Change foreground color of an editable JcomboBox

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reinman - 12 Feb 2005 14:31 GMT

You can change the foreground text color of a non editable Jcombo box
with:-

myCombo.setForeground(Color.aColor);

or globally in with:-

UIManager.put("ComboBox.foreground", Color.myColor);

fine.

But if the JcomboBox is editable neither of these work - the text
remains black.

Does anyone have a workaround? or suggestion.

PS I've been trying with JDK 1.4.2

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Roland - 12 Feb 2005 15:33 GMT

> You can change the foreground text color of a non editable Jcombo box
> with:-
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>
> PS I've been trying with JDK 1.4.2

jCombo = new JComboBox();
jCombo.setEditable(true);
ComboBoxEditor editor = jCombo.getEditor();
if (editor != null) {
Component editorComp = editor.getEditorComponent();
if (editorComp instanceof JComponent) {
JComponent editorJComp = (JComponent) editorComp;
editorJComp.setForeground(Color.red);
}
}

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Roland de Ruiter
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reinman - 12 Feb 2005 17:19 GMT

> > You can change the foreground text color of a non editable Jcombo box
> > with:-
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Thanks a Lot. Youre early response is much appreciated,

Regards

Rein Laul

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