Changing JCheckbox's foreground color..

Question

Hi Guys...
I want to change the foreground color of the checkmark that appears in the jcheckbox when it is checked.. Is this possible to do? I have read problems with the disabled background color... But I have not found anything on how to change the foreground color of the checkmark when its checked... I tried doing "setForeground(Color.red)" but it does not work..... Thanks alot in Advance...

Answer 1

I tried the change color when selected, it doesn't seem to work. However, you can change the icons used on a JCheckbox, the appended code does just that, it uses a collection of CD Player icons for the example, but you could draw or load anything you want. You might also find the CD icons useful for other purposes.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
class TestChk extends JFrame
     Container cp;
     JCheckBox c2;
     TestChk()
          cp = getContentPane();
          addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
          {public void windowClosing(WindowEvent evt){System.exit(0);}});
         JCheckBox cb = new JCheckBox();
         CdIcon ic = new CdIcon(CdIcon.CdiStop,16,16,Color.BLACK);
         cb.setIcon(ic);
          CdIcon sic = new CdIcon(CdIcon.CdiPlay,16,16,Color.RED);
          cb.setSelectedIcon(sic);
          JPanel p = new JPanel();
          p.add(cb);
          cp.add(cb,BorderLayout.NORTH);
          pack();
     static public void main(String[] args){new TestChk().show();}
class CdIcon implements Icon
     public static final int CdiStop = 0;
     public static final int CdiPlay = 1;
     public static final int CdiPause = 2;
     public static final int CdiRewind = 3;
     public static final int CdiFastBack = 4;
     public static final int CdiFastForward = 5;
     int type;
     int height, width;
     int iheight, iwidth;
     int left, top;
     Color clr;
     CdIcon(int t, int h, int w, Color c)
          type = t;
          height = h;
          width = w;
          iheight = (int)(.75*(float)height);
          iwidth = (int)(.75*(float)width);
          top = (int)(.125*(float)height);
          left = (int)(.125*(float)width);
          clr = c;
     public int getIconWidth(){return width;}
     public int getIconHeight(){return height;}
     public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y)
          int itop, ileft;
          itop = y + top;
          ileft = x + left;
          int[] xp;
          int[] yp;
          int xd;
          if(c.isEnabled())g.setColor(clr);
          else g.setColor(Color.gray);
          switch(type)
               case CdiStop:
                    g.fillRect(ileft,itop,iwidth,iheight);
                    break;
               case CdiPlay:
                    xp = new int[]{ileft,ileft+iwidth,ileft};
                    yp = new int[]{itop,(itop+(iheight/2)),itop+iheight};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    break;
               case CdiPause:
                    xd = iwidth /4;
                    g.fillRect(ileft,itop,xd,iheight);
                    g.fillRect(ileft+iwidth-xd,itop,xd,iheight);
                    break;
               case CdiFastForward:
                    xd = iwidth /2;
                    xp =new int[]{ileft,ileft+xd,ileft};
                    yp =new int[]{itop,(itop+(iheight/2)),itop+iheight};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    xp =new int[]{ileft+xd,ileft+xd+xd,ileft+xd};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    break;
               case CdiFastBack:
                    xd = iwidth /2;
                    xp =new int[]{ileft+xd,ileft,ileft+xd};
                    yp =new int[]{itop,(itop+(iheight/2)),itop+iheight};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    xp =new int[]{ileft+xd+xd,ileft+xd,ileft+xd+xd};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    break;
               case CdiRewind:
                    int xm = iwidth/8;
                    int xleft = ileft+xm;
                    xd = (iwidth-xm)/2;
                    g.fillRect(ileft,itop,xm,iheight);
                    xp =new int[]{xleft+xd,xleft,xleft+xd};
                    yp =new int[]{itop,(itop+(iheight/2)),itop+iheight};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    xp =new int[]{xleft+xd+xd,xleft+xd,xleft+xd+xd};
                    g.fillPolygon(xp,yp,3);
                    break;
               default:
                    g.drawRect(ileft,itop,iwidth,iheight);
                    break;
}