From 184c6c3769f287e95f2177809d07e271398d2374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:42:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-1360 refactored for consistent lighter/darker for
 selected/unselected button foreground

---
 src/jalview/gui/UserDefinedColours.java |   42 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/UserDefinedColours.java b/src/jalview/gui/UserDefinedColours.java
index 50108e7..3c87e4c 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/UserDefinedColours.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/UserDefinedColours.java
@@ -250,12 +250,11 @@ AlignmentPanel ap;
     if (selectedButtons != null)
     {
       JButton button = null;
-      for (int i = 0; i < selectedButtons.size(); i++)
+	  for (int i = 0; i < selectedButtons.size(); i++)
       {
         button = (JButton) selectedButtons.elementAt(i);
         button.setBackground(colorChooser.getColor());
-        button.setForeground(button.getBackground().brighter().brighter()
-                .brighter());
+        button.setForeground(brighterThan(button.getBackground()));
       }
       if (button == lcaseColour)
       {
@@ -263,8 +262,7 @@ AlignmentPanel ap;
         {
           button = (JButton) lowerCaseButtons.elementAt(i);
           button.setBackground(colorChooser.getColor());
-          button.setForeground(button.getBackground().brighter().brighter()
-                  .brighter());
+          button.setForeground(brighterThan(button.getBackground()));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -323,7 +321,7 @@ AlignmentPanel ap;
         JButton button = (JButton) buttonPanel.getComponent(b);
         if (!selectedButtons.contains(button))
         {
-          button.setForeground(button.getBackground().brighter().brighter());
+          button.setForeground(brighterThan(button.getBackground()));
           selectedButtons.add(button);
         }
       }
@@ -333,10 +331,10 @@ AlignmentPanel ap;
       for (int b = 0; b < selectedButtons.size(); b++)
       {
         JButton button = (JButton) selectedButtons.elementAt(b);
-        button.setForeground(button.getBackground().darker().darker());
+        button.setForeground(darkerThan(button.getBackground()));
       }
       selectedButtons.clear();
-      pressed.setForeground(pressed.getBackground().brighter().brighter());
+      pressed.setForeground(brighterThan(pressed.getBackground()));
       selectedButtons.addElement(pressed);
 
     }
@@ -344,12 +342,12 @@ AlignmentPanel ap;
     {
       if (selectedButtons.contains(pressed))
       {
-        pressed.setForeground(pressed.getBackground().darker().darker());
+        pressed.setForeground(darkerThan(pressed.getBackground()));
         selectedButtons.remove(pressed);
       }
       else
       {
-        pressed.setForeground(pressed.getBackground().brighter().brighter());
+        pressed.setForeground(brighterThan(pressed.getBackground()));
         selectedButtons.addElement(pressed);
       }
     }
@@ -417,13 +415,35 @@ AlignmentPanel ap;
     button.setOpaque(true);	// required for the next line to have effect
     button.setBackground(col);
     button.setText(label);
-    button.setForeground(col.darker().darker().darker());
+    button.setForeground(darkerThan(col));
     button.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 10));
 
     return button;
   }
 
   /**
+   * Returns a colour three shades darker. 
+   * 
+   * We use darker text to indicate unselected buttons, lighter text for selected.
+   * @param col
+   * @return
+   */
+  public static Color darkerThan(Color col) {
+	  return col.darker().darker().darker();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a colour three shades brighter. 
+   * 
+   * We use darker text to indicate unselected buttons, lighter text for selected.
+   * @param col
+   * @return
+   */
+  public static Color brighterThan(Color col) {
+	  return col.brighter().brighter().brighter();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * DOCUMENT ME!
    * 
    * @param e
-- 
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