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NetBeans and Themes
Builds newer than NetBeans 3.4 release include an improved XML based theming mechanism. If you are running NetBeans using the Java look and feel, you can use XML to control almost any aspect of the look and feel.
For older builds please see the original NetBeans Theme Proposal.
Theme support builds on the support for theme classes in the Java Look and Feel, by allowing your theme to be defined in XML. But it goes further than that. Swing uses string-names and a map to define a lot of things in more detail than themes cover, via the class UIDefaults.
NetBeans' theme support allows you to redefine all properties of MetalTheme, but additionally, it allows you to replace any object in UIDefaults. NetBeans' theme support allows you to define the following types of objects:
Colors, Metric (integer), String, Font, Boolean, Dimension, Inset, Border
all of which types live in UIDefaults.
Using theme support with non-Metal look and feels
Starting with NetBeans 3.6, there is experimental support for using themes with look and feels other than Metal. Some things will work, some won't, depending on what keys and values the look and feel in question actually uses out of UIDefaults. To enable it on non-Metal look and feels, add the following to your ide.cfg (or start netbeans from the command line with this argument):
-J-Dnetbeans.useTheme=true


How to use themes

Create a file following the instructions below called themes.xml 
and put it in the system/ subdirectory of your user directory (for example,
$HOME/.netbeans/dev/system/.  An example file can be found here.

Mix and match themes

NetBeans allows you to define more than one theme in your theme file.  The first
line in the file (after the obligatory <?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8" ?>) should define the themeset.  A themeset is
a collection of themes (you'll really never need more than one):

<themeset active="Tan,SmallScrollBars,LargerFonts">

Notice the "active" attribute.  It is a list of references to 
themes that can be found inside the themeset tags.  Different
themes can be turned on and off by editing this line, so you can
create separate themes for different aspects of the environment,
such as sizes of scrollbars, sizes of fonts, and so forth, and 
apply different combinations of them for different environments.

Note:If two themes override the same value, whichever one occurs
later in the file will be kept and the other discarded.


NetBeans-specific UIManager keys

NetBeans defines some keys of its own which are used in UIDefaults, and may
be customized.  They are listed at the end of this document.

Structure of a theme

Each entry starts by saying what it is, such as 
  <color key="primary1" r="170" g="144" b="119"/>

Each entry has an attribute called "key".  This should be an exact match
to either one of the properties of MetalTheme (e.g. primary1 - don't
capitalize the first letter!)
or an arbitrary string used in UIDefaults.  If you specify a string
that doesn't exist in UIDefaults, it simply create an object in UIDefaults
that nothing uses and map it to that string.

Warning:  Use the right classes for things (see table below).
If you supply a font resource where there should be a color resource,
NetBeans will probably not run.  Fortunately, the format is simple.

The rest of the attributes are specific to what type of entry it is.
For example, a color will have r, g and b attributes for the red, green
and blue values of the color.

Example theme file

<theme name="Tan">
    <!--below are properties defined in MetalTheme-->
  <color key="primary1" r="170" g="144" b="119"/>
  <color key="primary2" r="190" g="170" b="140"/>
  <color key="primary3" r="250" g="240" b="210"/>
  <color key="secondary1" r="198" g="183" b="157"/>
  <color key="secondary2" r="180" g="162" b="145"/>
  <color key="secondary3" r="240" g="218" b="190"/>
  <color key="black" r="10" g="10" b="60"/>  
  <color key="white" r="231" g="207" b="181"/>
  <color key="window" r="231" g="207" b="181"/>
  <color key="controlText" r="190" g="170" b="140"/>
  <color key="info" r="190" g="170" b="140"/>
  <color key="controlDkShadow" r="190" g="170" b="140"/>

    <!--these are some specific colors stored in UIDefaults-->
  <color key="ScrollBar.darkShadow" r="190" g="170" b="140"/>
  <color key="MenuItem.acceleratorForeground" r="130" g="100" b="35"/>
  <color key="Menu.acceleratorForeground" r="130" g="100" b="35"/>
  <color key="Menu.selectionBackground" r="240" g="218" b="190"/>
 </theme>

 <theme name="SmallScrollBars">
  <metric key="ScrollBar.width" value="12"/>
 </theme>

<theme name="SmallTabs">
    <metric key="TabbedPane.textIconGap" value="2"/>
    <insets key="TabbedPane.tabInsets" top="0" bottom="1" left="3" right="1"/>
</theme>

 <theme name="LargerFonts">
    <!--below are properties defined in MetalTheme-->
  <font key="systemfont" name="Dialog" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="userFont" name="Dialog" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="subFont" name="Dialog" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="menuFont" name="SansSerif" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="windowTitleFont" name="SansSerif" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="controlFont" name="SansSerif" style="Plain" size="12"/>

    <!--these are some specific fonts stored in UIDefaults-->
  <font key="List.font" name="SansSerif" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="Tree.font" name="SansSerif" style="Plain" size="12"/>
  <font key="Panel.font" name="SansSerif" style="Plain" size="12"/>
 </theme>


Things you can change in UIDefaults

Below is a list of the attributes that you can set in
UIDefaults using Themes.  These attributes are taken from the defaults
in MetalLookAndFeel, and may vary for other look and feels.  It is always
up to the Look and Feel implementation to use or not use the contents
of UIDefaults.  Note that GTK/Synth look and feels tend not to use 
UIDefaults at all.

Booleans
Example: <boolean value="false"/>
  CheckBoxMenuItem.borderPainted
  true
  Menu.borderPainted
  true
  MenuItem.borderPainted
  true
  RadioButtonMenuItem.borderPainted
  true
  ScrollBar.allowsAbsolutePositioning
  true
  ToolTip.hideAccelerator
  false
  Tree.changeSelectionWithFocus
  true
  Tree.drawsFocusBorderAroundIcon
  false
  Tree.scrollsOnExpand
  true
Dimensions
Example: <dimension key="someDimension" width="5" height="5"/>
  ColorChooser.swatchesRecentSwatchSize
  width=10 height=10
  ColorChooser.swatchesSwatchSize
  width=10 height=10
  OptionPane.minimumSize
  width=262 height=90
  ScrollBar.maximumThumbSize
  width=4096 height=4096
  ScrollBar.minimumThumbSize
  width=8 height=8
  Spinner.arrowButtonSize
  width=16 height=5
  ToolBar.separatorSize
  width=10 height=10
Insets
Example: <insets key="TabbedPane.tabInsets" top="0" bottom="1" left="3" right="1"/>
  Button.margin
  top=2 left=14 right=14 bottom=2
  CheckBox.margin
  top=2 left=2 right=2 bottom=2
  CheckBoxMenuItem.margin
  top=2 left=2 right=2 bottom=2
  EditorPane.margin
  top=3 left=3 right=3 bottom=3
  FormattedTextField.margin
  top=0 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  Menu.margin
  top=2 left=2 right=2 bottom=2
  MenuItem.margin
  top=2 left=2 right=2 bottom=2
  PasswordField.margin
  top=0 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  RadioButton.margin
  top=2 left=2 right=2 bottom=2
  RadioButtonMenuItem.margin
  top=2 left=2 right=2 bottom=2
  Slider.focusInsets
  top=0 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  TabbedPane.contentBorderInsets
  top=2 left=2 right=3 bottom=3
  TabbedPane.selectedTabPadInsets
  top=2 left=2 right=1 bottom=2
  TabbedPane.tabAreaInsets
  top=4 left=2 right=6 bottom=0
  TabbedPane.tabInsets
  top=0 left=9 right=9 bottom=1
  TextArea.margin
  top=0 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  TextField.margin
  top=0 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  TextPane.margin
  top=3 left=3 right=3 bottom=3
  ToggleButton.margin
  top=2 left=14 right=14 bottom=2
Metrics
Example: <metric value="5"/>
  Button.textIconGap
  4
  Button.textShiftOffset
  0
  CheckBox.textIconGap
  4
  CheckBox.textShiftOffset
  0
  ColorChooser.rgbBlueMnemonic
  66
  ColorChooser.rgbGreenMnemonic
  78
  ColorChooser.rgbRedMnemonic
  68
  DesktopIcon.width
  160
  EditorPane.caretBlinkRate
  500
  FileChooser.cancelButtonMnemonic
  67
  FileChooser.directoryOpenButtonMnemonic
  79
  FileChooser.fileNameLabelMnemonic
  78
  FileChooser.filesOfTypeLabelMnemonic
  84
  FileChooser.helpButtonMnemonic
  72
  FileChooser.lookInLabelMnemonic
  73
  FileChooser.openButtonMnemonic
  79
  FileChooser.saveButtonMnemonic
  83
  FileChooser.updateButtonMnemonic
  85
  FormattedTextField.caretBlinkRate
  500
  InternalFrame.paletteTitleHeight
  11
  Menu.menuPopupOffsetX
  0
  Menu.menuPopupOffsetY
  0
  Menu.submenuPopupOffsetX
  -4
  Menu.submenuPopupOffsetY
  -3
  OptionPane.buttonClickThreshhold
  500
  PasswordField.caretBlinkRate
  500
  ProgressBar.cellLength
  1
  ProgressBar.cellSpacing
  0
  ProgressBar.cycleTime
  3000
  ProgressBar.repaintInterval
  50
  RadioButton.textIconGap
  4
  RadioButton.textShiftOffset
  0
  ScrollBar.width
  17
  Slider.majorTickLength
  6
  Slider.trackWidth
  7
  SplitPane.dividerSize
  10
  TabbedPane.tabRunOverlay
  2
  TabbedPane.textIconGap
  4
  TextArea.caretBlinkRate
  500
  TextField.caretBlinkRate
  500
  TextPane.caretBlinkRate
  500
  ToggleButton.textIconGap
  4
  ToggleButton.textShiftOffset
  0
  Tree.leftChildIndent
  7
  Tree.rightChildIndent
  13
  Tree.rowHeight
  0
Borders
Example: <lineborder key="menubar.border" r="0" g="255" b="0"/>
 <bevelborder key="PopupMenu.border" type="lowered"/>
 <emptyborder key="ScrollPane.border" top="0" bottom="0" left="0" right="0"/>
 <etchedborder key="ToolTip.border" type="raised"/>

  Button.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  CheckBox.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  CheckBoxMenuItem.border
  MenuItemBorder
  DesktopIcon.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  EditorPane.border
  MarginBorder
  FormattedTextField.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  InternalFrame.border
  InternalFrameBorder
  InternalFrame.optionDialogBorder
  OptionDialogBorder
  InternalFrame.paletteBorder
  PaletteBorder
  List.focusCellHighlightBorder
  LineBorderUIResource
  Menu.border
  MenuItemBorder
  MenuBar.border
  MenuBarBorder
  MenuItem.border
  MenuItemBorder
  OptionPane.border
  EmptyBorder - insets: top=10 left=10 right=10 bottom=12
  OptionPane.buttonAreaBorder
  EmptyBorder - insets: top=6 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  OptionPane.messageAreaBorder
  EmptyBorder - insets: top=0 left=0 right=0 bottom=0
  PasswordField.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  PopupMenu.border
  PopupMenuBorder
  ProgressBar.border
  LineBorderUIResource
  RadioButton.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  RadioButtonMenuItem.border
  MenuItemBorder
  RootPane.colorChooserDialogBorder
  QuestionDialogBorder
  RootPane.errorDialogBorder
  ErrorDialogBorder
  RootPane.fileChooserDialogBorder
  QuestionDialogBorder
  RootPane.frameBorder
  FrameBorder
  RootPane.informationDialogBorder
  DialogBorder
  RootPane.plainDialogBorder
  DialogBorder
  RootPane.questionDialogBorder
  QuestionDialogBorder
  RootPane.warningDialogBorder
  WarningDialogBorder
  ScrollPane.border
  ScrollPaneBorder
  Spinner.border
  BevelBorder lowered
  SplitPane.border
  SplitPaneBorder
  SplitPaneDivider.border
  SplitPaneDividerBorder
  Table.focusCellHighlightBorder
  LineBorderUIResource
  Table.scrollPaneBorder
  ScrollPaneBorder
  TableHeader.cellBorder
  TableHeaderBorder
  TextArea.border
  MarginBorder
  TextField.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  TextPane.border
  MarginBorder
  TitledBorder.border
  LineBorderUIResource
  ToggleButton.border
  CompoundBorderUIResource
  ToolBar.border
  ToolBarBorder
  ToolTip.border
  LineBorderUIResource
  ToolTip.borderInactive
  LineBorderUIResource
  Tree.editorBorder
  LineBorderUIResource
Fonts
Example: <font key="systemfont" name="Dialog" style="Plain" size="11"/>
  Button.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  CheckBox.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  CheckBoxMenuItem.acceleratorFont
  dialog size=10 style=0
  CheckBoxMenuItem.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  ColorChooser.font
  dialog size=12 style=0
  ComboBox.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  DesktopIcon.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  EditorPane.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  FormattedTextField.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  InternalFrame.titleFont
  dialog size=11 style=0
  Label.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  List.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  Menu.acceleratorFont
  dialog size=10 style=0
  Menu.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  MenuBar.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  MenuItem.acceleratorFont
  dialog size=10 style=0
  MenuItem.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  OptionPane.font
  dialog size=12 style=0
  Panel.font
  dialog size=12 style=0
  PasswordField.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  PopupMenu.font
  dialog size=12 style=0
  ProgressBar.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  RadioButton.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  RadioButtonMenuItem.acceleratorFont
  dialog size=10 style=0
  RadioButtonMenuItem.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  ScrollPane.font
  dialog size=12 style=0
  Spinner.font
  monospaced size=12 style=0
  TabbedPane.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  Table.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  TableHeader.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  TextArea.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  TextField.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  TextPane.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  TitledBorder.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  ToggleButton.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  ToolBar.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  ToolTip.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  Tree.font
  dialog size=11 style=0
  Viewport.font
  dialog size=12 style=0
Colors
Example: <color key="primary1" r="0" g="0" b="255"/>
  Button.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Button.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  Button.disabledText
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Button.focus
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  Button.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Button.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Button.light
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Button.select
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Button.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  CheckBox.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  CheckBox.disabledText
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  CheckBox.focus
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  CheckBox.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  CheckBoxMenuItem.acceleratorForeground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  CheckBoxMenuItem.acceleratorSelectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  CheckBoxMenuItem.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  CheckBoxMenuItem.disabledForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  CheckBoxMenuItem.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  CheckBoxMenuItem.selectionBackground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  CheckBoxMenuItem.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Checkbox.select
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ColorChooser.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ColorChooser.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ColorChooser.swatchesDefaultRecentColor
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ComboBox.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ComboBox.buttonBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ComboBox.buttonDarkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ComboBox.buttonHighlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  ComboBox.buttonShadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ComboBox.disabledBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ComboBox.disabledForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ComboBox.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ComboBox.listBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ComboBox.listForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ComboBox.selectionBackground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  ComboBox.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Desktop.background
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  DesktopIcon.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  DesktopIcon.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  EditorPane.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  EditorPane.caretForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  EditorPane.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  EditorPane.inactiveForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  EditorPane.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  EditorPane.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  FormattedTextField.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  FormattedTextField.caretForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  FormattedTextField.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  FormattedTextField.inactiveBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  FormattedTextField.inactiveForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  FormattedTextField.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  FormattedTextField.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  InternalFrame.activeTitleBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  InternalFrame.activeTitleForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  InternalFrame.borderColor
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  InternalFrame.borderDarkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  InternalFrame.borderHighlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  InternalFrame.borderLight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  InternalFrame.borderShadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  InternalFrame.inactiveTitleBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  InternalFrame.inactiveTitleForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Label.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Label.disabledForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Label.disabledShadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Label.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  List.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  List.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  List.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  List.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Menu.acceleratorForeground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  Menu.acceleratorSelectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Menu.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Menu.disabledForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Menu.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Menu.selectionBackground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  Menu.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  MenuBar.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  MenuBar.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  MenuBar.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  MenuBar.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  MenuItem.acceleratorForeground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  MenuItem.acceleratorSelectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  MenuItem.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  MenuItem.disabledForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  MenuItem.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  MenuItem.selectionBackground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  MenuItem.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  OptionPane.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  OptionPane.errorDialog.border.background
  red=153 green=51 blue=51
  OptionPane.errorDialog.titlePane.background
  red=255 green=153 blue=153
  OptionPane.errorDialog.titlePane.foreground
  red=51 green=0 blue=0
  OptionPane.errorDialog.titlePane.shadow
  red=204 green=102 blue=102
  OptionPane.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  OptionPane.messageForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  OptionPane.questionDialog.border.background
  red=51 green=102 blue=51
  OptionPane.questionDialog.titlePane.background
  red=153 green=204 blue=153
  OptionPane.questionDialog.titlePane.foreground
  red=0 green=51 blue=0
  OptionPane.questionDialog.titlePane.shadow
  red=102 green=153 blue=102
  OptionPane.warningDialog.border.background
  red=153 green=102 blue=51
  OptionPane.warningDialog.titlePane.background
  red=255 green=204 blue=153
  OptionPane.warningDialog.titlePane.foreground
  red=102 green=51 blue=0
  OptionPane.warningDialog.titlePane.shadow
  red=204 green=153 blue=102
  Panel.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Panel.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  PasswordField.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  PasswordField.caretForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  PasswordField.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  PasswordField.inactiveBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  PasswordField.inactiveForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  PasswordField.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  PasswordField.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  PopupMenu.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  PopupMenu.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ProgressBar.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ProgressBar.backgroundHighlight
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ProgressBar.foreground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  ProgressBar.foregroundHighlight
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  ProgressBar.selectionBackground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  ProgressBar.selectionForeground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  RadioButton.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  RadioButton.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  RadioButton.disabledText
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  RadioButton.focus
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  RadioButton.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  RadioButton.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  RadioButton.light
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  RadioButton.select
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  RadioButton.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  RadioButtonMenuItem.acceleratorForeground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  RadioButtonMenuItem.acceleratorSelectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  RadioButtonMenuItem.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  RadioButtonMenuItem.disabledForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  RadioButtonMenuItem.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  RadioButtonMenuItem.selectionBackground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  RadioButtonMenuItem.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ScrollBar.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ScrollBar.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ScrollBar.foreground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ScrollBar.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  ScrollBar.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ScrollBar.thumb
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  ScrollBar.thumbDarkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ScrollBar.thumbHighlight
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  ScrollBar.thumbShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  ScrollBar.track
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ScrollBar.trackHighlight
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ScrollPane.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ScrollPane.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Separator.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Separator.foreground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  Separator.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Separator.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Slider.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Slider.focus
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  Slider.foreground
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  Slider.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Slider.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Spinner.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Spinner.foreground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  SplitPane.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  SplitPane.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  SplitPane.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  SplitPane.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TabbedPane.background
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TabbedPane.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  TabbedPane.focus
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  TabbedPane.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TabbedPane.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TabbedPane.light
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  TabbedPane.selectHighlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TabbedPane.selected
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  TabbedPane.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TabbedPane.tabAreaBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Table.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Table.focusCellBackground
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Table.focusCellForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Table.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Table.gridColor
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  Table.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  Table.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TableHeader.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  TableHeader.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextArea.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TextArea.caretForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextArea.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextArea.inactiveForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TextArea.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  TextArea.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextField.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TextField.caretForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextField.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  TextField.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextField.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TextField.inactiveBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  TextField.inactiveForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TextField.light
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TextField.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  TextField.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextField.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TextPane.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  TextPane.caretForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextPane.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TextPane.inactiveForeground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  TextPane.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  TextPane.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  TitledBorder.titleColor
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ToggleButton.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToggleButton.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ToggleButton.disabledBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToggleButton.disabledSelectedBackground
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ToggleButton.disabledSelectedText
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ToggleButton.disabledText
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ToggleButton.focus
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  ToggleButton.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ToggleButton.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  ToggleButton.light
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  ToggleButton.select
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ToggleButton.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ToggleButton.text
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToolBar.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToolBar.darkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  ToolBar.dockingBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToolBar.dockingForeground
  red=102 green=102 blue=153
  ToolBar.floatingBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToolBar.floatingForeground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  ToolBar.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ToolBar.highlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  ToolBar.light
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  ToolBar.shadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  ToolTip.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  ToolTip.backgroundInactive
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  ToolTip.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  ToolTip.foregroundInactive
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  Tree.background
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Tree.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Tree.hash
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  Tree.line
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  Tree.selectionBackground
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  Tree.selectionBorderColor
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  Tree.selectionForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Tree.textBackground
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  Tree.textForeground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  Viewport.background
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  Viewport.foreground
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  activeCaption
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  activeCaptionBorder
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  activeCaptionText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  control
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  controlDkShadow
  red=102 green=102 blue=102
  controlHighlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  controlLtHighlight
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  controlShadow
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  controlText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  desktop
  red=153 green=153 blue=204
  inactiveCaption
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  inactiveCaptionBorder
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  inactiveCaptionText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  info
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  infoText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  menu
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  menuText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  scrollbar
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  text
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  textHighlight
  red=204 green=204 blue=255
  textHighlightText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  textInactiveText
  red=153 green=153 blue=153
  textText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
  window
  red=255 green=255 blue=255
  windowBorder
  red=204 green=204 blue=204
  windowText
  red=0 green=0 blue=0
Strings
Example: <string key="someString" value"value"/>
  ButtonUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalButtonUI
  CheckBoxMenuItem.commandSound
  sounds/MenuItemCommand.wav
  CheckBoxMenuItemUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicCheckBoxMenuItemUI
  CheckBoxUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalCheckBoxUI
  ColorChooserUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicColorChooserUI
  ComboBoxUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalComboBoxUI
  DesktopIconUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalDesktopIconUI
  DesktopPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDesktopPaneUI
  EditorPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicEditorPaneUI
  FileChooserUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI
  FormattedTextFieldUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicFormattedTextFieldUI
  HelpContentViewerUI
  javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicContentViewerUI
  HelpIndexNavigatorUI
  javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicIndexNavigatorUI
  HelpSearchNavigatorUI
  javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicSearchNavigatorUI
  HelpTOCNavigatorUI
  javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicTOCNavigatorUI
  HelpUI
  javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicHelpUI
  InternalFrame.closeSound
  sounds/FrameClose.wav
  InternalFrame.maximizeSound
  sounds/FrameMaximize.wav
  InternalFrame.minimizeSound
  sounds/FrameMinimize.wav
  InternalFrame.restoreDownSound
  sounds/FrameRestoreDown.wav
  InternalFrame.restoreUpSound
  sounds/FrameRestoreUp.wav
  InternalFrameUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalInternalFrameUI
  LabelUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLabelUI
  ListUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI
  MenuBarUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuBarUI
  MenuItem.acceleratorDelimiter
  -
  MenuItem.commandSound
  sounds/MenuItemCommand.wav
  MenuItemUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI
  MenuUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuUI
  OptionPane.errorSound
  sounds/OptionPaneError.wav
  OptionPane.informationSound
  sounds/OptionPaneInformation.wav
  OptionPane.questionSound
  sounds/OptionPaneQuestion.wav
  OptionPane.warningSound
  sounds/OptionPaneWarning.wav
  OptionPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicOptionPaneUI
  PanelUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPanelUI
  PasswordFieldUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPasswordFieldUI
  PopupMenu.popupSound
  sounds/PopupMenuPopup.wav
  PopupMenuSeparatorUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalPopupMenuSeparatorUI
  PopupMenuUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPopupMenuUI
  ProgressBarUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalProgressBarUI
  RadioButtonMenuItem.commandSound
  sounds/MenuItemCommand.wav
  RadioButtonMenuItemUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicRadioButtonMenuItemUI
  RadioButtonUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalRadioButtonUI
  RootPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalRootPaneUI
  ScrollBarUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalScrollBarUI
  ScrollPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalScrollPaneUI
  SeparatorUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalSeparatorUI
  SliderUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalSliderUI
  SpinnerUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicSpinnerUI
  SplitPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalSplitPaneUI
  TabbedPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalTabbedPaneUI
  TableHeaderUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI
  TableUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI
  TextAreaUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextAreaUI
  TextFieldUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalTextFieldUI
  TextPaneUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextPaneUI
  ToggleButtonUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalToggleButtonUI
  ToolBarSeparatorUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicToolBarSeparatorUI
  ToolBarUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalToolBarUI
  ToolTipUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalToolTipUI
  TreeUI
  javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalTreeUI
  ViewportUI
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicViewportUI



NetBeans-specific UIManager keys

Note that all of these are subject to change/removal.  The following is a 
listing for NetBeans 3.6:


NetBeans UIManager keys
Key What is it Type
  
    nb.output.selectionBackground
    Background color for selected errors in the output window
    Color
  
  
  
    
    nb.hyperlink.foreground
    
    
    Foreground color for hyperlinks in the output window.
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    nb.output.background
    
    
    General background color for the output window
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    Tree.altbackground
    
    
    Alternate background for every other row in the property sheet
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    PropSheet.setBackground
    
    
    Color for expandable property sets in the property sheet
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    PropSheet.selectedSetBackground
    
    
    Color for expandable property sets in the property sheet when selected
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    PropSheet.setForeground
    
    
    Font color for expandable property sets in the property sheet
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    nb.errorColor
    
    
    Error indication color in the property sheet and other places
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    PropSheet.selectedSetForeground
    
    
        Font color for expandable property sets in the property sheet when selected
    
    
    Color
    
  
  
  
    
    netbeans.ps.iconmargin
    
    
    Margin to the left of the expansion handle icon in the property sheet
    
    
    Integer
    
  
  
  
    
    netbeans.ps.rowheight
    
    
    Fixed row height for rows in the property sheet.  If not set, it will be calculated from
    the font size
    
    
    Integer
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