# Way to keep the lookAndFeel of 7.9 project in a 8.1?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [March 28, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-keep-the-lookandfeel-of-7-9-project-in-a-8-1/71719 "2023-03-28T18:21:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-keep-the-lookandfeel-of-7-9-project-in-a-8-1/71719/3 "2023-03-28T19:15:48Z")

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A different blend mode might look better:

> [@Upgrade version makes buttons dissapear (possible bug?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-version-makes-buttons-dissapear-possible-bug/54921/10):
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> Okay, let’s make sure I have things correct. By my count, there’s three problems you’re describing in this thread. Upon upgrade, some of your buttons disappear outright. I think I understand what’s gone wrong. There’s an issue in the LaF with the borderPainted property (causing the button to become invisible) so we removed the property entirely. However, older windows could still have a change from the default value serialized, so you end up with your issue - invisible buttons. We’ll see if…

> [@Upgrade version makes buttons dissapear (possible bug?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-version-makes-buttons-dissapear-possible-bug/54921/14):
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> For anyone finding/being linked to this thread in the future; if you want a ‘middle ground’ solution between a global UI manager key and setting every button up with scripting, you could use a technique like this to recursively modify every button in the window (e.g. in visionWindowOpened): from javax.swing import AbstractButton from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.IgnitionLookAndFeel import setBlendMode from de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.util.Synthetica2DUtils import BlendMode def getCo…

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