Changing default highlight of a JButton

Question

I would like to set the highlight of a JButton to be more obvious by setting the background to yellow when the button is highlighted. How can I do this?
Thank in advance,
epmc

Answer 1

//Folder:       Ch2MouseEvents
//Programmer:   Bradley/Millspaugh
//Date:         6/2001
//Class Name:   MouseEventsApplet
//Description:  This class demonstrates the MouseListener.
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class MouseEventsApplet extends Applet
           implements MouseListener, ActionListener
     //Create Controls
     TextField txtName = new TextField(35);
     Button btnCalculate = new Button(" Calculate ");
     public void init()
          //Place components on the panel
          add(txtName);
          add(btnCalculate);
          //Add Listeners for components
          txtName.addMouseListener(this);
          btnCalculate.addMouseListener(this);
          btnCalculate.addActionListener(this);
          //Set focus to txtName
          txtName.requestFocus();
     public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
     { //Empty method
     public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
     { //Empty method
     public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
     { //Empty method
     public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
          //Set the button's colors to blue and cyan
          btnCalculate.setForeground(Color.blue);
          btnCalculate.setBackground(Color.cyan);
          //Show text on browser's status bar
          showStatus("Calculate");
     public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
          //Set the button's text color to black
          btnCalculate.setForeground(Color.black);
          btnCalculate.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
          //Show text on browser's status bar
          showStatus("Ready");
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          //Respond to a button click
          showStatus("Calculate button clicked");