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• Head First JAVA, Second Editon
• Effective Java Programming Language Guide
• Professional Java, JDK 5 Edition
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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
• MetalMThumbSliderUI.java
• MThumbSliderAdditional.java
• MThumbSliderAdditionalUI.java
• AssistantUIManager.java
  

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MThumbSliderExample extends JFrame {
public MThumbSliderExample() {
super("MThumbSlider Example");

JSlider slider = new JSlider();
slider.putClientProperty( "JSlider.isFilled", Boolean.TRUE );

int n = 2;
MThumbSlider mSlider = new MThumbSlider(n);
mSlider.setValueAt(25, 0);
mSlider.setValueAt(75, 1);
mSlider.setFillColorAt(Color.green, 0);
mSlider.setFillColorAt(Color.yellow, 1);
mSlider.setTrackFillColor(Color.red);
mSlider.putClientProperty( "JSlider.isFilled", Boolean.TRUE );

getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
getContentPane().add(slider);
getContentPane().add(mSlider);
}

public static void main (String args[]) {
MThumbSliderExample f = new MThumbSliderExample();
f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
f.setSize (300, 80);
f.show();
}
}

}