Hi,
Has anyone figured out how to make tabAreaBackground transparent?  I
override the tabbedpaneUI#paintTabArea   like so:

protected void paintTabArea(Graphics g, int tabPlacement, int
selectedIndex) {
       int tw = tabPane.getBounds().width;
       int th = tabPane.getBounds().height;
       g.setColor(tabAreaBackground);

       g.fillRect(0, 0, tw, th);

       super.paintTabArea(g, tabPlacement, selectedIndex);
   }

WIth this I get control of the background tranparent Color(0,0,0,0)or
anyother color, however it doesnt do it right, in that it doesnt let
the background of the component beneath the tabbedpane to bleed thru.
There has to be a better way to set the tab area background to be
transparent.