How can I change the 'selected' color of one JToggleButton only.

Question

Hi,
This seems like a simple / trivial question, but I just can't figure it out. Is there a way that I can create a JToggleButton and change the selected color of only that JToggleButton.
I'm trying to create a simple sidebar like component for navigation within my app. A group of JToggleButton[s] added to a ButtonGroup (with the proper layout / sizing) works great, but the default JToggleButton colors don't suit my needs. I know that I can change the colors using the UIManager / UIDefaults, but I don't want to change the defaults for every JToggleButton in my app. I only want to change the defaults for a few select JToggleButton[s].
For example, I can do this:
UIManager.put("ToggleButton.select", UIManager.getColor("Table.selectionBackground"));
UIManager.put("ToggleButton.background", UIManager.getColor("Table.background"));but I'd rather do something like this:
JToggleButton jtb = new JToggleButton("Toggle Button Text");
jtb.setSelectedColor(UIManager.getColor("Table.selectionBackground"));
jtb.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Table.background"));The only thing is, I can't find any method that is the equivilant of 'setSelectedColor(Color)' for JToggleButton.
I know I could do it by adding some listeners to the JToggleButton[s], but that seems a little complicated for something like changing a color.
I'd also seen a solution in the forums where someone had extended the ButtonUI of the pluggable look and feel they were using. I'm not interested in modifying the look and feel I'm using. As far as I'm concerned, that would defeat the purpose of having a pluggable look and feel as I would have to duplicate my efforts for every look and feel I want to use.
Any help would be appreciated,
Ryan

Answer 1

try this
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class Testing extends JFrame
  public Testing()
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setSize(250,75);
    setLocation(400,300);
    JPanel jp = new JPanel();
    JToggleButton jtb = new JToggleButton("Toggle me");
    jtb.setUI(new MyUI());
    jp.add(jtb);
    getContentPane().add(jp);
  public static void main(String args[]){new Testing().setVisible(true);}
class MyUI extends javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalToggleButtonUI
  public Color getSelectColor(){return Color.BLACK;}
}