Java tutorial
import java.awt.Adjustable; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.AdjustmentEvent; import java.awt.event.AdjustmentListener; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollBar; public class ScrollBarColorSelect extends JFrame implements AdjustmentListener { private JLabel redLabel; private JLabel greenLabel; private JLabel blueLabel; private JScrollBar red; private JScrollBar green; private JScrollBar blue; private JPanel colorPanel; public ScrollBarColorSelect() { setTitle("ColorSelect"); setSize(300, 200); addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); Container contentPane = getContentPane(); JPanel p = new JPanel(); p.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 2, 3, 3)); p.add(redLabel = new JLabel("Red 0")); p.add(red = new JScrollBar(Adjustable.HORIZONTAL, 0, 0, 0, 255)); red.setBlockIncrement(16); red.addAdjustmentListener(this); p.add(greenLabel = new JLabel("Green 0")); p.add(green = new JScrollBar(Adjustable.HORIZONTAL, 0, 0, 0, 255)); green.setBlockIncrement(16); green.addAdjustmentListener(this); p.add(blueLabel = new JLabel("Blue 0")); p.add(blue = new JScrollBar(Adjustable.HORIZONTAL, 0, 0, 0, 255)); blue.setBlockIncrement(16); blue.addAdjustmentListener(this); contentPane.add(p, "South"); colorPanel = new JPanel(); colorPanel.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0)); contentPane.add(colorPanel, "Center"); } public void adjustmentValueChanged(AdjustmentEvent evt) { redLabel.setText("Red " + red.getValue()); greenLabel.setText("Green " + green.getValue()); blueLabel.setText("Blue " + blue.getValue()); colorPanel.setBackground(new Color(red.getValue(), green.getValue(), blue.getValue())); colorPanel.repaint(); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new ScrollBarColorSelect(); f.show(); } }