Synthetica V2.17 and SyntheticaAddons V1.8 is released!(15:51, 07. Mar. 2013)

We are pleased to announce the release of Synthetica V2.17.0 and SyntheticaAddons V1.8.0. Please find all major improvements below - a complete list of changes can be found at Synthetica changelog and SyntheticaAddons changelog.

New Synthetica Features

Synthetica BlueLight Theme Screenshot

  • Fade-In support for popup menus.
  • Panel background painter support for active and inactive windows.
  • Selected state support for JTree node icons.
  • TitledBorder painter supports content fill.
  • Improved hover support for scrollbars.
  • Improved support for horizontal popup menus.
  • WinKey support to restore maximized windows by shortcut WinKey+VK_DOWN.
  • FileChooser - newly created directory entries will be selected.
  • JTabbedPane - new UI-property to specify size for scroll buttons.
  • Updated themes - SyntheticaAluOxide, SyntheticaClassy, SyntheticaSimple2D.

New SyntheticaAddons Features

  • Support for SyntheticaBlueLight theme.
  • New components for toplevel menus with a collapsible horizontal content area - XMenuBar, XMenu, XSubmenu, XMenuItem.
  • New simple layout manager to layout components horizontally - HorizontalLayout.
  • JYTaskPane - new UI-property to collapse on mousePressed instead of mouseClicked.
  • TaskPaneContainer - new UI-properties to set opacity and image painter stretch policy.
  • DropDownButton - added hover and pressed state support for arrow icon.
  • SimpleDropDownButton - added hover and pressed state support for arrow icon.
  • ToolBar - added hover and pressed state support for arrow icon.
  • SwitchButton - new UI-property to specify alpha value for disabled switch text.
  • Updated SwingX library (V1.6.5-1).
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