Can't change the color of a button...

[mrbeast87]

My code is as simple as this:

JButton b = new JButton("Blue button");
b.setBackground(Color.blue);

But my button won't change it's color! I'm I missing something?

Thanks!

PS: I'm working in mac osx.

[curmudgeon]

It works for me:

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

public class Test1 {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      JButton blueBtn = new JButton("Blue Button");
      blueBtn.setBackground(Color.blue);
      
      JButton redBtn = new JButton("Red Button");
      redBtn.setBackground(Color.red);
      
      JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 0, 5, 0));
      panel.add(blueBtn);
      panel.add(redBtn);
      
      JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, panel, "Blue Button Test", JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION);
   }
}

You're bug is somewhere else in code not shown.

[DarrylBurke]

You're bug is somewhere else in code not shown.

Like maybe setting a custom Look and Feel.

db

[mrbeast87]

Well, I guess the problem has to do with mac osx... Because I just copy and pasted the code curmudgeon supplied, and I got this:



Do you have any idea why?

[jDennis79]

Same here, also OS X. Seems to be platform specific behavior.

[mrbeast87]

But there must be a way to change the color of the button, right?