How do I use dimensions?

Question

So I'm trying to resize a JSlider which is in a layout manager. Because of this (or so I have heard) I need to set its preferred size. The setPreferedSize does not accept int, int as I expected, but instead accepts a dimension. My question is, how do I actually set the dimension?

I have tried:

dimension sliderLength = 500, 10

dimension sliderLength = (500, 10)

And I have tried

dimension sliderLength(500, 10)

All without success.

So you skipped the basics of Java programming and can't even construct an object? How did you manage to use a JSlider if you don't know even that? — Kayaman, Jan 06 '14 at 16:18
[Read this link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7229226/should-i-avoid-the-use-of-setpreferredmaximumminimumsize-methods-in-java-swi) — nachokk, Jan 06 '14 at 16:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '14 at 16:16

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slider.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 10));

or:

Dimension sliderLength = new Dimension(500, 10);
slider.setPreferredSize(sliderLength);

answered Jan 06 '14 at 16:16

Boann

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Reimeus · Answer 2 · 2014-01-10T20:47:41.590

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You could do

JSlider slider = new JSlider() {

    @Override
    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
        return new Dimension(500, 10);
    }
};

edited Jan 10 '14 at 20:47

answered Jan 06 '14 at 16:19

Reimeus

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That's true, but you broke this [principle](http://www.oodesign.com/liskov-s-substitution-principle.html), and you are creating a new dimnesion each time.. – nachokk Jan 06 '14 at 16:20

How do I use dimensions?

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