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Asked: 2026-05-15T12:28:28+00:00

In Swing when using a JTree/JList/JTable selecting an item changes its background color. Is

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In Swing when using a JTree/JList/JTable selecting an item changes its background color. Is there any way to retrieve this color for the current look and feel when the component is not selected? Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use :

    UIManager.getColor("Tree.selectionBackground")

    Other useful values are:

    UIManager.getColor("Tree.selectionForeground")
UIManager.getColor("Tree.textBackground")
UIManager.getColor("Tree.textForeground")

    EDIT: The other solutions proposed work of course but the downside is that you need a component and it has to be selected before you can call the method or you’ll get the non-selected background. This solution can be called even if you don’t have a tree to begin with 🙂

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