Hi :) We had the same problem. Ofcourse your work a round (you described above) works but it is not a solution.
The work a round we used is: Instaed: [i]BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("title");[/i] You should use: [b][i]Border objBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black); //Also u can create all the rest borders here. BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(objBorder, "title");[/i][/b] [b][/b] This WORKS! P.S. My opinion is that when Synth L&F tries to paint the border in your case it use UIManager.getColor(...) and for some reason this doesn't work. [Message sent by forum member 'ivo_zlatev' (ivo_zlatev)] http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=287252 =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".