LnF: custom selection colors

[Loic Garreau]

Hi all,

1. What would be the most convenient way to change the default LnF selection color (by default, it's in "inverse video": foreground = white, background=kind of a dark blue) ? This applies to all the Jide LnF except the "Vs Net " one.

2. I use

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 CommandBarFactory.createLookAndFeelMenu()

in order to create the menu with the look and feels. My application has a couple of graphic components which are singletons and when I change the LnF from the menu these components are not updated ==> what would be the "cleanest" way to do this ?

Thank you.
Loic

[JIDE Support]

1, As far as I know, the most convenient way should be change the UIDefaults. You need try and get what exact key you want to change first.
2, It depends on how you paint your graphic components. If you get the buttons, colors from the UIDefaults, it should be changed as well. A test case would help.

Thanks,

[Loic Garreau]

Thanks for your answer !

1. It works. But there are other components which are using the inverse video and I would like to change this too. I could, e.g., use

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   uiDefaults.put("Table.selectionForeground", new ColorUIResource(Color.BLACK));
   uiDefaults.put("Table.selectionBackground", new ColorUIResource(new Color(0.0f,0.1f,0.7f,0.25f)));

for the JTable. I know one can turn off bold fonts for *all* the components with just one line:

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   UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);


and I'm wondering if there exists some similar quick way for the colors...

2. I think (didn't verify this, though) that the action performed when one switches the LnF from the Jide menu calls something like

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SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(rootComponent);

==> jide is *not* aware of my singletons, so it updates only the rootComponent (the main frame hierarchy). But probably it is a bad idea to have singletons (I need them in order to accelerate the display)...

[Loic Garreau]

I solved #2 above by adding a propertyChangeListener to the UIManager (I update all my singetons each time there is a change in the LnF). I'm still fighting with #1.

[JIDE Support]

Regarding the issue #1, it's frustrating to figure out which color is decided by which property key in Swing. However it's our life. Good luck on your surfing.

Thanks,