java - adjusting jslider looks on windows laf

Question

Hi all,

been trying this for a while now and can't seem to get it to work. I wrote a little GUI app that uses the OS's default Look And Feel. While I wrote it on linux, it is mainly intended to be used on Windows. The JSliders under linux are fine by me, but on windows the thumbs(sliders? I don't know the right word) become very narrow, and they stop displaying the value above the thumb, too. I thought I could get around this problem with something like this:

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults().put("Slider.thumbWidth", 20);

But, obviously, it doesn't work. How should I do this? seems like it should be a trivial thing, and I already spent more time on it than I'll ever want to admit.

thanks a lot

Answer 1

Not all LAFs will use the UIManager properties.

I'm not aware of the "thumbWidth" property. Maybe you meant to use the "trackWidth"?

Here is a complete list of the UIManager Defaults.