How to change JProgressBar color?

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

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 17 '14 at 17:37

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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);

edited Nov 17 '14 at 17:37

QGA

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answered May 27 '12 at 12:46

mKorbel

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+1 for `UIManager`; see also this [alternative](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8886795/230513). – trashgod May 27 '12 at 13:57
+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 :-) – nIcE cOw May 28 '12 at 02:45
@nIcE cOw there are a few www sites, but I use [UIManager Defaults](http://tips4java.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/uimanager-defaults/), because there are accesible all official L&F – mKorbel May 28 '12 at 06:19
@mKorbel : Wow :-) thankx for pointing out. That's impressive and quite informative. Exactly what I was looking for, Thankyou so much :-) – nIcE cOw May 28 '12 at 06:31
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Shouldn't you change color only for THIS progress bar, not defaults for all progress bars in the application (like in Alex's post)? – Lukasz Czerwinski Sep 14 '13 at 14:37
@mKorbel 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 – Madhawa Priyashantha Aug 05 '14 at 06:43
@madhawa priyashantha depends of NativeOS and used LookAndFeel, a.m. code lines are for metal look and feel – mKorbel Aug 05 '14 at 07:09
@mKorbel can i use this for Nimbus look and feel also? – Madhawa Priyashantha Aug 05 '14 at 07:13
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@madhawa priyashantha yes but you have to override [Painter for JProgressBar](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user%3A714968+%5Bjprogressbar%5D+nimbus) – mKorbel Aug 05 '14 at 07:30
@mKorbel finally i solved my case with your guidance – Madhawa Priyashantha Aug 05 '14 at 08:18
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@madhawa priyashantha for excelent output to search for AbstractPainter, then is possible to create rounded corners (never used) – mKorbel Aug 05 '14 at 09:04
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I'm still getting the same orange color! – Jay Patel Nov 22 '18 at 05:28

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '12 at 10:20

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You should set the setStringPainted property to true:

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

answered Jun 10 '12 at 10:20

Alexey

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Thanks, this is the best way to set an individual color. – Stefan Jun 13 '13 at 20:44
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But that would change the text color, not the progress color. – Matthieu Jun 27 '13 at 05:09
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Just try, it changes the foreground of the progress bar – Alexey Jun 28 '13 at 08:49
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I guess it depends on the L&F you're using. That didn't work with Nimbus for instance. – Matthieu Jun 28 '13 at 10:27
Will this be the normal Java green progress bar that we are used to seeing in Eclipse? – Doug Hauf Feb 04 '14 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 09 '22 at 02:11

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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

answered Dec 09 '22 at 02:11

Roel Leal

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