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Java Swing Thermometer - how do i do this?

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  • 03-02-2004 7:22pm
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    flyz
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    Calling all Swing Gurus! ;)

    What I'm trying to do is draw a thermometer and have a trigger slider which I can slide up and down to set the max temperature allowed before an alert is given.
    I'm at a bit of a loss as to how I should approach this.

    Is is possible to customize either the JScrollbar or JSlider classes to do what I want?
    Or should I be looking at JLayeredPanes or using Drag and Drop classes?


    Any suggestions or even general directions would be greatly appreciated.


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    clearz
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    I would just extend a JPanel and add a JSlider to the right, draw a thermometer on the left and add the needed methods.


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    OfflerCrocGod
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    Or use NetBeans automatic code generation for GUI stuff stick in events were neccesary and then just copy all the code into whatever app you are using as your IDE.


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    flyz
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    I have my thermometer drawn with a slider now.

    it's more like a red line with a JSlider on top but it does the job ;)


    Now I need to figure out how to customize the knob of the slider.
    I've looked at the SliderUI class but I can't make head or tail of it.

    anyone know of any good tutorials / examples I could look at to customise my jslider?


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    clearz
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭clearz


    Originally posted by flyz
    I have my thermometer drawn with a slider now.

    it's more like a red line with a JSlider on top but it does the job ;)


    Now I need to figure out how to customize the knob of the slider.
    I've looked at the SliderUI class but I can't make head or tail of it.

    anyone know of any good tutorials / examples I could look at to customise my jslider?

    Look at the decorator design pattern


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