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I'm trying to create a combobox with rounded corners where the combo box background is black and the font and the dropdown arrow are white.  I've successfully been able to change the colors, but for the life of me cannot get to the point where the comboBox displays with rounded corners.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
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public class RoundComboBoxUI extends BasicComboBoxUI 
{
    Color bgColor = new Color( 0,0,0,220 );
 
    protected void installDefaults()
    {
        super.installDefaults();
        comboBox.setOpaque(true );
        comboBox.setBackground( bgColor );
        comboBox.setForeground( Color.white );
        comboBox.setBorder(new SimpleRoundBorder());
    }
 
    protected JButton createArrowButton() 
    {
        JButton button = new BasicArrowButton(BasicArrowButton.SOUTH, bgColor, bgColor, Color.white, bgColor );
        button.setUI( new BorderlessButtonUI() );
        return button;
    }    
 
    class SimpleRoundBorder extends AbstractBorder 
    {
        public void paintBorder(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y, int width, int height) 
        {
            ((Graphics2D)g).setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
            ((Graphics2D)g).setColor( bgColor );
            ((Graphics2D)g).drawRoundRect(x, y, width-2, height-2, 12, 12); 
        }
 
        public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c) 
        {
            return new Insets(3, 6, 3, 3);
        }
 
        public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c, Insets insets) 
        {
            insets.top = insets.left = insets.bottom = insets.right = 3;
            return insets;
        }
    }
}
 
 
I basically do this in the calling function:
JComboBox paletteCombo = new JComboBox();
paletteCombo.setUI( new RoundComboBoxUI() );
paletteCombo.setForeground( Color.white );
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