JColorChooser Example
This JColorChooser example displays a panel containing a button that when selected initiates a JColorChooser dialog. When the user hits "OK" the background of the content pane is set to the chosen color.
The three stages of this are shown left to right.
// JColorChooser Example
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class JColorChooserExample {
static Container cp;
public static void main(String[] args) {
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Color Chooser");
cp = frame.getContentPane( );
cp.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
JButton button = new JButton("select color");
cp.add(button);
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener( ) {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Color c = JColorChooser.showDialog(frame,"Choose a color", Color.red);
cp.setBackground(c);
}
});
frame.setSize(200, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}