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• Head First JAVA, Second Editon
• Effective Java Programming Language Guide
• Professional Java, JDK 5 Edition
• Ivor Horton's Beginning Java 2, JDK 5 Edition

JAVA JSlide Color

The following code adds color to JSlide. User may customize the color showing on JSlide. This example has following Java files:

• MThumbSliderExample.java
• MThumbSlider.java
• BasicMThumbSliderUI.java
• MThumbSliderAdditional.java
• MThumbSliderAdditionalUI.java
• AssistantUIManager.java
  
  
  
  
  import java.awt.*;
  import java.awt.event.*;
  import javax.swing.*;

  public class MThumbSliderExample2 extends JFrame {
  public MThumbSliderExample2() {
  super("MThumbSlider Example");
  
  JSlider slider = new JSlider();
  slider.setUI(new javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicSliderUI(slider));
  
  int n = 2;
  MThumbSlider mSlider = new MThumbSlider(n);
  mSlider.setValueAt(25, 0);
  mSlider.setValueAt(75, 1);
  mSlider.setUI(new BasicMThumbSliderUI());
  
  getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
  getContentPane().add(slider);
  getContentPane().add(mSlider);
  }

  public static void main (String args[]) {
  try {
  UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel");
  } catch (Exception ex) {
  System.err.println("Error loading L&F: " + ex);
  }

  MThumbSliderExample2 f = new MThumbSliderExample2();
  f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
  public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
  System.exit(0);
  }
  });
  f.setSize (300, 100);
  f.show();
  }
  }