Transparent color for the panel !

[Naren Chivukula]

Hi,

I have my panel as a rectangle with some data on it. When I point my mouse over that, I should get the color of that panel changed (say a light green color). But, still I need the data present on it visible. How could I achieve this ?

Thanks in advance,
Narendranath

[Craig Wood]

Depends on what you're doing. If the data is simple text you can put it on a JLabel and add the JLabel to the JPanel. Add a MouseListener to the JLabel and change the background color of the JPanel in the mouseEntered and mouseExited methods.

[sasi kala]

yes,

Craig saying the right thing. you can use mouseEntered and [I]mouseExited[/I} methods.

in mouseEntered method write -- myPanel.setBackground(Color.green); // requried color

in mouseExited method write -- myPanel.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Panel.background"));

[Naren Chivukula]

Thank u guys.

Regards,
Narendranath