if (((String)entry.getKey()).startsWith(“Slider”)){

to this

if (entry.getKey() instanceof String && ((String)entry.getKey()).startsWith(“Slider”)){

and it works.

I ran into a few problems with the example as published. The first being a class cast exception on line 49 where:

if (((String)entry.getKey()).startsWith(“Slider”)) {
…
}

… it appears to have run to a point, but then died …

Since I am trying to use this example to get information on how to customize the TabbedPane.TabbedPaneTabArea, I commented out this if statement so that I could see all of the entries ->

I then switched the order of the two …putClientProperty(… ( lines 88 and 89 ) statements.

All worked well after that.

I hope that this helps someone else running across this. Thank you for the example, I hope to figure out how to customize the tabs’ tab areas now!

~a~

….putClientProperty(”Nimbus.Overrides.InheritDefaults”, Boolean.TRUE);
..,.putClientProperty(”Nimbus.Overrides”, properties);

Effects things and I can’t remember the correct order off the top of my head. The other thing is you may need to call updateUI() on the component after setting them to force Nimbus to clear any cached values. Hope that helps

Here is the basics of the code I am using on JDK 1.6.0 Update 17:

// Set some wacky colors for the frame’s theme
UIDefaults defaults = UIManager.getDefaults();
defaults.put(“nimbusBase”, new Color(0, 255, 0));
defaults.put(“nimbusBlueGrey”, new Color(200, 0, 0));
defaults.put(“control”, Color.black);
defaults.put(“text”, Color.black);

// Omitted: Create components and add them to the frame. Pack and show the frame.

UIDefaults dialogTheme = new UIDefaults();
dialogTheme.put(“nimbusBase”, new Color(61, 0, 0));
dialogTheme.put(“nimbusBlueGrey”, new Color(0, 0, 200));
dialogTheme.put(“control”, Color.white);
dialogTheme.put(“text”, Color.pink);

JButton dialogButton = new JButton(“Hello”);
dialogButton.putClientProperty(“Nimbus.Overrides.InheritDefaults”, Boolean.TRUE);
dialogButton.putClientProperty(“Nimbus.Overrides”, properties);

JPanel dialogPanel = new JPanel();
dialogPanel.putClientProperty(“Nimbus.Overrides.InheritDefaults”, Boolean.TRUE);
dialogPanel.putClientProperty(“Nimbus.Overrides”, properties);
dialogPanel.add(dialogButton);

// Omitted: Create dialog, add dialogPanel, pack and show dialog

Thanks!