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1. How to debug needless repainting occurring within Swing    stackoverflow.com

I'm having some strange issues with repainting going on in a Swing app I'm developing. I'm finding that when I set the text of a certain component (it's just a status ...

2. selected menuText color    stackoverflow.com

I'm using a DefaultDockable, which has a menu bar with a title. I'm using Nimbus Look&Feel, and to set the text color of this title I'm using:

UIManager.put("menuText", Color.RED);

3. Override Swing Nimbus L&F primary color per component instance    stackoverflow.com

i’m trying to override the “nimbusBase� color for specific instance of JButton/JTabbedPane with no luck. only the specific attributes of the component e.g. “Button.background�, are working. ...

4. swing nimbus ShadowEffect    stackoverflow.com

I use Nimbus look and feel in my swing applications and it's pretty cool.
I noticed that it is a "pure" look and feel: it "skins" components, but does not ...

5. How do I use a default Nimbus color with UIManager?    stackoverflow.com

I have a custom ListCellRenderer and would like to use the default Nimbus selection backround color. I can lookup the color with:

Color selectionBackground = UIManager.getColor("nimbusSelectionBackground");