JOption Pane Background Color

I am trying to change the background color of this JOptionPane. The UIManager changes the outside of the pane but not the area where the text is. How do I change that area too?
JOptionPane optionPane = new JOptionPane();
UIManager.put("OptionPane.background",new ColorUIResource(Color.blue));
UIManager.put("OptionPane.messageForeground",new ColorUIResource(Color.white));
optionPane.setOpaque(false);
optionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,
"Please enter a valid user name and password.

UIManager.put("Panel.backgroun", Color.blue); would do it, but it will also affect all other panels.

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Note: The color scheme of Acrobat 9 cannot be changed.

Setting JScrollPane background color.

Does anybody know how to set what color appears in the background of a JScrollPane when the Component in the pane is smaller than the pane itself?
In particular, I have a JTable in a JScrollPane, and when the pane is bigger than the table, the gray default background of the viewport looks weird behind the white background of the table.
MyScrollPane.setBackground() doesn't do it, neither does MyScrollPane.getViewport().setBackground().
Thanks in advance,
Jason

This might explain some things, hope it helps...
it's a cut and paste from the JScrollpane source....
A common operation to want to do is to set the background color that will be used if the main viewport view is smaller than the viewport, or is not opaque. This can be accomplished by setting the background color
of the viewport, via scrollPane.getViewport().setBackground().The reason for setting the color of the viewport and not the scrollpane is that by default JViewport is opaque which, among other things, means it will completely fill in its background using its background color. Therefore when <code>JScrollPane</code> draws its background the viewport will usually draw over it.

How to change selected pane's color in a JTabbedPane ?

Hi there !
I'm tryin' to change selected pane's color (default : light gray) in a JTabbedPane.
I tried to use the following code :
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.selected", new Color(255,255,200));
but it doesn't seem to work.
Any idea ?
Thanks.

For me, there is no TabbedPane.selected filed in TabnedPaneUI....
try with
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.highlight", new Color(255,255,200));
or
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.background", new Color(255,255,200));

Change Outlook Calendar background color but its reverts back to old on restart

Dear Support,
I am trying to change Outlook Calendar background color but its reverts back to old on restart

Hi,
Let's take Outlook 2013 for example, go to FILE tab ->
Options -> Calendar -> Display options
-> Select the Default calendar color and the checkbox for
Use this color on all calendar ->
OK.
In case the Navigation Pane is corrupted, we may try starting Outlook with the switch "/resetnavpane":
Press Win + R and type “outlook.exe /resetnavpane” in the blank box, then press Enter.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

JTabbedPane background color doesn't work in Win XP - SP 1 with JRE 1.4.2

Setting background color for JTabbedPane doesn't
work in "Windows XP with SP 1" when using JRE 1.4.2.
For example, following call doesn't set the
tab to green:
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(0, Color.green);
It always displays TABS with the white background.
Is anybody aware of this problem?
Thanks-in-advance for any help / suggestions!
Sundar

Thanks, bbritta and vairavan.
I tried setOpaque also, but still doesn't work,
On my system also:
UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() = com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
I have given below the sample code that doesn't display tab color. Please let me know if you suspect something is wrong here, or any suggestions to make this work under Windows XP - Service Pack 1.
Thanks,
Sundar
// CODE STARTS HERE
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TEMP_TABBED_PANE extends JPanel {
public TEMP_TABBED_PANE() {
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
     tabbedPane.setOpaque(true);
Component panel1 = makeTextPanel("Howdy");
tabbedPane.addTab("One", panel1);
tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(0, Color.green);
Component panel2 = makeTextPanel("Howdy Howdy");
tabbedPane.addTab("Two", panel2);
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(1, Color.yellow);
Component panel3 = makeTextPanel("Howdy Howdy Howdy");
tabbedPane.addTab("Three", panel3);
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(2, Color.red);
Component panel4 = makeTextPanel("Howdy Howdy Howdy Howdy");
tabbedPane.addTab("Four", panel4);
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(3, Color.cyan);
//Add the tabbed pane to this panel.
setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
add(tabbedPane);
protected Component makeTextPanel(String text) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel(false);
JLabel filler = new JLabel(text);
filler.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
panel.add(filler);
//panel.setOpaque(true); <<-- UNCOMMENTING THIS ALSO DOESN'T HELP :(
return panel;
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tabbed Pane Demo for Color");
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
// UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,
          "UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() = " +
          UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName(),
          "Look And Feel",
          JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {System.exit(0);}
frame.getContentPane().add(new TEMP_TABBED_PANE(),
BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setSize(400, 125);
frame.setVisible(true);
// CODE ENDS HERE

Menu: Background color covers all! Urgent

Made a DVD with a nice menu.
Next day, when I wanted to change some detail, it had "disappeared", i.e. it was covered by backgropund color matte (Color could be changed in Preferences, but matte could not be removed).
Templates dragged-dropped into Menu are also immediately covered by background color.
Can’t work on the menu, - but can see it in Connections pane.
Any suggestions, please? I have to deliver a DVD this weekend.
aabenhus

cool! many thanks, got it. ;-)

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