Re: Changing the JTabbedPane BG color

From: blue (fluyckx_at_configsc.com)
Date: 03/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:13:06 -0500

"John McGrath" <ng@jpmcgrath.net> wrote in message
news:xn0e052kq5ssmsq004@news.verizon.net...
> On 3/24/2005 at 3:50:04 PM, blue wrote:
>
>> i have a question that has been around for sometime now, and i guess it
>> has to do with the operating system,
>> i'm running windows XP service pack 2. Anyways, the problem that i'm
>> having is with the JTabbedPane. When u select a
>> a tab i want to change the background color of the selected tab.
>
> This is not a function of the operating system - it is controlled by the
> look-and-feel. Some L&Fs (such as Metal and Motif) use a different color
> for the selected tab and others (such as Windows) do not.
>
> Mustang (a.k.a Java 6) will support renderers for a JTabbedPane's tabs, so
> you should be possible to display the tabs however you want to once that
> is available. In the meantime, the only way to do this is with the L&F.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> John McGrath

As I stated in my post, changing the color is not a problem on Win2k or
WinXP SP1. Only on systems with WinXP SP2 are we having trouble. We do in
fact use the Windows L&F and are attempting to use the UIManager for that
L&F unsuccessfully.

Thank you for the information on Java 6 and thank you for your time.

Frank