Set Background/Foreground color for Cell Renderer in JComboBox

Question

Hello,
I was wondering if there is a way to change default settings for when I browse items under a JComboBox's cell renderer? I want the item's color to change (to what I set it to), when mouse enters the item. As of now, the cell's background color changes to Blue when I enter it. Is this default for JComboBox or might it have been set somewhere, that I need to look into?
Please let me know if there are ways to do this.
Thanks!
Message was edited by:
programmer_girl

Answer 1

Here's my SSCCE:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.text.DefaultHighlighter;
public class MyComboBoxTest extends JPanel {
      * @param args
     String[] patterns = {"pattern1","pattern2","pattern3"};
     public MyComboBoxTest()
          JPanel patternsPanel = new JPanel();
        setMinimumSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
        JComboBox patternList = new JComboBox(patterns);
        final JTextField editor = (JTextField) patternList.getEditor().getEditorComponent();
        patternList.setEditable(true);
        this.add(patternsPanel);
        patternsPanel.add(patternList);
        patternList.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
                  editor.setSelectedTextColor(Color.WHITE);
                  editor.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
                  try{
                       editor.getHighlighter().addHighlight(0, editor.getText().length(),new DefaultHighlighter.DefaultHighlightPainter(Color.BLUE));
                       } catch (Exception ex){
                            ex.getMessage();
        editor.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
             public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
                  editor.getHighlighter().removeAllHighlights();
                  editor.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
                  editor.setSelectedTextColor(Color.BLACK);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          JFrame frame = new JFrame("My ComboBox Demo");
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(100, 100);
        frame.getContentPane().add(new MyComboBoxTest());
        frame.setLocation(50, 50);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
}