Element: Slider.
Icon:
Text: A slider to display and modify a value.
Description: A Slider is a basic element that displays and allow editing a numeric value. The value is selected by moving the slider between two extreme values. If the "Format" property is not empty, the value is also displayed in text form. The element can invoke up to three different actions when interacting with it.
Table of properties |
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Name | Description | Values accepted |
Variable | ||
Variable | The variable displayed and modified using this element. | A variable of type double or int. |
Value | An initial value for the variable. | Any constant or variable of type double or int. |
Minimum | The smallest value that can be selected. | Any constant or variable of type double or int. |
Maximum | The largest value that can be selected. | Any constant or variable of type double or int. |
Format | The format for the visualization of the value in text form. | Any value acepted by the class java.text.DecimalFormat. See additional info. |
Orientation | The direction of the slider. | One of the constants: HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL. |
Ticks |
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Ticks | Number of ticks to display by the slider in its range. | Any constant or variable of type int. |
Ticks Format | The format for the ticks. | Any value acepted by the class java.text.DecimalFormat. See additional info. |
Closest | Whether the value selected must adjust to the closest tick. | A boolean variable or one of the constants true or false. |
Interaction |
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Enabled | Whether the value displayed can be modified or not. | A boolean variable or one of the constants true or false. |
On Press | The action to invoke when the slider is pressed. | The Java code to invoke for the action. |
On Drag | The action to invoke when the slider is moved. | The Java code to invoke for the action. |
On Release | The action to invoke when the slider is released. | The Java code to invoke for the action. |
Graphical Aspect | ||
Size | The size of the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Dimension or the integer values for the width and the height, respectively, separated by a comma. |
Background | The color used for the background of the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Color
or one of the predefined colors: black,
blue, cyan, darkGray, gray, green, lightGray, magenta, orange, pink,
red, white, yellow.
A color can also be specified providing its integer RGB coordinates (between 0 and 255), plus an optional transparency coordinate. The default value is decided by the system. |
Foreground | The color used for the text displayed by the element. | See the values for the Background property. |
Font | The font used for the text displayed by the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Font
or a set of family, style and size, separated by commas. The style
must be one of plain,
bold, italic, bold | italic. Example: Monospaced,italic,18.
The default value is decided by the system. |
Tooltip | The text displayed when the cursor lingers on top of the element. | Any constant or variable of type String. |