java - 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

You would probably need to change opacity of menu items, ie:

JMenuItem item= new JMenuItem("Test");
item.setOpaque(true);
item.setBackground(Color.CYAN);

You can also achieve that globally using UIManager, for example:

UIManager.put("MenuItem.background", Color.CYAN);
UIManager.put("MenuItem.opaque", true);