jTextField default border color

[miguel lisboa]

using java6 and all defaults, i've textfields and a jTextArea; as the default textarea has no border, i added one; but i cant find out what color textfield's borders use, so that i could use the same color in my textarea border.

how can i find that out?

TiA
[ March 30, 2007: Message edited by: miguel lisboa ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

Go through the API specifications for whichever Border you are using. You should find methods which get the colour. They are there in LineBorder and EtchedBorder.

[miguel lisboa]

the closest i got:

        LineBorder border =  (LineBorder)getJTextFieldNome().getBorder();
        System.out.println(border.getLineColor());
    

gets an error msg:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource$CompoundBorderUIResource cannot be cast to javax.swing.border.LineBorder

[miguel lisboa]

dont even need to know the color:

 
Border border =  getJTextFieldNome().getBorder();
 
jTextAreaObs.setBorder(border);    

[Campbell Ritchie]

Well done