Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JSpinner; import javax.swing.SpinnerListModel; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { ColorSpinner spinner = new ColorSpinner(new String[] { "red", "green", "blue" }); spinner.setValue("blue"); } } class ColorSpinner extends JSpinner { public ColorSpinner(String[] colorNames) { super(); setModel(new SpinnerListModel(colorNames)); setEditor(new Editor(this)); } public class Editor extends JPanel implements ChangeListener { int preferredWidth = 30; int preferredHeight = 16; Editor(JSpinner spinner) { spinner.addChangeListener(this); setPreferredSize(new Dimension(preferredWidth, preferredHeight)); setColor((String) spinner.getValue()); } public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent evt) { JSpinner spinner = (JSpinner) evt.getSource(); String value = (String) spinner.getValue(); setColor(value); } public void setColor(String colorName) { try { Field field = Class.forName("java.awt.Color").getField(colorName); Color color = (Color) field.get(null); setBackground(color); } catch (Exception e) { } } } }