IanKrL opened a new issue, #7418:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/7418

   ### Description
   
   The visual difference between a checked checkbox and one that is both 
checked and unchecked (such as in Properties where two objects are selected and 
for one object the property is true and for the other the property is false) is 
very small.
   Checked:
   ![Screenshot from 2024-05-29 
07-13-45](https://github.com/apache/netbeans/assets/132458829/70753476-5efc-4961-9eeb-31ddae899e51)
   Indeterminate (Both checked and unchecked):
   ![Screenshot from 2024-05-29 
07-13-56](https://github.com/apache/netbeans/assets/132458829/9de46cf3-edd0-49e0-921a-6b3a04e1f5b2)
   The only difference is a very subtle background color shift.
   
   FlatLaf is used throughout the code, and there is a related library called 
Flatlaf Extras which provides a class FlatTriStageCheckBox which renders a much 
more visually clear 3rd stage:
   ![Screenshot from 2024-05-29 
07-15-56](https://github.com/apache/netbeans/assets/132458829/a803abd8-63f4-4dba-834a-6d564f5541a5)
   
   I suggest including Flatlaf Extras 
(https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.formdev/flatlaf-extras) as a dependency 
in addition to the base Flatlaf, and changing the Boolean3Inplace class (inside 
Boolean3WayEditor) which currently extends JCheckBox to extend 
FlatTriStageCheckBox instead in order to make this 3rd state much more clear.
   
   ### Use case/motivation
   
   Avoid confusion on whether a checkbox is checked or indeterminate.
   
   ### Related issues
   
   _No response_
   
   ### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
   
   No


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