monster.ui.slider()

Syntax

monster.ui.slider(target, options);

Parameters

Key	Description	Type	Default	Required
target	A jQuery object inside which the slider will be inserted using the append() method.	jQuery		true
options		Object(#/options)		false

options

Key	Description	Type	Default	Required
i18n	Define the text in the tooltips.	String		false
unit	Unit of the value for the handles and limits.	String		false
friendlyPrint	Takes the value returned by the slider and returns a different value, to make it look friendlier to the end-user.	Function		false

Return value

A jQuery object representing the slider widget.

Description

The monster.ui.slider() method allows you to generate a jQuery Slider with the look and feel of Monster UI. All the original options of the slider are available.

Examples

Create a slider with a max and min handle

var target = $('#slider');
var options = {
  range: true,
  min: 100,
  max: 50000,
  step: 100,
  value: 1500,
  unit: 'MB',
  i18n: {
    maxHandle: {
      text: 'Throttle Data at:'
    },
    minHandle: {
      text: 'Warn Administrators at:'
    }
  }
};

monster.ui.slider(target, options);

Create a slider with defined steps

var target = $('#slider');
var options = {
  range: 'max',
  steps: [30, 60, 300, 1800, 3600],
  value: 30,
  friendlyPrint: function(val) {
    return monster.util.friendlyTimer(val, 'shortVerbose');
  },
  i18n: {
    maxHandle: {
      text: "Abort After"
    }
  }
};

monster.ui.slider(target, options);

We show the use of the friendlyPrint function, which will take the value selected by the user and return a different value, that would be more meaningful to the end-user.

In this example, instead of displaying 3600 in the tooltip of the result, we would display “1 hour”. In order to get the real value (“3600”), the developer needs to check the value stored in the data-real-value attribute of the slider ($(‘.slider-container [data-real-value]‘).attr(‘data-real-value’) for example).