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Java JColorChooser

The JColorChooser class is used to create a color chooser dialog box that allows users to select colors. It inherits from JComponent. Commonly used methods include addChooserPanel() to add color panels and showDialog() to display the dialog box. The example code creates a JFrame with a button that opens a color chooser when clicked, setting the selected color as the background of a text area.

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Java JColorChooser

The JColorChooser class is used to create a color chooser dialog box that allows users to select colors. It inherits from JComponent. Commonly used methods include addChooserPanel() to add color panels and showDialog() to display the dialog box. The example code creates a JFrame with a button that opens a color chooser when clicked, setting the selected color as the background of a text area.

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Java JColorChooser

The JColorChooser class is used to create a color chooser dialog box so that user can
select any color. It inherits JComponent class.

JColorChooser class declaration


Let's see the declaration for javax.swing.JColorChooser class.

1. public class JColorChooser extends JComponent implements Accessible  

Commonly used Constructors:

Constructor Description

JColorChooser() It is used to create a color chooser panel with white color


initially.

JColorChooser(color It is used to create a color chooser panel with the specified


initialcolor) color initially.

Commonly used Methods:

Method Description

void addChooserPanel(AbstractColorChooserPanel It is used to add a color chooser


panel) panel to the color chooser.

static Color showDialog(Component c, String title, Color It is used to show the color chooser
initialColor) dialog box.

Java JColorChooser Example


1. import java.awt.event.*;    
2. import java.awt.*;    
3. import javax.swing.*;     
4. public class ColorChooserExample extends JFrame implements ActionListener {    
5. JButton b;    
6. Container c;    
7. ColorChooserExample(){    
8.     c=getContentPane();    
9.     c.setLayout(new FlowLayout());         
10.     b=new JButton("color");    
11.     b.addActionListener(this);         
12.     c.add(b);    
13. }    
14. public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {    
15. Color initialcolor=Color.RED;    
16. Color color=JColorChooser.showDialog(this,"Select a color",initialcolor);    
17. c.setBackground(color);    
18. }    
19.     
20. public static void main(String[] args) {    
21.     ColorChooserExample ch=new ColorChooserExample();    
22.     ch.setSize(400,400);    
23.     ch.setVisible(true);    
24.     ch.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);    
25. }    
26. }    

Output:
Java JColorChooser Example with ActionListener
1. import javax.swing.*;  
2. import java.awt.*;  
3. import java.awt.event.*;  
4. public class ColorChooserExample extends JFrame implements ActionListener{  
5. JFrame f;  
6. JButton b;  
7. JTextArea ta;  
8. ColorChooserExample(){  
9.     f=new JFrame("Color Chooser Example.");  
10.     b=new JButton("Pad Color");  
11.     b.setBounds(200,250,100,30);  
12.     ta=new JTextArea();  
13.     ta.setBounds(10,10,300,200);  
14.     b.addActionListener(this);  
15.     f.add(b);f.add(ta);  
16.     f.setLayout(null);  
17.     f.setSize(400,400);  
18.     f.setVisible(true);  
19. }  
20. public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){  
21.     Color c=JColorChooser.showDialog(this,"Choose",Color.CYAN);  
22.     ta.setBackground(c);  
23. }  
24. public static void main(String[] args) {  
25.     new ColorChooserExample();  
26. }  
27. }     

Output:
 

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