Create a Slider using JSlider Class

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Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a Slider using the Swing JSlider Class. A slider is a GUI component that allows users to set values by moving an indicator vertically or horizontally. Users can also click on points to change the current value.

Swing JSlider Class

We can create a slider with two types of tick marks: minor and major. The minor ticket is shorter than the major tick mark. To create a slider we use the JSlider class.

To import the class we can use the following statement:

import javax.swing.JSlider;

To create a horizontal slider, we can use the following code:

JSlider slider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 0, 100, 40);

Java Program

package com.testingdocs.swing.components;

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JSlider;

public class JSliderDemo {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
 JFrame frame = new JFrame("JSlider - www.TestingDocs.com");

 // Create a Slider
 JSlider slider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 0, 100, 40);
 slider.setMinorTickSpacing(10);
 slider.setMajorTickSpacing(20);
 slider.setPaintTicks(true);
 slider.setPaintLabels(true);
 slider.setLabelTable(slider.createStandardLabels(20));

 // Frame Settings
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(500, 400);
 frame.getContentPane().add(slider);
 frame.setVisible(true);
 }
}