Blink tab when request is send to extended macro.

src/burp/BurpExtender.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 public class BurpExtender implements IBurpExtender, IHttpListener, IContextMenuFactory, ITab {
     private static String EXTENSION_NAME = "ExtendedMacro";
+    private static String EXTENSION_NAME_TAB_NAME = "Extended Macro";
     private static String VERSION = "v0.0.2";
     public PrintWriter stdout;
     public PrintWriter stderr;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class BurpExtender implements IBurpExtender, IHttpListener, IContextMenuF
     private JCheckBox boxProxy;
     private JFormattedTextField delayInput;
 
-    private Color headerColor = new Color(229, 137, 0);
+    static Color BURP_ORANGE = new Color(229, 137, 0);
     private Font headerFont = new Font("Nimbus", Font.BOLD, 13);
 
     @Override
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ private void initSettingsGui(JTabbedPane mainTabPane){
 
         JLabel header1 = new JLabel("Tools scope");
         header1.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
-        header1.setForeground(headerColor);
+        header1.setForeground(BURP_ORANGE);
         header1.setFont(headerFont);
         header1.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 0, 5, 0));
 
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ private void initSettingsGui(JTabbedPane mainTabPane){
         // Other settings
         JLabel header2 = new JLabel("Other settings");
         header2.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
-        header2.setForeground(headerColor);
+        header2.setForeground(BURP_ORANGE);
         header2.setFont(headerFont);
         header2.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 0, 5, 0));
 
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@ public List<JMenuItem> createMenuItems(IContextMenuInvocation invocation) {
 
     @Override
     public String getTabCaption() {
-        return EXTENSION_NAME;
+        return EXTENSION_NAME_TAB_NAME;
     }
 
     @Override

src/burp/MenuListener.java

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
                     IHttpRequestResponse persistedMsg = extender.getCallbacks().saveBuffersToTempFiles(msgInfo);
                     model.addMessage(persistedMsg, extender.getNextMsgId());
                 }
+
+                Utils.blinkTab(extender);
+
                 break;
 
             case A_REMOVE_MSG:

src/burp/Utils.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package burp;
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+
+public class Utils {
+
+    public static void blinkTab(ITab iTab){
+        JTabbedPane tp = (JTabbedPane) iTab.getUiComponent().getParent();
+        int tabidx = getTabIndex(iTab);
+        tp.setBackgroundAt(tabidx, BurpExtender.BURP_ORANGE);
+
+        // unblink tab in 4 seconds
+        Thread t1 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+            public void run()
+            {
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(4000);
+
+                    unblinkTab(iTab);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+            }});
+        t1.start();
+    }
+
+    public static void unblinkTab(ITab iTab){
+        JTabbedPane tp = (JTabbedPane) iTab.getUiComponent().getParent();
+        int tabidx = getTabIndex(iTab);
+        tp.setBackgroundAt(tabidx, Color.BLACK);
+    }
+
+    private static int getTabIndex(ITab iTab) {
+        JTabbedPane mom = (JTabbedPane) iTab.getUiComponent().getParent();;
+        for(int i = 0; i < mom.getTabCount(); ++i) {
+            if(iTab.getTabCaption().equals(mom.getTitleAt(i))) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+}