Change pressed button Color

Question

Hi,
I want to change my pressed button Color and I haven't been able to find a way, I tried creating my own button and add a listener when it is pressed and then change its background color but it doesn't work! it works for enter and exit but not for pressed and released.
any one has an idea?
thanks
Here's my code:
package components;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.*;
* JButton con una nueva propiedad de Color presionado
* @author Ana Mar�a Franco
* @version 1.0
public class PressedColorButton extends JButton
    // Atributos ************************************************************************
    private Color unpressedButtonColor;
    private Color pressedButtonColor;
    // Constructores ********************************************************************
    public PressedColorButton()
        super();
        this.addMouseListener(new PressedColorButton_this_mouseAdapter(this));
    // M�todos **************************************************************************
     * Obtiene el color sin presionar
     * @return Color
    public Color getUnpressedButtonColor()
        return this.unpressedButtonColor;
     * Define el color sin presionar
     * @param nuevoColor Color
    public void setUnpressedButtonColor(Color nuevoColor)
        this.unpressedButtonColor = nuevoColor;
     * Obtiene el color presionado
     * @return Color
    public Color getPressedButtonColor()
        return this.pressedButtonColor;
     * Define el color presionado
     * @param nuevoColor Color
    public void setPressedButtonColor(Color nuevoColor)
        this.pressedButtonColor = nuevoColor;
    public void this_mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
        this.setBackground(unpressedButtonColor);
    public void this_mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
        this.setBackground(pressedButtonColor);
    public void this_mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
        this.setBackground(unpressedButtonColor);
    public void this_mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
        this.setBackground(pressedButtonColor);
// Escuchadores *************************************************************************
class PressedColorButton_this_mouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter
    private PressedColorButton adaptee;
    PressedColorButton_this_mouseAdapter(PressedColorButton adaptee)
        this.adaptee = adaptee;
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
        adaptee.this_mouseExited(e);
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
        adaptee.this_mousePressed(e);
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
        adaptee.this_mouseReleased(e);
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
        adaptee.this_mouseEntered(e);
}

Answer 1

Swing related questions should be posted in the Swing forum. Try setting the following properties on the button:
setContentAreaFilled( false );
setOpaque(true);