How to change the look of a disabled JButton in java

Question

I am making a game and when I disable a button with setEnabled(false); the buttons turn grey which clashes with the other colors in the game. Is their a way to change the color of the button when it is disabled?

Answer 1

You'll want to modify the Look and Feel you are using. There are tons available for download and you can of course make your own.

Answer 2

You can also set a disable icon with JButton.setDisableIcon()

Answer 3

i am not 100% on this, but i think you can overwrite the paint method of the button's glasspane to overlay it with the color of your choice.

here is a tutorial on the panes of a container:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/rootpane.html

Answer 4

If you are talking about the text, then you might be able to use the UIManager to change the disabled foreground color. Check out the UIManager Defaults.