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copied!<p>Your calculation of preferred size is incorrect.</p> <p><code>BasicButtonUI</code> uses <code>SwingUtilities.layoutCompoundLabel</code>, examined <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/3597688/230513">here</a>. In a label, the ellipsis is added if the string is too long, but a button is typically sized to fit its entire text.</p> <p>Absent a better understanding of your context, I would use a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/2900157/230513"><code>sizeVariant</code></a>, shown below. I've also shown a simple <code>BasicButtonUI</code> example using a smaller, derived <code>Font</code>. The <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/11949899/230513">UI menu</a> can be used in conjunction with <a href="http://www.randelshofer.ch/quaqua/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Quaqua</a> for testing.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/og0BG.png" alt="image"></p> <pre><code>import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.EventQueue; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.Rectangle; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import javax.swing.AbstractButton; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JToolBar; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; import javax.swing.UIManager; import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonUI; /** * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/14599176/230513 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/11949899/230513 */ public class Test { private void display() { JFrame f = new JFrame("Test"); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.setBackground(new Color(0xfff0f0f0)); f.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1)); f.add(createToolBar(f)); f.add(variantPanel("mini")); f.add(variantPanel("small")); f.add(variantPanel("regular")); f.add(variantPanel("large")); JPanel customPanel = new JPanel(); customPanel.add(createCustom("One")); customPanel.add(createCustom("Two")); customPanel.add(createCustom("Three")); f.add(customPanel); f.pack(); f.setLocationRelativeTo(null); f.setVisible(true); } private static JPanel variantPanel(String size) { JPanel variantPanel = new JPanel(); variantPanel.add(createVariant("One", size)); variantPanel.add(createVariant("Two", size)); variantPanel.add(createVariant("Three", size)); return variantPanel; } private static JButton createVariant(String name, String size) { JButton b = new JButton(name); b.putClientProperty("JComponent.sizeVariant", size); return b; } private static JButton createCustom(String name) { JButton b = new JButton(name) { @Override public void updateUI() { super.updateUI(); setUI(new CustomButtonUI()); } }; return b; } public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { new Test().display(); } }); } private static class CustomButtonUI extends BasicButtonUI { private static final Color BACKGROUND_COLOR = new Color(173, 193, 226); private static final Color SELECT_COLOR = new Color(102, 132, 186); @Override protected void paintText(Graphics g, AbstractButton b, Rectangle r, String t) { super.paintText(g, b, r, t); g.setColor(SELECT_COLOR); g.drawRect(r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height); } @Override protected void paintFocus(Graphics g, AbstractButton b, Rectangle viewRect, Rectangle textRect, Rectangle iconRect) { super.paintFocus(g, b, viewRect, textRect, iconRect); g.setColor(Color.blue.darker()); g.drawRect(viewRect.x, viewRect.y, viewRect.width, viewRect.height); } @Override protected void paintButtonPressed(Graphics g, AbstractButton b) { if (b.isContentAreaFilled()) { g.setColor(SELECT_COLOR); g.fillRect(0, 0, b.getWidth(), b.getHeight()); } } @Override protected void installDefaults(AbstractButton b) { super.installDefaults(b); b.setFont(b.getFont().deriveFont(11f)); b.setBackground(BACKGROUND_COLOR); } public CustomButtonUI() { super(); } } private static JToolBar createToolBar(final Component parent) { final UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] available = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels(); List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(); for (UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : available) { names.add(info.getName()); } final JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(names.toArray()); String current = UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getName(); combo.setSelectedItem(current); combo.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { int index = combo.getSelectedIndex(); try { UIManager.setLookAndFeel( available[index].getClassName()); SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(parent); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } } }); JToolBar bar = new JToolBar("L&F"); bar.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT)); bar.add(combo); return bar; } } </code></pre>

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