Licensing GUI components, which do you like?

Can anyone recommend a library of components that're 100% jfc/swing and of high quality?
Looking for dockable windows, sliding tabs, custom LNF etc
preferable falling under the lgpl :) but fairly inexpensive licensing costs should be ok (300-500USD)
ive been looking at JIDE, and Component Suite by Javio...they seem to be ok..any others? or a resource that has good reviews on components?
or is componentsource.com the definitive one?
Thanks

http://www.swingall.com/
JDock is a pure java swing framework for managing, moving and resizing inner windows or components using a layout manager like a BorderLayout or a GridBagLayout.
Features :
- Compatible with standard java layouts (BorderLayout, GridBagLayout...)
- Resize, move inner windows or components
- Maximize any inner windows
- Use actions toolbar by inner window
- Default actions for maximizing or extracting an inner window
- Dynamic add/remove of actions
- Shadow when moving / resizing an inner window
- Save and restore the state of your environnement
- Several samples for GridBagLayout and BorderLayout
- UIManager for customizing the default colors
- Hide / show any inner windows (depending on your layout for the result)
- UI delegate for customizing inner components
- Avoid the usage of splitpanes
Best regards,
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