customization example doesn't seem to have an effect

[jonathanlocke]

the colors of JTabbedPane can be customized with this:

    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.minimumTabWidth", 150);
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.background", DARK_GRAY);
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.foreground", DARK_YELLOW);
    **UIManager.put("TabbedPane.selectedBackground", CHERRY);**
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.hoverColor", DARK_GRAY.);
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.underlineColor", DARK_YELLOW);

and most of it works, but the line in bold (which is on the example page for how to customize flatlaf) doesn't seem to have any effect. selectedForeground doesn't seem to work either. i'm using flatlaf 0.45. thanks!

Jon

[DevCharly]

Hmm, just tried. TabbedPane.selectedBackground works for me.

Is it possible that the tabbed pane was focused in your test?
Then TabbedPane.focusColor is used for the selected (focused) tab background.

UIManager.put("TabbedPane.focusColor", Color.red);

TabbedPane.selectedForeground does indeed not work in your case
because TabbedPane.foreground is also set.
This is a bug.

To workaround (until fixed in FlatLaf), use a ColorUIResource for TabbedPane.foreground:

UIManager.put("TabbedPane.foreground", new ColorUIResource(WHITE));

[DevCharly]

TabbedPane.selectedForeground is now fixed in main branch.

[jonathanlocke]

Thanks very much DevCharly! Open Source rocks, doesn't it?

[jonathanlocke]

Is it possible that there's a problem for the background / selectedBackground as well? I see that one too now. I tried your ColorUIResource workaround for that pair of colors and that didn't seem to do the trick.

[ju-gem]

Hi,
I also have problems with TabbedPane.selectedBackground.
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.selectedBackground", new Color(242, 224, 232));
doesn't have any effect. When not focused, the color shows, but as soon as the focus is set on my application window, the background is default-blue again. May be a bug?
Best regards,
ju-gem

[DevCharly]

When not focused, the color shows, but as soon as the focus is set on my application window, the background is default-blue again. May be a bug?

@ju-gem no, that's exactly how it should work.

• TabbedPane.focusColor is used as background for selected tab if tabbedpane component itself has focus
• TabbedPane.selectedBackground is used if any other component has focus

If you don't want that your tabbedpane can be focused, then use:

tabbedPane.setFocusable( false );

[ju-gem]

Alright, that makes sense. Thanks @DevCharly!

[DevCharly]

@jonathanlocke the problem with TabbedPane.selectedForeground is fixed in FlatLaf 1.0.

Can't find a problem with TabbedPane.selectedBackground. See also my previous post.