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Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color

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On 5 Giu, 19:29, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article
> <543b5b7c-b7f7-4445-91fb-8f65391a8...@n11g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  Biagio <softw...@notario.it> wrote:
> > I'm using the powerfull JDateChooser JCalendar library 1.3.3.
>
> I assume you mean com.toedter.calendar.JDateChooser, found here:
>
> <http://www.toedter.com/en/jcalendar/>
>
> > Unfortunately, when the component is setEnabled (false) the color of
> > date is a gray almost unreadable.
>
> The color has nothing to do with JDateChooser; it is specified by the
> user interface default, which varies for each look and feel.
>
> > I tried to change color, but when the component is disabled is not
> > possibile, it is always gray.
>
> > I would like to get a look like JTextField.setEditable (false).
>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Because JDateChooser has a com.toedter.calendar.JTextFieldDateEditor, a
> subclass of javax.swing.JFormattedTextField, you can set the disabled
> color of any particular instance:
>
>     JDateChooser jdc = new JDateChooser();
>     jdc.setEnabled(false);
>     ((JTextFieldDateEditor)jdc.getDateEditor())
>         .setDisabledTextColor(Color.darkGray);
>
> Alternatively, you can change the UI manager's default, but I'd be wary
> of veering too far from the familiar interface; it may be worthwhile to
> choose a color derived from the expected value.
>
>     String name = "FormattedTextField.inactiveForeground";
>     ColorUIResource color = (ColorUIResource) UIManager.get(name);
>     UIManager.put(name, color.darker());
>
> As an aside, I was recently critical of the demo's layout:
>
> <http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/msg/39c807ad...>
>
> Line 132 in com.toedter.calendar.demo.JCalendarDemo is the problem:
>
>     splitPane.setDividerLocation(190);
>
> Simply remove it to allow pack() to do the right thing.
>
> --
> John B. Matthews
> trashgod at gmail dot com
> <http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

Thanks !!!!

Biagio

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JDateChooser setEnabled Color Biagio <software@notario.it> - 2011-06-05 00:52 -0700
  Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-05 13:29 -0400
    Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color Tom <tom400f@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 21:39 +0000
      Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:02 -0400
        Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color Tom <tom400f@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 19:53 +0000
    Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color Biagio <software@notario.it> - 2011-06-06 02:15 -0700
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