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Cannot change background color of button

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Bob B

10 Jul, 2021 10:57 PM

I'm trying to change the background color of a button in my extension. Nothing I do will cause it to change from the colors of the buttons in the rest of the MD app. I found the following discussion:

https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/moneydance-developme...

which suggested subclassing the button. I tried that exactly as written but I still don't get any change in my button color. I can change the font but not the color.

Any help would be appreciated.

This is my button class:

public class MyButton extends JButton {
    public MyButton() {
        super();
    }
    @Override
    public void updateUI() {
        super.updateUI();
        this.setOpaque(true);
        setBackground(Color.yellow);
   }

1. 1 Posted by Bob B on 10 Jul, 2021 11:04 PM

   

   Here is a screenshot of the window. The button labeled 'Show Returns' uses the new MyButton class, the others do not.

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2. 2 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 11 Jul, 2021 05:07 AM

   

   Odd. I do this all this time. No subclassing, extension, or overrides... Example Jython script below (you can paste/run in Moneybot):

   from java.awt import Color
   from javax.swing import JFrame, JButton, JLabel, JPanel
   b=JButton("OK")
   b.setBackground(Color.ORANGE)
   b.setForeground(Color.WHITE)
   b.setVisible(True)
   b.setBorderPainted(False)
   b.setOpaque(True)
   p=JPanel()
   f=JFrame("Hello")
   l=JLabel("More.................")
   p.add(b)
   p.add(l)
   f.add(p)
   f.pack()
   f.setLocationRelativeTo(None)
   f.setVisible(True)
   

   I know you're in pure java, but should be no different.....

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3. 3 Posted by Bob B on 12 Jul, 2021 04:13 PM

   

   Thanks. I think the difference might be that I am running as an extension. I'm not the only one with the issue (see link in original post) but the solution there didn't work for me and I'm not sure why.

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4. 4 Posted by Bob B on 22 Jul, 2021 12:17 AM

   

   Does anyone have an answer for me? I know it's not the end of the world but it's bugging me (mostly because I'm kinda new at this and can't figure it out).

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