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I want to modify the stock JQuery UI slider so that the handle has a arrow on it rather than being a square. i.e. I want to use a custom image as the handle.
There are a few tutorials that do it:
But I can't get it to work. The following code results in a stationary handle image:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" href="http://jqueryui.com/latest/themes/base/ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/ui/ui.core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/ui/ui.slider.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#myhandle {position: absolute;z-index: 100;height: 25px;width: 35px;top: auto;background: url(http://stackoverflow.com/content/img/so/vote-arrow-down.png) no-repeat;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#slider").slider({handle: '#myhandle'});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="slider"><div id="myhandle"></div></div>
</body>
</html>
It is as if JQuery doesn't pick up that I want to use the myhandle id for the handle. I'm wondering: Do I need a plugin for JQuery to recognise the handle option? (it is not documented in http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Slider). Or perhaps it only worked in an old version of JQuery?
Any ideas?
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The CSS class that can be changed to add a image to the JQuery slider handle is called ".ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-handle".
The following code shows a demo:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" href="http://jqueryui.com/latest/themes/base/ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/ui/ui.core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/ui/ui.slider.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.ui-slider-horizontal .ui-state-default {background: white url(http://stackoverflow.com/content/img/so/vote-arrow-down.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#slider").slider();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="slider"></div>
</body>
</html>
I think registering a handle option was the old way of doing it and no longer supported in JQuery-ui 1.7.2?
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.ui-slider .ui-slider-handle{
width:50px;
height:50px;
background:url(../images/slider_grabber.png) no-repeat; overflow: hidden;
position:absolute;
top: -10px;
border-style:none;
}
If you should need to replace the handle with something else entirely, rather than just restyling it:
You can specify custom handle elements by creating and appending the elements and adding the ui-slider-handle class before initialization.
Working Example
$('.slider').append('<div class="my-handle ui-slider-handle"><svg height="18" width="14"><path d="M13,9 5,1 A 10,10 0, 0, 0, 5,17z"/></svg></div>');
$('.slider').slider({
range: "min",
value: 10
});.slider .ui-state-default {
background: none;
}
.slider.ui-slider .ui-slider-handle {
width: 14px;
height: 18px;
margin-left: -5px;
top: -4px;
border: none;
background: none;
}
.slider {
height: 10px;
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<div class="slider"></div>You also should set border:none to that css class.
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