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Re: read-only JTextField not greyed-out ?

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From: Yasser
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:00
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Try changing the enabled to false

Stephen Legge wrote:

> When I set a JTextField's editable attribute to false, it stays white -- I'd
> like it to be greyed out like the Windows standard for a read-only edit-box.
> Is there an easy way to do this or do I have to change the color myself?
>
> The problem is, I don't want to change colors if I don't have to because it
> looks fine in other "Look&Feel"s, like Java L&F for instance.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Stephen Legge
> Ottawa, Canada
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