CHAPTER 64 — Sliders and Change Events

The last component these chapters discuss is class JSlider. A slider is a component that mimics the operation of continuously variable adjustment slide such as sometimes found on audio equipment.

Chapter Topics:

• sliders
• Major and minor ticks.
• The setPreferredSize() method
• The setName() method
• The getName() method
• change events
• The getSource() method

There are dozens of GUI components and features in Swing. Only a few of them are covered in these chapters. All components are described in the documentation available for downloading from Sun Microsystems. Many of them are featured in Sun's on-line tutorials.