setting Swing l&f to use a gradient

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mitch - 27 Jun 2006 14:25 GMT

I tried

UIManager.put("MenuBar.gradient", MENUBAR_BG_GRADIENT);

where MENUBAR_BG_GRADIENT is a java.awt.GradientPaint object.
At runtime there is a ClassCastException:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException:
java.awt.GradientPaint
at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalUtils.drawGradient(Unknown
Source)

It seems to want a ColorUIResource, but this is just a single color,
not a gradient.

Is there a way to set the custom look & feel to use a gradient
for menus, buttons, etc? Thanks.

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mitch - 28 Jun 2006 20:06 GMT

I found the answer to my question here:

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/zixle/archive/2005/09/customizing_oce_1.html

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