Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowListener; import java.text.DateFormatSymbols; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; import java.util.Hashtable; import javax.swing.Box; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JSlider; import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder; import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener; public class Main extends JFrame { public final static Dimension RIGID_DIMENSION = new Dimension(1, 3); protected GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(); protected JLabel dateLabel; protected JSlider yearSlider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 1990, 2020, 2015); protected JSlider monthSlider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 1, 12, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1); protected JSlider daySlider; protected Hashtable hashTable; protected SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, yyyyy"); public Main() { setSize(500, 340); Date currentDate = new Date(); calendar.setTime(currentDate); JPanel p1 = new JPanel(); p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 1)); JPanel p = new JPanel(); p.setBorder(new TitledBorder(new EtchedBorder(), "Selected Date")); dateLabel = new JLabel(dateFormat.format(currentDate) + " "); dateLabel.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 24)); p.add(dateLabel); p1.add(p); yearSlider.setPaintLabels(true); yearSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(5); yearSlider.setMinorTickSpacing(1); yearSlider.setPaintTicks(true); DateListener lst = new DateListener(); yearSlider.addChangeListener(lst); p = new JPanel(); p.setBorder(new TitledBorder(new EtchedBorder(), "Year")); p.setLayout(new BoxLayout(p, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); p.add(Box.createRigidArea(RIGID_DIMENSION)); p.add(yearSlider); p.add(Box.createRigidArea(RIGID_DIMENSION)); p1.add(p); String[] months = (new DateFormatSymbols()).getShortMonths(); hashTable = new Hashtable(12); for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) hashTable.put(new Integer(i + 1), new JLabel(months[i], JLabel.CENTER)); monthSlider.setLabelTable(hashTable); monthSlider.setPaintLabels(true); monthSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(1); monthSlider.setPaintTicks(true); monthSlider.addChangeListener(lst); p = new JPanel(); p.setBorder(new TitledBorder(new EtchedBorder(), "Month")); p.setLayout(new BoxLayout(p, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); p.add(Box.createRigidArea(RIGID_DIMENSION)); p.add(monthSlider); p.add(Box.createRigidArea(RIGID_DIMENSION)); p1.add(p); int maxDays = calendar.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); daySlider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 1, maxDays, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); daySlider.setPaintLabels(true); daySlider.setMajorTickSpacing(5); daySlider.setMinorTickSpacing(1); daySlider.setPaintTicks(true); daySlider.addChangeListener(lst); p = new JPanel(); p.setBorder(new TitledBorder(new EtchedBorder(), "Day")); p.setLayout(new BoxLayout(p, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); p.add(Box.createRigidArea(RIGID_DIMENSION)); p.add(daySlider); p.add(Box.createRigidArea(RIGID_DIMENSION)); p1.add(p); getContentPane().add(p1, BorderLayout.CENTER); WindowListener wndCloser = new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }; addWindowListener(wndCloser); enableEvents(ComponentEvent.COMPONENT_RESIZED); setVisible(true); } protected void processComponentEvent(ComponentEvent e) { if (e.getID() == ComponentEvent.COMPONENT_RESIZED) { int w = getSize().width; yearSlider.setLabelTable(null); if (w > 200) yearSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(5); else yearSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(10); yearSlider.setPaintLabels(w > 100); monthSlider.setLabelTable(w > 300 ? hashTable : null); if (w <= 300 && w >= 200) monthSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(1); else monthSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(2); monthSlider.setPaintLabels(w > 100); daySlider.setLabelTable(null); if (w > 200) daySlider.setMajorTickSpacing(5); else daySlider.setMajorTickSpacing(10); daySlider.setPaintLabels(w > 100); } } public void showDate() { calendar.set(yearSlider.getValue(), monthSlider.getValue() - 1, 1); int maxDays = calendar.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); if (daySlider.getMaximum() != maxDays) { daySlider.setValue(Math.min(daySlider.getValue(), maxDays)); daySlider.setMaximum(maxDays); daySlider.repaint(); } calendar.set(yearSlider.getValue(), monthSlider.getValue() - 1, daySlider.getValue()); Date date = calendar.getTime(); dateLabel.setText(dateFormat.format(date)); } class DateListener implements ChangeListener { public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) { showDate(); } } public static void main(String argv[]) { new Main(); } }