colored JComboBox items?

[Ian]

Hi,
Is it possible to have a jcombobox with the items being actual colors(or at
leat the fonts) eg.

String[] myColors = { "Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Orange", "White" };

JComboBox colorList = new JComboBox(myColors);

colorList.addActionListener(this);

But when the user clicks on the combobox instead of the names of the colors
being dislpayed each item is the appropriate color
Any help appreciated

 

[Chris Smith]

Is it possible to have a jcombobox with the items being actual colors(or at
leat the fonts) eg.

String[] myColors = { "Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Orange", "White" };

JComboBox colorList = new JComboBox(myColors);

colorList.addActionListener(this);

But when the user clicks on the combobox instead of the names of the colors
being dislpayed each item is the appropriate color

This is what cell renderers are for. See the setRenderer method of
JComboBox.

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