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Subject: Re: Anybody know how to set the color of the text in a disabled JMenuItem?
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:01:47 -0400
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In article <j2kfm1$tai$1@dont-email.me>, markspace <-@.> wrote:

> On 8/18/2011 4:06 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for that but apparently I asked the wrong question. Why 
> > can't I change the foreground color on my JMenuItem like you can? 
> > I'm running 1.7 on Windows XP. It may be something different with 
> > the LookAndFeel.
> 
> 
> I'm running Java 7 on Windows 7.  My LNF is just the default one 
> (might be Synth).  I was running within NetBeans 7.0.1 IDE.  Can't 
> say why it doesn't work for you.

Have the related UI defaults for MenuItem.* changed?

<http://tips4java.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/uimanager-defaults/>

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