Click versus Drag to move JSlider

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Jim Moon - 11 Jun 2004 17:21 GMT

How do you make it so a JSlider can be moved by clicking where you want it
to be?

The default behavior seems to only allow dragging it.

I've downloaded the demo's from
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/slider.html#labels
and the JSliders are moveable by clicking.

But when I create one, it doesn't seem to be clickable.

Thanks in advance for any feedback or guidance!

Jim

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VisionSet - 11 Jun 2004 19:14 GMT

> How do you make it so a JSlider can be moved by clicking where you want it
> to be?
>
> The default behavior seems to only allow dragging it.
>
> I've downloaded the demo's from

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/slider.html#labels

> and the JSliders are moveable by clicking.
>
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>
> Jim

Do you by any chance have a massive range eg minVal = 0 maxVal > 500

The bigger the range the smaller the pointer movement when you click the
track. Try a tiny range to compare.

You can may be able to use a smaller range and convert this to the model
data you require.

--
Mike W

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Jim Moon - 11 Jun 2004 20:10 GMT

Thank you, Mike!

The JSlider does work better with proportionately smaller ranges.

Jim

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Will Hartung - 14 Jun 2004 22:21 GMT

> Thank you, Mike!
>
> The JSlider does work better with proportionately smaller ranges.

The key seems that the click to the right or left of the slide means "up" or
"down" rather than "go to here".

Otherwise, the resolution wouldn't matter.

Regards,

Will Hartung
(willh@msoft.com)

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