Changing tick colour on JSliders. any clues?

Question

Hi there,
Is there a way to change the colour of the tick labels or colours on a JSlider?
Cheers,
Hugh

Answer 1

Sorry, I thought you were referring to just the basic JLabel. But wait a minute -- the slider labels are JLabels:
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SliderTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JSlider s = new JSlider();
        s.setMajorTickSpacing(10);
        s.setPaintTicks(true);
        s.setPaintLabels(true);
        Random rnd = new Random();
        Dictionary labs = s.getLabelTable();
        for (Enumeration keys = labs.keys(); keys.hasMoreElements(); ) {
            Color clr = new Color(rnd.nextInt(256), rnd.nextInt(256), rnd.nextInt(256));
            Object key = keys.nextElement();
            ((Component) labs.get(key)).setForeground(clr);
        JFrame f = new JFrame("SliderTest");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(s);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
}By the way, I have poked around in the source code for javax.swing.plaf.basic.basicSliderUI, like its
paintLabels method, and no joy -- there doesn't seem to be a UIManager key involved.