NBTabbedPane Wiki
The intention of this project is to make it easier to use third party look & feels with NetBeans. It's possible as is, but hard due to some custom components you'll need UI delegates for.
This is a project developed in the NetDEV program. So I've got to keep most of the info there. Please check the progress and available features there:
Enhancement provided by this in NetBeans Issue Tracking System
If you want to build this project yourself, you need a patched build of NB. The changes are available in the project folder in a file called "api_changes.diff". You'll need a clone of the NetBeans sources first, and then apply this diff to patch the sources. If that sounds gibberish to you, or you think it's too much work for having a look at a project that's currently only a proof of concept, then please stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed that the API changes will be approved and integrated soon. Then I'll add an update center here.
The build of this project requires at least JDK 1.6 due to the enhancements to JTabbedPane. With the API changes it will also be possible to create a version for 1.5 (It's just a lot more work for less features and who uses 1.5, anyway?)
