jacquesCedric / JCGGColorSlider

Colorful NSSlider subclass

JCGGColorSlider

A colorful subclass of NSSlider.

An NSSlider subclass. Supports colored sliders, including gradients. Can match knob color to that of location on the slider.

Installation

Clone the source and copy JCGGColorSlider.swift to your project.

Use

Simply assign an NSSlider to subclass JCGGColorSlider. Slider can be configured with the following options:

• barColor - The color of the NSSlider bar
• barGradient - Overrides barColor, assign a gradient to the slider
• knobColor - Color of the knob
• knobColorFromLocation - overrides knobColor, setting the knob's color to that of it's location on the slider bar
• bezelMargin - effects the thickness of the slider bar

Example - Rainbow gradient

1. Create an NSSlider and assign its subclass to JCGGColorSlider
2. Create a rainbow gradient
3. Assign gradient to NSSlider
4. Set knob to match color

// 1
let exampleSlider = JCGGSlider.init(frame: example)

// 2
let rainbow = NSGradient.init(colors: Array(0...10).map{ NSColor.init(calibratedHue: CGFloat($0) / 10, saturation: 1.0, brightness: 1.0, alpha: 1.0) })!

// 3
exampleSlider.barGradient = rainbow

// 4
exampleSlider.knobColorFromLocation = true

License

JCGGColorSlider is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more details.