YES :-)

Thanks again

I took your very precise words and search google groups, and I found
following code that I will try out.:

JButton button = new JButton(someText, someIcon);
ButtonHighlighter highlighter = new
ButtonHighlighter(button.getBackground());

button.setRolloverEnabled(true);
button.setBorderPainted(false);
button.addMouseListener(highlighter);

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import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

Color normalColor;
Color brightColor;

public class ButtonHighlighter extends MouseAdapter
{
 public ButtonHighlighter(Color normalColor)
 {
    this.normalColor = normalColor;
    this.brightColor = normalColor.brighter();
 }

 public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
 {
   ((AbstractButton)e.getSource()).setBackground(brightColor);
   ((AbstractButton)e.getSource()).setForeground(Color.red);
   ((AbstractButton)e.getSource()).setBorderPainted(true);
 }

 public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
 {
   ((AbstractButton)e.getSource()).setBackground(normalColor);
   ((AbstractButton)e.getSource()).setForeground(Color.black);
   ((AbstractButton)e.getSource()).setBorderPainted(false);
 }