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Re: L&F primary colors

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From: Ronen
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:00
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It doesn't seem to work,
I did exactly what you have suggested.


John P. McGrath <mcgrath@enter.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:52:49 +0200, Ronen wrote:
>
> > I'm using MetalLookAndFeel
> > Does anyone knows how can I change the primary colors
> > (ScrollBars, Selected items background, splitters, etc..)
>
> I think you can do this using the UIDefaults class.  I have not tried it,
> but I think it goes something like this:
>
> UIDefaults defaults = UIManager.getDefaults();
> defaults.put( "ScrollBar.shadow", Color.blue );
>
> As far as I can tell, the names of the properties used by the various
> Swing look-and-feel classes is not documented, but they are easy to find
> by looking at the source code.  For example, MetalScrollBarUI uses the
> following properties for its colors:
>
> ScrollBar.shadow
> ScrollBar.highlight
> ScrollBar.darkShadow
> ScrollBar.thumb
> ScrollBar.thumbShadow
> ScrollBar.thumbHighlight
>
> --
> John P. McGrath
> <mcgrath@enter.net>
> <jpm@nscs.fast.net>
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Date: 1999/11/10
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