Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:53:24 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <543b5b7c-b7f7-4445-91fb-8f65391a8c68@n11g2000yqf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: Vd3zjYYo2heJAT9ZVcrkiA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5027 On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:02:37 -0400, John B. Matthews wrote: > The dateVerifier looked especially appealing, although I'd since > reverted to the stock 1.3.3. It's clear you've worked with it > extensively; I'd welcome any comment you have on my response to the OP. Looks like its gone down a storm... I'd agree that tweaking the UI defaults is not generally a good idea but that if you do, stick to the ones that are common (or at least always likely to be present) across all L&F you might be running under. If you want to see what UI defaults there are then I recommend Rob Camick's utility for browsing them: http://tips4java.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/uimanager-defaults/ @Biagio - of course all your text fields will look the same when disabled, so your problem is not limited to JDateChooser's text field....