Question

In Swing is there any way to have two colors for single option? I mean, if I have a option, say Show only cities [Alt+C] in JComboBox, I want Show only cities text in one color and [Alt+C](hotkey) in another color. Similarly, I have JList, Which contains a list of string items. I want to differentiate one from other by color.

In short,

  1. How to design two colored JComboBox option.
  2. How to differentiate JList objects with color.

Thanks.

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Solution

YES , use html,

See this for more information ,

How to Use HTML in Swing Components

For your jcomboBox, 

jComboBox.addItem("<html><font color=green>Show only cities <font color=red>[Alt+C]</font></html>");

will work :) cheers

OTHER TIPS

Yes, I believe that this can be done with HTML or failing that, by using a cell renderer for your combo box that allows for this such as a JEditorPane.

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