Before you read, here are some clarifications on what the question is about: The SSCCE is designed for Java 7. It would be possible to use sun.*.AWTUtilities to adapt it to Java 6, but it does no...

I am trying to use the UIManager to get and clear some default key bindings so that the spacebar doesn't activate my JButtons, as explained here. Problem is, likely due to my synth look and feel, (...

Let's say I want to use a custom image for the arrow in JComboBox, how can I do this? I understand it's possible using the synth xml files, or maybe even UIManager.put(...), but I don't know how....