Background, Foreground of JComboBox

Question

Hi,
I'm having trouble formatting. I have an array of Strings in a JComboBox in a BasicComboPopup appearing in a JTextPane. The popup works fine, but I'd like to set the background and foreground colors of the popup to different colors from their defaults.
Currently, I'm trying this:
String [] myDisplayItems = { "Riker", "LaForge", "Picard" };
JComboBox box = new JComboBox(myDisplayItems);
BasicComboPopup popup = new BasicComboPopup(box);
box.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
box.setForeground(Color.RED);
popup.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
popup.setForeground(Color.RED);
box.setVisible(true);
popup.show(this, 100, 100);
After setting color, if I print getBackground().toString() or getForeground().toString() I get the correct RGB values. However, when the box pops up, the colors I set do not appear.
Am I doing something wrong? What's the correct way to do this?
All help appreciated. Cheers.

Answer 1

Try:
UIManager.put("ComboBox.background",Color.YELLOW);
UIManager.put("ComboBox.foreground",Color.RED);
before you create any combobox.
;o)
V.V.