How to add Background color for JOptionPane Completely?

Question

I am not getting a complete background color for JOptionPane.

Below there is one of my output screen:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/i4tvh.png

And my code:

JFrame frame1 = new JFrame("Showing Error Message");
                    UIManager UI=new UIManager();
                    UI.put("OptionPane.background", Color.BLUE);
                    UI.put("OptionPane.messagebackground", Color.BLUE);
                    UI.put("Panel.background", Color.BLUE);
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame1,errorMessage1);

Which Look-n-Feel you use? – Sergiy Medvynskyy May 04 '16 at 08:17 — Sergiy Medvynskyy, May 04 '16 at 08:17
i am using Nimbus Look-n-Feel – honey1 May 04 '16 at 09:22 — honey1, May 04 '16 at 09:22

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '16 at 08:51

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First of all, the public methods of UIManager are static. It is incorrect, misleading, and pointless to create an instance of UIManager. The correct way to invoke those methods is:

UIManager.put("OptionPane.background", Color.BLUE);
UIManager.put("OptionPane.messagebackground", Color.BLUE);
UIManager.put("Panel.background", Color.BLUE);

This is the whole sample.

import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Main extends JFrame
{
   public static void main(String []args) {
      UIManager.put("OptionPane.background", Color.blue);
      UIManager.put("Panel.background", Color.blue);
      UIManager.put("Button.background", Color.white);

      String value = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter your name");
      System.out.println("Hello " + value);

      // exit awt thread
      System.exit(1);
   }
}

answered May 04 '16 at 08:51

ziLk

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in your example i need text box color also – honey1 May 04 '16 at 09:20
UIManager.put("TextField.background", Color.BLUE); I haven't tried it. But you need to try the keys that is inside of http://thebadprogrammer.com/swing-uimanager-keys/ – ziLk May 04 '16 at 10:55
@honey1 Just note that this will affect ALL the panel's and buttons in your UI that are created AFTER you apply those settings – MadProgrammer May 04 '16 at 11:42
I'm still getting the same view! – Jay Patel Nov 23 '18 at 10:57

DSF.Inc · Answer 2 · 2021-02-14T17:51:27.187

In nimbus look and feel these all codes are not usable.

So solution is,

UIManager.put("control", new Color(0, 0, 0));

This is also call "Dark Nimbus" add this top of your main frame's main method. So it will automatically change All JOptionPane's background.

And also you can't change button background with

UIManager.put("OptionPane.buttonBackground", BLACK);

So you should use,

UIManager.put("nimbusBase", new Color(0, 0, 0));

Remember - but unfortunately, this code will change all your buttons etcs' background. So you have to add *.setBackground(...); to all other objects.

If you want to change foreground of JOptionPane you should use

UIManager.put("text", new Color(255, 255, 255));

Again unfortunately this will change your all of text's foreground.

These all codes are called Dark Nimbus.

If you're using nimbus you can try these UIManager codes to customize nimbus look and feel.

UIManager.put("control", new Color(0, 0, 0));
UIManager.put("info", new Color(0, 0, 0));
UIManager.put("nimbusBase", new Color(0, 0, 0));
UIManager.put("nimbusAlertYellow", new Color(248, 187, 0));
UIManager.put("nimbusDisabledText", new Color(255, 255, 255));
UIManager.put("nimbusFocus", new Color(115, 164, 209));
UIManager.put("nimbusGreen", new Color(176, 179, 50));
UIManager.put("nimbusInfoBlue", new Color(66, 139, 221));
UIManager.put("nimbusLightBackground", new Color(0, 0, 0));
UIManager.put("nimbusOrange", new Color(191, 98, 4));
UIManager.put("nimbusRed", new Color(169, 46, 34));
UIManager.put("nimbusSelectedText", new Color(255, 255, 255));
UIManager.put("nimbusSelectionBackground", new Color(18, 134, 175));
UIManager.put("text", new Color(255, 255, 255));

You can try these codes. In my project the nimbus seem as

But I always recommend using "Flatleaf" (Search google "FlatLafLookAndFeel" or go to jar.download.com"). It is a professional and you can change all to your own.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9064943/how-to-change-background-color-of-joptionpane — DSF.Inc, Feb 14 '21 at 17:50

How to add Background color for JOptionPane Completely?

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