JButton 3d effect

[dojo23]

Hi, somebody knows how to make JButtons show flat, and then become 3d when the mouse is over them?

[nspils]

The JButton inherits the mouse events and listener methods of java.awt.Component and javax.swing.JComponent. So - create a mouse listener which listens to mouse events in relation to the JButton of interest One of the mouse events which are available is entering (MOUSE_ENTERED) or leaving (MOUSE_EXITED) an unobscured portion of your component. Upon these events you can trigger a change in the appearance of your JButton.

[dojo23]

cheers man!

Going to give it a try.

[dojo23]

I have been trying to add this mouse listener. Is there any property of JButton in order to make it 3d or 2d? I have been searching in java docs, but didnt find anything. Thanks!

[nspils]

Swing does not provide 3D functionality internally.

Take a look at http://code.j3d.org/ for information about a 3D graphics library.