I am very pleased today to announce the official release for version 5.1 of Substance look-and-feel (code-named Panama). The release notes for version 5.1 contain the detailed information on the contents of this release, and the migration guide describes two application-facing binary incompatibilities introduced in button shaper and highlight painter APIs.

This release includes the following:

• Rework of Office Blue skin
• Rework of Office Silver skin
• Extended skinning capabilities
• Improved performance
• Better support for disabled icons
• Better support for themed icons
• Visual editor for color schemes
• Extended support for very large fonts
• Vietnamese localization
• Extended tracing of EDT violations

Click on the button below to launch a signed WebStart application that shows the available Substance features.

The following sub-projects are also available as official releases:

• Substance plugin for SwingX component suite build 1512 from January 5. See test application.
• Substance plugin for Flamingo component suite 4.0. See test applications.
• Substance Extras pack.

You are more than welcome to take Substance 5.1final for a ride and report any problems in the project mailing lists, forums or issue tracker.

Sample screenshots of Substance 5.1 in action: