Set color for selected item?

Question

i was wondering if it is possible to setBackground and setForeground for JMenu, JMenuItems or any items that are selected? I know it is possible for JList because it has the function setSelectionBackground and setSelectionForeground but are there any functions that do that for these classes?

Answer 1

This was originally posted by xhunterx:
The fastest way I know to change that property for all instances of a JMenu or JMenuItem in an application is to simply change the UIDefaults for that property via UIManager.<I>put()</I>. Try this (changes the selection background for both menu and menuitems to Color.green):
<pre>import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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public class MenuDemo extends JFrame
public MenuDemo() throws Exception
UIManager.put("Menu.selectionBackground", new javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource(Color.green));
UIManager.put("MenuItem.selectionBackground", new javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource(Color.green));
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JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
JMenu menuOne = new JMenu("One");
JMenu menuTwo = new JMenu("Two");
JMenuItem itemOne = new JMenuItem("One Sub One");
menuOne.add(itemOne);
menuBar.add(menuOne);
menuBar.add(menuTwo);
getContentPane().add(menuBar,"North");
setSize(200,200);
setVisible(true);
<br>
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { new MenuDemo(); }
}</pre>
- Mark