3 Customizing Swing Buttons --- Colors etc

Hi Java Experts
I have a quick question about customizing JButton Color
--- naturally I know to simply setBackground(Color c);
QUESTION 1:
However how do you change the color when the button is clicked
QUESTION 2:
how do you change the type of border around JButton from etched to Raised ?
QUESTION 3:
How do change the color of the JComboBox -- from Gray to something else ?
QUESTION 4:
How do I customize the color of the JScrollBar
Thanks in advance
Stephen

Hi Java Experts
I have a quick question about customizing JButton
Color
--- naturally I know to simply setBackground(Color c);
QUESTION 1:
However how do you change the color when the button is
clicked
yourbutton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
yourbutton.setBackground(Color.pink); // :P u like pink?
});>
QUESTION 2:
how do you change the type of border around JButton
from etched to Raised ?
yourbutton.setBorder(BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder()); // raised, obviously :P
yourbutton.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder()); // etched :)
QUESTION 3:
How do change the color of the JComboBox -- from Gray
to something else ? yourjcombobox.setBackground(Color.black);
yourjcombobox.setForeground(Color.white); // the color of the text pretty much :)
>
QUESTION 4:
How do I customize the color of the JScrollBar
yourjscrollbar.setBackground(Color.pink); // u like it dont u?>
Thanks in advance
Stephen Ivo

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