Progress Bar as Health Bar

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When I read the JProgressBar api, it show the maximum as the end of a task. I want the maximum to be a player's health, such as 90/100. How could I be able to do that?

Basically, I want the bar to display 90/100 when the player's health is 90.

I tried:

JProgressBar health = new JProgressBar(0, 50);
health.setStringPainted(true);
health.setForeground(Color.GREEN);
// ???

here is the documentation, which includes methods and examples http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JProgressBar.html — goat, May 07 '12 at 01:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '12 at 01:52

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Set value is what you're looking for. Id write some code but on my phone

answered May 07 '12 at 01:52

Justin

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-1 If you can't properly answer then don't. – Wolfer Mar 11 '14 at 17:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '12 at 02:11

You can define your own string to display in the bar, using the setString method.

You set the value in the progress monitor with the method setValue.

Should be straightforward to make a string that displays a percentage, based on the range of possible health values and the current value.

If you want to reverse the right-left orientation, and the api doesn't let you make left-to-right be descending, you can make the progress value be = TotalPossibleHealth - ActualHealth, rather than ActualHealth.

So, it should be possible to either have the left or the right be the indicator of total health or total loss of health.

Progress Bar as Health Bar

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