Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color

From	"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.gui
Subject	Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color
Date	2011-08-29 12:12 -0400
Organization	The Wasteland
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 Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@boeing.com> wrote:

> > but it looks like you have plenty of options. Apparently, you can 
> > even replace the relevant Painters:
> >
> > <http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/info.html>
> > <http://www.jasperpotts.com/blog/category/nimbus/page/2/>
> > <http://jasperpotts.com/blogfiles/nimbusdefaults/nimbus.html>
> >
> > I can't help but notice the similarity between the two interfaces:
> >
> > <http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/Painter.html>
> > <http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/Icon.html>
> >
> 
> The problem in using the painter is that I need to know how the 
> Nimbus painter draws it so that in my override of the paint method I 
> can do exsactly the same thing, just with a different background 
> color. If I just draw a rectangle, its shape will be different than 
> all of the other tabs, which use some kind of rounded rectangle for 
> the outer part of the tab, and rectangular corners for the inner part 
> of the tab.

Can you usefully invoke the existing Painter, perhaps in conjunction 
with a suitable AlphaComposite?

> One should be able to do such a simple thing in a single line.

I disagree. I see the defaults as belonging to the UI delegate or the 
user. I rarely alter them unless it affects usability in some critical 
way, e.g. unacceptably low contrast. Even then, I question my own color 
choice before tinkering with the delegate's design.

OK, sometimes I can't resist a custom SliderUI:

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6996263>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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Setting JTabbedPane selected color Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@boeing.com> - 2011-08-22 09:08 -0700
  Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-08-22 14:12 -0400
    Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@boeing.com> - 2011-08-26 07:14 -0700
      Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-08-27 04:07 -0400
        Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@boeing.com> - 2011-08-29 07:39 -0700
          Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-08-29 12:12 -0400
            Re: Setting JTabbedPane selected color Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-08-29 16:52 -0700

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