Get "fat header" background color in Swing

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I'm building a Swing app in which I'd like to put a "fat header" as in this image:

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Is there a nice way to get the native system colour for that background area? So on Ubuntu with a default theme I'd like to get the colour in the image, but for other themes, and on Windows, I'd also like to have something sensible. I'm using the native Look & Feel.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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FatHeader is probably JMenuBar, for example or JPanel with GradientPaint (very simple is take this Gradient[] from JButton's JComponents)

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answered Feb 29 '12 at 17:42

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Maybe `UIManager` property "MenuBar.background"? – trashgod Feb 29 '12 at 17:47
[Gradient](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5845007/714968) and looks like this is only [modifications of XxxButtonUI](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5755124/714968) – mKorbel Feb 29 '12 at 17:53
I know how to build the bar, what I need is the correct background colour. – Bart van Heukelom Feb 29 '12 at 18:54
Oh, I see JMenuBar comes with that colour by default, and I can add any components (not just menus) to it. – Bart van Heukelom Feb 29 '12 at 19:23

Get "fat header" background color in Swing

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