Setting background color for a JFrame

Question

Just how do you set the background color for a JFrame?

Solution 1

Retrieve the content pane for the frame and use the setBackground() method inherited from Component to change the color.

Example:

myJFrame.getContentPane().setBackground( desiredColor );

Solution 2

To set the background color for JFrame:

getContentPane().setBackground(Color.YELLOW);  //Whatever color

Solution 3

using:

setBackground(Color.red);

doesn't work properly.

use

Container c = JFrame.getContentPane();

c.setBackground(Color.red);

or

myJFrame.getContentPane().setBackground( Color.red );

Solution 4

To set the background color for the JFrame try this:

this.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.white);

Solution 5

This is the simplest and the correct method. All you have to do is to add this code after initComponents();

getContentPane().setBackground(new java.awt.Color(204, 166, 166));

That is an example RGB color, you can replace that with your desired color. If you dont know the codes of RGB colors, please search on internet... there are a lot of sites that provide custom colors like this.

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Comments

[kleopatra]

nothing new compared to the older answers, is there ;-) Plus a couple of no-nos: a) don't extend if you can achieve to requirement without b) don't keep alias members c) don't do without LayoutManager

[kleopatra]

this is either wrong or duplicated, depending on where you want to call the method, on the frame directly or on its contentpane

[Filipe Brito]

Why to answer if there is already the same answer made by other users?

[crackerplace]

his first statement makes sense i.e setBackGround doesn't work properly.

[3.14ed_Piper]

not only is that not specified in the answer you gave, but its a repeat of what is answered above.

[midhunhk]

I feel this is a suggestion for a solution which may or may not be the answer. If the OP tries this and finds it to be working, they can ask you to add as answer to mark it so. This is how I usually work.

[Tom Aranda]

Generally, answers are much more helpful if they include an explanation of what the code is intended to do, and why that solves the problem without introducing others.

[Learning]

I answered concretely, with the code that solves the problem that the person with the question has. At no time add another problem as you say.

[ParisaN]

@Learning. It was better that write: frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.PINK);

[Ahm23]

Thanks for this great solution. It seems that the "C" in Color is case-sensitive.