How to set the default Color Picker?

Question

Hello everyone,
I wrote my own Color Picker and it works nicely within the standard apple color picker panel. I am quite annoyed, however, that I have to switch to my new Color Picker by hand every time I open the Color Picker Panel. I have found that I can set an application-speficic default color picker by setting the NSColorPickerSlidersDefaults property for that application using defaults. However, that way I can only set one of the original apple color pickers to be the default, not my own, because there is no number defined for my own color picker and I can't add it.
Does anyone know a solution please?

Answer 1

Thanks camickr !
That's exactly what I was looking for. (let the UIManager take care of colors of the textfield whether it's editable or not)
as for 2nd reply my code is in several files. IF i have to shorten it, it would be:
it's just a pseudo code and incomplete but it gets the idea across
* this function automatically changes colors of textfield based on mode which can change any time
if(mode == NEW_MODE)
textField.setEditable(true);
else
textField.setEditable(false);
* This function sets the color during save time
public void save()
clear();
if(textField.getText() == null)
textField.setBackGround(Color.PINK);
public void clear()
//reset the color if it's pink or to the original color
//the color must update once we change mode which is independent of this
public void open(Patient p)
       clear();
       displayPatient(p);
}