An example of something that doesn't work on OS X for some reason (for the purposes of an SO link)

FrameExample.java

import java.awt.EventQueue;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSeparator;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

public class FrameExample extends JFrame
{

   private JPanel contentPane;
   private JTextField xAccelTextField;

   /**
    * Launch the application.
    */
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
      {
         public void run()
         {
            try
            {
               FrameExample frame = new FrameExample();
               frame.setVisible(true);
            } catch (Exception e)
            {
               e.printStackTrace();
            }
         }
      });
   }

   /**
    * Create the frame.
    */
   public FrameExample()
   {
      setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
      contentPane = new JPanel();
      contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
      setContentPane(contentPane);
      contentPane.setLayout(null);
      
      JSlider xAccelSlider = new JSlider();

      xAccelSlider.setMaximum(15);
      xAccelSlider.setBounds(0, 19, 190, 29);
      contentPane.add(xAccelSlider);
      
      JLabel xAccelLabel = new JLabel("Linear Acceleration along X");
      xAccelLabel.setBounds(6, 6, 184, 16);
      contentPane.add(xAccelLabel);
      
      xAccelTextField = new JTextField();
      xAccelTextField.setEditable(false);
      xAccelTextField.setText("0");
      xAccelTextField.setBounds(187, 20, 134, 28);
      contentPane.add(xAccelTextField);
      xAccelTextField.setColumns(10);
}