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Set up in netbeans.conf: -laf javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel and start NB. Select something in Project or Files or...and switch to the editor. The item in Project changes a background color to the ugly dark gray. In NB4.0 beta2 (and probably beta1) it was much better (and I thing correct..).
Reproduced also on Linux
Caused by Tim's integration of HtmlRendered.
Fixed this little annoyance. core/swing/plaf/src/org/netbeans/swing/plaf/metal/MetalLFCustoms.java,v1.7
It's ok in 4.2 20050706, verified.