Minor Microbot Panel UI Update

[Bolado]

The current UI decisions regarding tabs lack clarity for users unfamiliar with the client. This change will make things more straightforward and easier to distinguish between installed plugins and the hub. Additionally, when most of the plugins are migrated over to the hub, I have separated the "NEW" badge code so it can be easily removed when it's no longer needed!

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This pull request enhances the MicrobotTopLevelConfigPanel by introducing a temporary, animated "NEW" badge overlay for the Plugin Hub tab, improves tab icon clarity by generating text-based icons programmatically, and refactors tab management for better maintainability. These changes aim to improve the user interface and experience until all plugins are migrated to the Hub.

UI Enhancements:

• Added an animated "NEW" badge overlay to the Plugin Hub tab using a custom glassPane and timer, including logic to position, display, and clean up the badge as needed. This is a temporary feature to highlight the Hub until all plugins are migrated.
• Replaced image-based tab icons with programmatically generated text-based icons for better clarity and flexibility, leveraging a new createTextIcon helper method. [1] [2]

Tab Management Refactoring:

• Refactored tab creation methods to use ImageIcon objects and more descriptive tooltip keys instead of image file names, simplifying panel switching logic and improving code readability.
• Updated event handling to ensure the "NEW" badge overlay is properly initialized on activation and cleaned up on deactivation of the panel.

Dependency and Import Updates:

• Added necessary imports for FontManager and BufferedImage to support the new icon and badge rendering features.

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The UI switches tab icons from image files to dynamically rendered text icons using FontManager and BufferedImage, via createTextIcon. A “NEW” badge overlay for the Microbot Hub tab is added, using a glass pane, a Timer-driven repaint, and positioning logic tied to hubTab; it initializes on activation and is cleaned up on deactivation. Tab management now accepts ImageIcon instead of image paths, uses tooltip strings as CardLayout keys, and updates switchTo accordingly. Imports are adjusted, hubTab is tracked, and content panels are added via tooltip keys. No exported/public signatures change.

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Title Check	✅ Passed	The title “Minor Microbot Panel UI Update” clearly indicates that the pull request makes user interface changes to the Microbot panel, which aligns with the primary enhancements (animated badge overlay, text-based icons, and tab refactoring), making it at least partially related to the main changes.
Description Check	✅ Passed	The description outlines why the UI changes are needed—clarifying tab distinctions and temporarily highlighting the Plugin Hub with a removable “NEW” badge—and summarizes the key updates (badge overlay and icon refactoring), demonstrating a clear relation to the actual changeset.

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Actionable comments posted: 4

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runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/ui/MicrobotTopLevelConfigPanel.java (2)

148-149: Replace debug prints with structured logging.

Avoid System.out.println in production code.

-        System.out.println("DEBUG: Badge cleaned up");
+        log.debug("Badge overlay cleaned up");

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231-246: Don’t use tooltip text as CardLayout keys.

Tooltips are user-visible/localizable and may change, causing brittle switching. Use stable keys.

Example refactor:

-    private MaterialTab addTab(PluginPanel panel, ImageIcon icon, String tooltip) {
+    private MaterialTab addTab(PluginPanel panel, ImageIcon icon, String key, String tooltip) {
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-        content.add(tooltip, panel.getWrappedPanel());
+        content.add(key, panel.getWrappedPanel());
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-            switchTo(tooltip, panel, false);
+            switchTo(key, panel, false);

Apply the same to the Provider variant, and in the ctor:

pluginListPanelTab = addTab(pluginListPanel.getMuxer(), installedIcon, "microbot_installed", "Installed Microbot Plugins");
hubTab = addTab(microbotPluginHubPanelProvider, hubIcon, "microbot_hub", "Microbot Hub");

Also applies to: 247-261

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@Bolado I've reviewed the current implementation in the commit you referenced. The code shows significant improvements and addresses several areas that would typically be flagged in code reviews:

Key improvements observed:

1. Proper resource management: The cleanupNewBadge() method properly cleans up timers, glass panes, and restores previous glass pane state
2. Null safety: Multiple null checks throughout the badge positioning and rendering logic
3. Error handling: Try-catch blocks in updateBadgePosition() with debug logging
4. Memory leak prevention: Timer is properly stopped and nulled in cleanup
5. Thread safety: Proper use of SwingUtilities.invokeLater() for UI updates
6. Lifecycle management: Badge overlay is recreated on activation if needed and cleaned up on deactivation

The implementation demonstrates good Swing development practices with proper component lifecycle management, resource cleanup, and error handling. The NEW badge system includes sophisticated positioning logic and animation while maintaining proper cleanup to prevent memory leaks.

Based on this review, the code appears to address the typical concerns that would be raised in code reviews around resource management, null safety, and proper cleanup.

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