vertical scrollbar to scroll horizontally

[jlgenf]

Is it somehow possible to make the vertical scrollbar scroll horizontally?

[r035198x]

Is it somehow possible to make the vertical scrollbar scroll horizontally?

Are you talking about a JScrollBar? It has an orientation property ...

[JosAH]

Are you talking about a JScrollBar? It has an orientation property ...

I don't think that's it; the orientation simply tells the JScrollBar how to display:
horizontally or vertically. Just a scrollbar fires events when it has been moved
and the user is free to interpret those events. I'm a bit curious though what the
OP has in mind ...

kind regards,

Jos

[RedSon]

What is it like a joke or something? You want to make a program where you click on a vertical scroll bar and it scrolls it horizontally?

I once say an application that looked like a simple dialog box, it asked the question "Do you approve of the job Bill Clinton is doing?" It had two buttons, one said "Yes, I do." the other said "No, I don't." The funny part was when you moved your mouse toward the "No" button it would move away from your mouse. You could never click on it because it would move away. It was obviously a joke program but still pretty clever.

[BigDaddyLH]

Hah!

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
class HackedScrollpane extends JScrollPane {
    public HackedScrollpane(Component view) {
        super(view);
    }
 
    public void twist() {
        JScrollBar vert = this.verticalScrollBar;
        JScrollBar horz = this.horizontalScrollBar;
        this.verticalScrollBar = horz;
        this.horizontalScrollBar = vert;
    }
}
 
public class TextAreaExample implements Runnable {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new TextAreaExample());
    }
 
    public void run() {
        JTextArea textArea= new JTextArea(20, 30);
        textArea.setFont(new Font("serif", Font.PLAIN, 16));
        try {
            textArea.read(new FileReader("TextAreaExample.java"), null);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
        JFrame f = new JFrame("TextAreaExample");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        HackedScrollpane sp  = new HackedScrollpane(textArea);
        sp.twist();
        f.getContentPane().add(sp);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}

[jlgenf]

Are you talking about a JScrollBar? It has an orientation property ...

it's for a friend of mine, who wants to have a photo gallery of his works on his homepage (he is a painter) and he wants to use the vertical scrollbar for the horizontal scrolling (the horizontal scrollbar is hidden). I know, this is a little bit strange, but I can't figure out, how it could be done.
Thanks for all your answers!

[BigDaddyLH]

it's for a friend of mine, who wants to have a photo gallery of his works on his homepage (he is a painter) and he wants to use the vertical scrollbar for the horizontal scrolling (the horizontal scrollbar is hidden). I know, this is a little bit strange, but I can't figure out, how it could be done.
Thanks for all your answers!

Web page? Then why use Java? This is starting to sound like JavaScript hacking, now. How is Java involved?

[RedSon]

... twist() ROFL!

[BigDaddyLH]

... twist() ROFL!

<embarrassed>
Please don't tell anyone you saw me write that hack!
</embarrassed/>

[r035198x]

<embarrassed>
Please don't tell anyone you saw me write that hack!
</embarrassed/>

giggle

note: I didn't hear it from RedSon.

[jlgenf]

Web page? Then why use Java? This is starting to sound like JavaScript hacking, now. How is Java involved?

Java is involved because i don't see any other ways to make it work. If you think there're other options fot that - i'd appreciate your help.
And of course this is not a JavaScript hacking.

P.S. sorry for not answering so long