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  1. 04-19-2012, 06:45 PM #1
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    Default Adding a shadow to a JButton?

    Hi,

    I am wondering how I would go about adding a shadow to a button in swing, I have looked around on google but can't find anything. Any help is much appreciated.

    Thanks,
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    Default Re: Adding a shadow to a JButton?

    Sounds like a job for a border to me.

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    Default Re: Adding a shadow to a JButton?

    Or switch to Java FX 2 which has a DropShadow effect.

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    Default Re: Adding a shadow to a JButton?

    I like the look of java fx but is it easy to implement it into swing?

    I really don't want to rewrite my whole GUI...
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    Default Re: Adding a shadow to a JButton?

    Quote Originally Posted by OllyHal View Post
    I like the look of java fx but is it easy to implement it into swing?
    Not difficult, but the code can be verbose in the extreme due to having to respect the two GUI threads (Swing's EDT and FX's Application thread).

    I wouldn't recommend mixing the two.

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