textfield. 73bf8ec
• Text shifts if selected [Windows] 73bf8ec
• Text shifts if caret is at left most position. 73bf8ec
• Button content overlaps border. #148 c301049
• Titlebar buttons don't loose rollover effect. 3b4e17e
• NullPointerException when calculating baseline for JList #150. 21780d9
• Incorrect maximized size when restoring from minimized state #149 [Windows]. dd19ad4
• Popups have no shadows [Windows]. dd19ad4
• Calling #darker or #lighter on ColorUIResource doesn't produce a UIResource. 0f6835c
• Calling #dervie on a FontUIResource doesn't procude a UIResource. d57bb2f
• Disabled foreground color is not set for tabbed pane. cc32dda
• Checkbox/Radiobutton cell editors do not starting to edit the first time. 1f8cea2

Other changes:

• A lot of unused properties have been removed from the defaults. See https://weisj.github.io/darklaf-docs/

v2.0.3

New in this release:

• Added more padding to the grip of toolbars.
• Increased spacing between frame border and icon [Windows]
• New style for splitpane dividers: "gripBorderless"
• Added option to modify all UIDefaults individually after they have been initialized. LafManager#registerInitTask
• ThemeSettings are now synced to manual changes in the theme.

Addresses issues:

• Decorations are lost if a window closing event is intercepted.
• Tooltips are opaque. [macOS]
• Missing title bar with decorations enabled [macOS].
• Incorrect text encoding for property files.
• Foreground colors are hard to read with some selection colors.
• FileChooser crashes in details view.
• Incorrect resizing background [Windows].

v2.0.2

Addressed issues:

• Dialogs without an icon could not be opened.

v2.0.1

Addressed issues:

• Html icons were not loaded correctly.

Support for system preferences.

New in this release:

• Added set of high contrast themes.
• Added OneDark theme.
• Added option to use system preferences.
• Added option for custom font size.
• Added option for custom accent/selection colors (supported themes only)

• Now all buttons can be navigated using the arrow keys when in a button group.
• Tabs of tabbed pane can now be centerd.
• Tabs of JTabFrame can now be disabled.
• Improved layout for popup menus.
• Added VolumeSlider component.
• Windows now follow the theme background when resizing [windows]
• New improved color picker.
• Combobox popup is now aligned to the border.
• Added icons for image/text mime types (filechooser)
• Added icons for pending/missing html icons.

API changes:

• Renamed shadow variant to borderless (This may break your code)
• The default ToolTipContext can be changed now.
• Added api to LafManager for controlling system preferences.
• Added ThemeSettings as a sample implementation for handling all available options.
• Added function to list all available themes. This can also be obtained as a combobox model.

Addressed issues:

• Focused button could not be activated using ENTER [windows]
• NPE when using tabbed pane in headless mode
• Trees could not be edited.
• Tabbed pane would not respect insets of tab area.
• Radiobuttons/Checkboxes had the wrong background color in SolarizedLight.
• Some icons had some incorrect colors.
• Directory combobox in filechooser would switch directory when navigated.
• Tristate menu item was unusable.
• Removed the gap between a maximized window and the screen edge [windows]
• Fixed content smearing when moving content out of the visible range [windows]
• Incorrect window decoration buttons when creating frame after laf has been installed [windows]
• Java 8 compatibility: removed usage of AWTAccessor
• Some borders and background were not painted consistently. This is no longer the case.
• Some disabled foregrounds were incorrect.

v1.4.3.1

Addressed issues:

• DarkBorders always returns the same border.
• DarkBorders isn't thread safe.

v1.4.3.0

New in this release:

• Whether check-boxes/radio-buttons in menus close the menu when clicked can be toggled.
• TristateCheckBoxMenuItem added.
• PopupMenus are now heavyweight by default.
• ThemedIcons can now use fall-back keys when resolving the colour.
• Buttons that meets the following requirements are automatically converted to a style that only paints a background on hover/click:
  • An icon is set.
  • No text is set or the text has length 0.
  • The button is not focusable.
  • The client property DarkButtonUI.KEY_NO_SHADOW_OVERWRITE is not set or false.
  • The global ui property "Button.convertIconOnlyToShadow" is not set to false.
• The selection background of the lead selection cell in tables is not painted to make it easier to spot the currently selected cell.
• Text fields no longer loose the selection when focus is lost.
• When tooltips have the style BALLOON they are now automatically anchored to the component they target. This can be fine controlled with the DarkTooltipUI.KEY_CONTEXT. By default the following behaviour is used:
  • The tooltips centers horizontally w.r.t the component.
  • The tooltips aligns itself to the bottom of the component (ignoring the border)
  • If the tooltip doesn't fit the frame/screen it will automatically reposition itself to fit in. If this fails the defaults position given by swing is used.
• Buttons can now be grouped together to appear as one (e.g. for use in a toolbar that has a toggle button group)
  • This is achieved by setting the client properties DarkButtonUI.KEY_CORNER and DarkButtonUI.KEY_*_NEIGHBOUR.
  • See GroupedButtonDemo.java for an example implementation.
• Improved background of selected toggle buttons.
• Improved icons in file chooser to have better contrast when button is selected.
• The titlebar border is now not painted on windows when no menubar is used.

Addressed issues:

• Scrollbar flickers while scrolling by dragging.
• Sometimes cell renderers used the incorrect foreground when not focued.
• Labels would not update their foreground colour when the laf is changed.
• Text fields that are used as cell renderers used an incorrect background colour.
• Trees flicker when a checkbox (used as renderer) is edited.
• Popups flicker when first shown.
• The window restore icon on Windows is incomplete.
• Table cell editors have misaligned borders when the vertical borders of the table are disabled.
• Some ui properties are not being applied to toggle buttons.
• File chooser filter popup is hard to read.
• Striped background in lists does not extend to the end of the viewport (e.g. in scroll panes).
• Tables don't focus cell when editing starts.
• Foreground of selected toggle buttons is hard to read.
• Font is not an UIResource on macOS.
• Custom spinner editors are not supported.
• Unchecked usage of generics that prevent successful compilation with some compilers (e.g. eclipse compiler).
• Combo box editor border does not survive laf change.
• Minor painting issues when spinner/combobox is editable.

v1.4.2.0

Addressed issues:

• Libraries are loaded even if darklaf.decorations=false resulting in crashes.