JLabel Metal PLAF in 1.4

Hello,
in JRE 1.4 every JLabel now has a black foreground color in Metal PLAF.
I'm afraid that - together with their bold font - they are too heavy in their visual appearance.
What do you think?
Sven Meier

This is what I did under JDK1.4 environment. You should update titledborde color as well.
public class MyMainFrame extends JFrame {
// FIX: JDK1.4 uses a different default color for labels (=black).
// Change back to an old JDK1.2/JDK1.3 color value (blue).
static {
javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource colorNew;
colorNew = new javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource(102, 102, 153);
javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource colorOld;
colorOld = (javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource)UIManager.get("Label.foreground");
if (colorOld.equals(colorNew) == false) {
UIManager.put("Label.foreground", colorNew);
UIManager.put("TitledBorder.titleColor", colorNew);
public MyMainFrame() {
<...code continue here...>

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When the follow code been runing, and press the "Submit" button,
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How could I got a right result?
I could not find a way to work out it, and need a export help me.
Thanks and Best Regards.
Xue
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Hello,
Thanks for you answer.
There is a hard problem for this topic.
how can I get the text value from text field in the html?
I can got the Document object of the html in implement interface HyperlinkListener.
Example, I input some chars in the text field<input type="text" name="T1" id="textField">.
but I can not get the text that I input in the frame.
Thanks and Best Regards
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I have a JLabel subclass that I am using an a Servlet environment, with iText to create a PDF. When I set the vertical alignment to CENTER, the vertical spacing is not correct and the label runs off the bottom of its allocated area. The JLabel is not attached to any Container, it is simply a standalone JLabel with no parent.
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When I use this JLabel subclass in a GUI/Swing program that I have, added to a JPanel, it works correctly.
Looking for any clues or suggestions.

Partial answer:
I noticed that in the GUI environment, that the paint() method was being called twice. The first time through, the height of the text was calculated as I described above in the standalone environment - for only a single line of text. The second time through, it calculated the height correctly.
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