Re: System colors and Java (Metal) look and feel

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From: James Cook
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:00

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Set the components opaque [setOpaque(false)] attribute to false.

jim

Stephen Legge <stephen@cryptocard.com> wrote in message
news:8d1r0r$f3a6@bornews.borland.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a JTextArea in a Frame and I have its background color set to
CONTROL
> so that it will match the system colors (I want the effect of a
transparent
> TLabel in Delphi).
>
> When I run the application in the Java (Metal) Look and Feel, the
> JTextArea's background color stays the Windows CONTROL color and so it
> doesn't match steel-color of the Java L&F Frame.
>
> How do I get the effect I'm looking for?  That is, how do I keep the
colors
> correct for different look & feels?
>
> Stephen Legge
> Stephen@cryptocard.com
> Ottawa, Canada
>
>

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