Chapter 12.6, Problem 12.28CP

Explanation of Solution

a)

Slider method for establish the spacing of major tick marks:

• • Create the spacing of major tick marks in “Slider” control using the method called “setMajorTickUnit()”.
  • ○ This method takes a datatype of “double” argument.

Example:

The example for creating the spacing of major tick marks is shown below:

//create a slider...

Explanation of Solution

b)

Slider method for establish the spacing of minor tick marks:

• • Creating the spacing of minor tick marks to place between the major tick marks using the method called “setMinorTickCount()”.
  • ○ This method takes a data type of “int” argument.
  • ○ In this method, the default value is “25”.

Example:

The example for creating the spacing of minor tick marks is shown below:

//create a slider...

Explanation of Solution

c)

Slider method for displaying tick marks:

• • Displaying tick mark in Slider using the method called “setShowTickMarks(true)”.
  • ○ This method takes a “boolean” argument.
  • ○ If the argument takes “true”, then the Slider shows tick marks.
  • ○ If the argument takes “false”, then the Slider shows no tick marks.
  • ○ In “Slider” control, no tick marks are displayed by default.

Example:

The example for displaying tick marks in slider is shown below:

//create a slider...

Explanation of Solution

d)

Slider method for displaying labels:

• • Displaying labels in “Slider” using the method called “setShowTickLabels(true)”.
  • ○ This method takes a “boolean” argument.
  • ○ If the argument takes “true”, then the numeric value are showed at the major tick marks.
  • ○ If the argument takes “false”, then no labels will be displayed
  • ○ In “Slider” control, no labels are displayed by default...