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Subject: Re: JDateChooser setEnabled Color
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In article 
<543b5b7c-b7f7-4445-91fb-8f65391a8c68@n11g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
 Biagio <software@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/39c807ad8e131973>

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
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<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>