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<h1>:: Plastic Options ::</h1>
<h2>Plastic Tabbed Pane Style</h2>
You can choose between two styles for Plastic tabs:
a flat Plastic style vs. the Metal L&F tabs.
The default is the Plastic style.
Make sure you set the style <em>before</em> you set
the Plastic l&f in the UIManager!
You can choose one of:
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PlasticLookAndFeel.setTabStyle(PlasticLookAndFeel.TAB_STYLE_DEFAULT_VALUE);
PlasticLookAndFeel.setTabStyle("Default");
PlasticLookAndFeel.setTabStyle(PlasticLookAndFeel.TAB_STYLE_METAL_VALUE);
PlasticLookAndFeel.setTabStyle("Metal");
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Also, you can preset this option under the System property key
<tt>Plastic.tabStyle</tt>, in a command line:
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java -DPlastic.tabStyle=Metal -jar ...
</pre>
<h2>Plastic Focus Color Contrast</h2>
You can choose between two styles for Plastic focus colors:
low vs. high contrast; the default is low.
You can choose one of:
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PlasticLookAndFeel.setHighContrastFocusColorsEnabled(true);
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<h2>Custom Color Themes</h2>
You can create and use custom Plastic themes; they must
subclass <tt>com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticTheme</tt>.
<h2>Plastic Scroll Bar Max Bump Width</h2>
You can set a global property to set a maximum width
for the Plastic scroll bar bumps. For example,
the Plastic theme <i>Desert Bluer</i> uses this effect.
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