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Try this:

    import javax.swing.JComboBox c;
    import java.awt.Color;

    // get the editor for the combobox and set its foreground color
    c.getEditor().getEditorComponent().setForeground(Color.blue);



Marty wrote:

> so how can i do that....  i have it set up as follows
>
> StandardComboBoxModel mLightsComboBoxModel = new StandardComboBoxModel();
>
> StandardComboBox lightsComboBox = new StandardComboBox
>                 (mLightsDisplayController.getLightsOptions());
>
> // find the current value....
> mLightsComboBoxModel.setSelectItem(mLightsDisplayController.getSelectedLight
> Colour());
>
> so if i get the text 'red' back, i would like this to be displayed in RED,
> green in GREEN etc....
>
> ps.... mLightsDisplayController is an instance of a class
> LightsDisplayController
>    ......getLightsOptions() populates the combobox with an array of objects
> (RED, AMBER, GREEN)
>     .....getSelectedLightColour() gets the current value selected
>
> hope someone can shed some 'light' on this for me
>
> thanks
> Martin
>
> "John McGrath [TeamB]" <ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.14a65ad9c5abd871989dc9@forums.borland.com...
> > On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:31:53 -0000, Marty wrote:
> >
> > > how do i set the colour of text (eg to RED) in a
> > > comboBoxModel?
> >
> > A ComboBoxModel is not a GUI component, so you cannot set the text
> > color there.  You would have to do it in the JComboBox that displays
> > the data of the ComboBoxModel.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > John McGrath [TeamB]
> >
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