Xp: bug: jbutton: transparent + no border

Question

hi,
we have tested our swing-application under win-xp and must see that the jbuttons doesn't be shown correctly. this problem does exist only under win-xp. in win9x, winnt, win2k it works perfectly.
we use own designed buttons with transparent gif's and no borders. here is an example:
(look+feel = system)
ivjButNext = new javax.swing.JButton();
ivjButNext.setName("ButNext");
ivjButNext.setBounds(350, 5, 103, 42);
ivjButNext.setOpaque(false);
ivjButNext.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(0,100,255));
ivjButNext.setForeground(java.awt.Color.black);
ivjButNext.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("but_1.gif")));
ivjButNext.setPressedIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("but_2.gif")));
ivjButNext.setDisabledIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("but_3.gif")));
ivjButNext.setFocusPainted(false);
ivjButNext.setBorderPainted(false);
ivjButNext.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 12));
ivjButNext.setHorizontalTextPosition(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
ivjButNext.setText(resLocale.getString("next"));
ivjButNext.setSelected(true);we get the following problems
1. the buttons will not be transparent. we don't know if the gif not be shown correctly or the button-background.
2. the border is still visible. the borderpainted/focuspainted-command doesn't work correctly
thx for prof. answers
oliver

Answer 1

It is because XP laf doesn't have the same behavior as previous Wndows laf (skins!).
if you want to have your own design change the UI for the buttons :
JButton b = new JButton("Test");
b.setUI(new BasicButtonUI());
b.setBorder(BasicBorders.getButtonBorder()); // don't forget for buttons only
JToggleButton tb = new JToggleButton("Test");
tb.setUI(new BasicToggleButtonUI());If you want to set it for all buttons:
try {
     UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
catch (Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
UIManager.put("ToggleButtonUI", "javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicToggleButtonUI");
UIManager.put("ButtonUI", "javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonUI");(don't forget to set also the border for the JButtons if you want it)
Denis