Change background and text color of JMenuBar and JMenu objects inside it

Question

How can I set custom background color for JMenuBar and JMenu objects inside it? I tried .setBackgroundColor and it does not work!

Answer 1

Simple way to do is by .setBackground(Color.RED) and setOpaque(true)

menubar.setBackground(Color.RED); menu.setBackground(Color.yellow); menubar.setOpaque(true); menu.setOpaque(true);

This will give the color of your choices to both the menubar and menu.