Howto make JButton with simple flat style?

Question

whats the most simple way to make a JButton only show the background color? I don't need any other effects like borders, 3D-look or hover-highlighting.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

First, set your look and feel to something cool, like 'metal'.

try
{
    for (UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo lnf : 
        UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
        if ("Metal".equals(lnf.getName())) {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(lnf.getClassName());
            break;
        }
    }
} catch (Exception e) { /* Lazy handling this >.> */ }

Then do something like this:

my_jbutton.setBackground(new Color(240,240,241);

If the color of your button is exactly equals to swing control color (240,240,240), windows will apply windows-like button style to the button, otherwise, the button assumes a simple flat style.

Answer 2

You may want to use a JLabel with a MouseListener instead... unless you're tied to using a JButton or ActionListener in some way.

Answer 3

Just set the colours and the border:

private static JButton createSimpleButton(String text) {
  JButton button = new JButton(text);
  button.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
  button.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
  Border line = new LineBorder(Color.BLACK);
  Border margin = new EmptyBorder(5, 15, 5, 15);
  Border compound = new CompoundBorder(line, margin);
  button.setBorder(compound);
  return button;
}

Use setOpaque(false); to make the background transparent.

Answer 4

How about

yourButton.setBorder(null);

?

Answer 5

I don't know if I have missed a point... But I usually do somtehing like this:

button.setBorderPainted(false);
button.setFocusPainted(false);
button.setContentAreaFilled(false);