How to change JProgressBar color?

Question

I Used .setBackground and .setForeground and they didn't work, the color is like Orange, can't change it.

Lobule

Answer 1

I think that these values are right for you

UIManager.put("ProgressBar.background", Color.ORANGE);
UIManager.put("ProgressBar.foreground", Color.BLUE);
UIManager.put("ProgressBar.selectionBackground", Color.RED);
UIManager.put("ProgressBar.selectionForeground", Color.GREEN);

Floeter

+1 for UIManager; see also this alternative. – Hesta

+1 for this answer, but i wonder how to know the value of the Key, how will I know UIManager.put(ProgressBar.whatElseCanIWriteHere, myValue) , is there any Doc, which discusses this part, If there is one, please point me at it, I be highly Thankful :-) – Chaconne

@nIcE cOw there are a few www sites, but I use UIManager Defaults, because there are accesible all official L&F – Floeter

@Floeter : Wow :-) thankx for pointing out. That's impressive and quite informative. Exactly what I was looking for, Thankyou so much :-) – Chaconne

Shouldn't you change color only for THIS progress bar, not defaults for all progress bars in the application (like in Alex's post)? – Backstairs

@Floeter if i'm using netbean ,where should i put this code.i put them in constructor ,but still progress_bar is ugly default orange color – Claar

@madhawa priyashantha depends of NativeOS and used LookAndFeel, a.m. code lines are for metal look and feel – Floeter

@Floeter can i use this for Nimbus look and feel also? – Claar

@madhawa priyashantha yes but you have to override Painter for JProgressBar – Floeter

@Floeter finally i solved my case with your guidance – Claar

@madhawa priyashantha for excelent output to search for AbstractPainter, then is possible to create rounded corners (never used) – Floeter

I'm still getting the same orange color! – Mariannemariano

Answer 2

You should set the setStringPainted property to true:

progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
progressBar.setForeground(Color.blue);
progressBar.setString("10%");

Chive

Thanks, this is the best way to set an individual color. – Capablanca

But that would change the text color, not the progress color. – Garlen

Just try, it changes the foreground of the progress bar – Chive

I guess it depends on the L&F you're using. That didn't work with Nimbus for instance. – Garlen

Will this be the normal Java green progress bar that we are used to seeing in Eclipse? – Heall

Answer 3

You can use this:

UIManager.put( "nimbusOrange", new Color( 38, 139, 210 ) );

It's works for me, only change the color, you can use Color.RED or similar

Erhart