在JPanel上获取"按钮外观"的最简单方法可能是扩展JPanel和覆盖paintComponent.
这是Nimbus的JButton外观:

这是我在a上的类似外观的实现JPanel(我添加了一个空边框来显示这个例子,并且角落不是半透明的):

这是我的代码(使用渐变):
public class ColorDemo extends JPanel {
private final int gradientSize = 18;
private final Color lighterColor = new Color(250, 250, 250);
private final Color darkerColor = new Color(225, 225, 230);
private final Color edgeColor = new Color(140, 145, 145);
private final Stroke edgeStroke = new BasicStroke(1);
private final GradientPaint upperGradient = new GradientPaint(
0, 0, lighterColor,
0, gradientSize, darkerColor);
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
GradientPaint lowerGradient = new GradientPaint(
0, getHeight()-gradientSize-1, darkerColor,
0, getHeight(), lighterColor);
g2.setPaint(upperGradient);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth()-1 , gradientSize);
g2.setPaint(darkerColor);
g2.fillRect(0, gradientSize, getWidth()-1, getHeight()-gradientSize-1);
g2.setPaint(lowerGradient);
g2.fillRect(0, getHeight()-gradientSize, getWidth()-1, getHeight()-1);
g2.setStroke(edgeStroke);
g2.setPaint(edgeColor);
g2.drawRoundRect(0, 0, getWidth()-1, getHeight()-1,
gradientSize/2, gradientSize/2);
}
}
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UPDATE
这是AgostinoX的一种改进paintComponent方法,它解决了我的代码中的角点问题.
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALI??AS_ON);
float gradientPerc = (float)gradientSize/getHeight();
LinearGradientPaint lgp = new LinearGradientPaint(0,0,0,getHeight()-1,
new float[] {0, gradientPerc, 1-gradientPerc, 1f},
new Color[] {lighterColor, darkerColor, darkerColor, lighterColor});
g2.setPaint(lgp);
g.fillRoundRect(0, 0, getWidth()-1, getHeight()-1,
gradientSize, gradientSize);
g2.setColor(edgeColor);
g2.setStroke(edgeStroke);
g.drawRoundRect(0, 0, getWidth()-1, getHeight()-1,
gradientSize, gradientSize);
}
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另请参阅我对如何隐藏JScrollBar中箭头按钮的答案,了解如何自定义Nimbus的外观.并查看颜色和画家的Nimbus默认值.