Change background and text color of JMenuBar and JMenu objects inside it

Question

How can I set custom background color for JMenuBar and JMenu objects inside it? I tried .setBackgroundColor and it does not work!

Answer 1

It's very simple.

Here's the code:

menu.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);

Similarly you can add your own color like GREEN, BLUE, DARK_GRAY, LIGHT_GRAY, BLACK, RED, etc..

This is the only simple way to change any color of any component in java.

Note: This is applicable for all components in Java Swing only. it is useless in JavaFX, JFace, SWT but not AWT and Swing

Thank you,

Dereck Smith