JSlider class:

The JSlider is used to create the slider. By using JSlider a user can select a value from a specific range.

Commonly used Constructors of JSlider class:

• JSlider(): creates a slider with the initial value of 50 and range of 0 to 100.
• JSlider(int orientation): creates a slider with the specified orientation set by either JSlider.HORIZONTAL or JSlider.VERTICAL with the range 0 to 100 and initial value 50.
• JSlider(int min, int max): creates a horizontal slider using the given min and max.
• JSlider(int min, int max, int value): creates a horizontal slider using the given min, max and value.
• JSlider(int orientation, int min, int max, int value): creates a slider using the given orientation, min, max and value.

Commonly used Methods of JSlider class:

1) public void setMinorTickSpacing(int n): is used to set the minor tick spacing to the slider.

2) public void setMajorTickSpacing(int n): is used to set the major tick spacing to the slider.

3) public void setPaintTicks(boolean b): is used to determine whether tick marks are painted.

4) public void setPaintLabels(boolean b): is used to determine whether labels are painted.

5) public void setPaintTracks(boolean b): is used to determine whether track is painted.

Simple example of JSlider class:

1.    import javax.swing.*;  

2.      

3.    public class SliderExample1 extends JFrame{  

4.      

5.    public SliderExample1() {  

6.    JSlider slider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 0, 50, 25);  

7.    JPanel panel=new JPanel();  

8.    panel.add(slider);  

9.      

10. add(panel);  

11. }  

12.   

13. public static void main(String s[]) {  

14. SliderExample1 frame=new SliderExample1();  

15. frame.pack();  

16. frame.setVisible(true);  

17. }  

18. }  

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Example of JSlider class that paints ticks:

1.    import javax.swing.*;  

2.      

3.    public class SliderExample extends JFrame{  

4.      

5.    public SliderExample() {  

6.      

7.    JSlider slider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 0, 50, 25);  

8.    slider.setMinorTickSpacing(2);  

9.    slider.setMajorTickSpacing(10);  

10.   

11. slider.setPaintTicks(true);  

12. slider.setPaintLabels(true);  

13.   

14. JPanel panel=new JPanel();  

15. panel.add(slider);  

16. add(panel);  

17. }  

18.   

19. public static void main(String s[]) {  

20. SliderExample frame=new SliderExample();  

21. frame.pack();  

22. frame.setVisible(true);  

23.   

24. }  

25. }