JSpinner : Java Glossary

JSpinner

To see a JSpinner in action, look at the Font Shower Amanuesis that uses one to let you control the font size. You can use the arrow keys to change the value, or you can type in a new value. Here is the basic code to make one work.

You can customise how the spinner values jump by writing your own SpinnerModel. You can customise how the display looks and how you can edit it by writing a custom JComponent and using JSpinner. setEditor. If you want to roll your own, it is wise to look at Sun’s implementations to understand just what these classes do. The source is in J:\Program Files\java\jdk1.6.0_18 \src.zip. Here is a crude example of how you would spin a formatted value.

For a more real-world example see the source code for the Canadian Tax Calculator.

Tips

A JSpinner is actually three little JComponents, a JFormattedTextField, and up arrow button and a down arrow button. When methods don’t behave as you would expect when called on the JSpinner as a whole, try using JSpinner. getTextField and doing your operations on that subcomponent, e.g. tabbing, event notification etc.

Learning More

Sun’s Javadoc on JSpinner class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on SpinnerModel interface : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on AbstractSpinnerModel class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on SpinnerDateModel class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on JSpinner.DateEditor : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on SpinnerListModel class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on JSpinner.ListEditor : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on SpinnerNumberModel class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Javadoc on JSpinner.NumberEditor : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_18 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_22 on your local Windows J: drive.

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