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Set inactive background color to JTextField for each component under Windows LAF

I want to set an inactive background color for the JTextField for each component. (Inactive colors are displayed on call setEditable(false)

).

The call
UIManager.put("TextField.inactiveBackground", new ColorUIResource(Color.YELLOW));


sets the inactive color altogether.

This can be done in Nimbus LAF as described here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/package-summary.html . Can this be done using Windows LAF?

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I found a solution. Not a very pretty solution, but a solution nonetheless:

Extend the JTextField class and override the paintComponent method to draw a rectangle of the desired color.



class CustomTextField extends JTextField {
  private Color inactiveColor = UIManager.getColor("TextField.inactiveBackground");

  public void setDisabledBackgroundColor(Color inactiveColor) {
    this.inactiveColor = inactiveColor;
    repaint();
  }

  @Override
  protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    if (!isEditable() || !isEnabled()) {
      setOpaque(false);
      g.setColor(inactiveColor);
      g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
    } else {
      setOpaque(true);
    }
    super.paintComponent(g);
  }
}
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