diff -r 255253b9cea0 openide.awt/apichanges.xml
--- a/openide.awt/apichanges.xml	Mon May 04 16:54:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/openide.awt/apichanges.xml	Wed May 06 13:42:43 2009 +0200
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@
 <apidef name="awt">AWT API</apidef>
 </apidefs>
 <changes>
+    <change id="Hide-close-button-in-CloseButtonTabbedPane">
+        <api name="awt"/>
+        <summary>API to hide close button in CloseButtonTabbedPane</summary>
+        <version major="7" minor="8"/>
+        <date day="6" month="5" year="2009"/>
+        <author login="jbecicka"/>
+        <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" semantic="compatible" deprecation="no" deletion="no" modification="no"/>
+        <description>
+            Added possibility to hide close button in CloseButtonTabbedPane
+            through tab's client property
+            component.putClientProperty(TabbedPaneFactory.NO_CLOSE_BUTTON, Boolean.TRUE)
+        </description>
+        <issue number="164578"/>
+    </change>
     <change id="AlwaysEnabledAction-extra-properties-and-name-sync">
         <api name="awt"/>
         <summary>AlwaysEnabledAction extra properties and Action.NAME synchronization</summary>
diff -r 255253b9cea0 openide.awt/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/openide.awt/nbproject/project.properties	Mon May 04 16:54:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/openide.awt/nbproject/project.properties	Wed May 06 13:42:43 2009 +0200
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
 javadoc.arch=${basedir}/arch.xml
 javadoc.apichanges=${basedir}/apichanges.xml
 
-spec.version.base=7.7.0
+spec.version.base=7.8.0
diff -r 255253b9cea0 openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/CloseButtonTabbedPane.java
--- a/openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/CloseButtonTabbedPane.java	Mon May 04 16:54:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/CloseButtonTabbedPane.java	Wed May 06 13:42:43 2009 +0200
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@
     }
 
     private Rectangle getCloseButtonBoundsAt(int i) {
+        Component c = findTabAt(i);
+        //if NO_CLOSE_BUTTON -> return null
+        if (c!=null && c instanceof JComponent) {
+            Object prop = ((JComponent) c).getClientProperty(TabbedPaneFactory.NO_CLOSE_BUTTON);
+            if (prop!=null && prop instanceof Boolean && (Boolean) prop) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
         Rectangle b = getBoundsAt(i);
         if (b == null)
             return null;
diff -r 255253b9cea0 openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/TabbedPaneFactory.java
--- a/openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/TabbedPaneFactory.java	Mon May 04 16:54:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/TabbedPaneFactory.java	Wed May 06 13:42:43 2009 +0200
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
      * when the user clicks close button on a tab.
      */
     public static final String PROP_CLOSE = CloseButtonTabbedPane.PROP_CLOSE;
+
+    /**
+     * To hide close button feature on specific tab, put value Boolean.TRUE
+     * as a client property of your tab:<br>
+     * <pre>
+     * component.putClientProperty(TabbedPaneFactory.NO_CLOSE_BUTTON, Boolean.TRUE)
+     * </pre>
+     * @since 7.8
+     */
+    public static final String NO_CLOSE_BUTTON = "noCloseButton";
     
     /** Creates a new instance of TabbedPaneFactory */
     private TabbedPaneFactory() {
@@ -68,6 +78,7 @@
      * value is the inner component inside the clicked tab.
      * 
      * @return Special TabbedPane with closeable tabs.
+     * @see TabbedPaneFactory#NO_CLOSE_BUTTON
      */
     public static JTabbedPane createCloseButtonTabbedPane() {
         return new CloseButtonTabbedPane();