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I Know they exist, but I haven't found a slider that can easily meet some very basic needs and I'm sure I'm not the only one frustrated with this problem. This is what I have so far. Am I heading in the right direction?
What I'm Trying to Do:
Using the JQuery UI slider, I need multiple sliders on the page. Each slider will have a min of 0, a dynamic max, and a dynamic default value. I set these values in an input field with the html elements min, max, value and retrieve them later through javascript / jquery.
In addition to their individual max values, there also needs to be a total max value that the sum of all sliders cannot exceed. Finally, I also need availability to update the slider from the input box (as well as the slider itself).
What I have so Far:
After researching a number of sliders, I settled on using the JQuery UI slider and eventually came across this post that got me started with reaching my goals: Combined total for multiple jQuery-UI Sliders
I altered the code to (1) Use a hidden input field to retrieve total max value; (2) populate an input text field instead of a span with the current value; (3) set the individual slider's initial max value from the max= attribute; (4) set the slider to disabled: true if the initial max is 0; and (5) listen for changes to the text box and move the slider according to number entered if it will not exceed the max value.
Current Code (JSFiddle): (see the jsfiddle in answer)
(Slider #1 Initial max is 0 - disabled // Other Sliders have max of 500 // total table max is 1000)
What the Slider is Doing Right:
- It adjusts nicely and stays under the total max limit correctly
- Sets the initial individual max and total max correctly
- Sets and stays disabled when the max is 0
- Slides correctly when you change the text box
What I Need Help / Ideas on Fixing:
- Changing the sliders tends to change the individual slider max = the total max
- Changing the text box slides the current bar correctly, but doesn't update the other sliders to keep them from going over total max
- I am currently using the .focusout() event on the text boxes because .change() causes it to go crazy b/c the slider is also changing the text box.
Let me know what you think.
UPDATE:
I was sad not to hear any responses, but I think I cracked it. Needed to limit reliability on that original code and mostly rewrite. I will submit my solution as an answer below. Please try it out and let me know what you think. This was quite a process, so hopefully someone finds this useful :)
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/mikecruz/bAntY/
Javascript / Jquery:
var sliders = $("#sliders .slider");
sliders.each(function() {
var max = document.getElementById("sliderMax").value;
var value = Number($(this).text(), 10),
availableTotal = max;
$(this).empty().slider({
value: 0,
min: 0,
max: $(this).siblings().attr("max"),
range: "max",
step: 1,
animate: 100,
disabled: (function(curMax) {
if (curMax < 1) {
return 1;
}
return 0;
})($(this).siblings().attr("max")),
stop: function(event, ui) {
// Update text box to current value and call .change()
$(this).siblings().attr("value", ui.value);
$(this).siblings().trigger('change');
}
});
});
$(".value").change(function() {
var thisAmount = Number($(this).prop("value"));
var totalMax = Number(document.getElementById("sliderMax").value);
var indMin = Number($(this).attr("min"));
var indMax = Number($(this).attr("max"));
var total = 0;
//Get the values of all other text boxes
$('.value').not(this).each(function() {
total += Number($(this).prop("value"));
});
//Find the remaining from our total sliders max
var remaining = totalMax - total;
if(remaining < 0) {
remaining = 0;
}
//if we are under our minimums, go for it! Otherwise, reduce the number.
if (thisAmount >= indMin && thisAmount < indMax && thisAmount < totalMax && thisAmount < remaining) {
$(this).siblings(".slider").slider("option", "value", thisAmount);
//total += thisAmount;
}
else {
//var setMax = ((indMax + totalMax) - Math.abs(indMax - totalMax)) / 2;
var setMax = Math.min(indMax, totalMax, remaining);
$(this).siblings(".slider").slider("option", "value", setMax);
$(this).prop("value", setMax);
//total += (thisAmount - setMax);
}
//above was getting buggy, so lets just reset total and get it again
total = 0;
//Get the values of all text boxes
$('.value').each(function() {
total += Number($(this).prop("value"));
});
//Find our new remaining number after updating total for this value
remaining = totalMax - total;
if(remaining < 0) {
remaining = 0;
}
//Set each slider to the current point and update their max values.
$('.value').each(function() {
var sliderVal = Number($(this).prop("value"));
var sliderMin = Number($(this).attr("min"));
var sliderMax = Number($(this).attr("max"));
var setNewMax = (((sliderMax + totalMax) - Math.abs(sliderMax - totalMax)) / 2);
var newMax = sliderVal + remaining;
$(this).prop("max", newMax);
if(newMax < setNewMax) {
$(this).siblings('.slider').slider("option", "max", newMax);
$(this).siblings('span').text('/' + (newMax));
}
else {
$(this).siblings('.slider').slider("option", "max", setNewMax);
$(this).siblings('span').text('/' + (setNewMax));
}
$(this).siblings(".slider").slider("option", "value", sliderVal);
});
$('#sliderTotal').attr("value", total);
});
HTML:
You need an li for each slider
You can use CSS to additionally style different parts. E.g. give slideBG a background image.
You might want to make the totaling boxes hidden and, of course, you might script the max value.
<form>
<ul id="sliders">
<li>
<span class="slideBG"><div class="slider"></div>
<input type="text" class="value" name="slider1" value="0" min="0" max="0"/>
<span>0</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="slideBG"><div class="slider"></div>
<input type="text" class="value" name="slider2" value="0" min="0" max="500" />
<span>0</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="slideBG"><div class="slider"></div>
<input type="text" class="value" name="slider3" value="0" min="0" max="500" />
<span>0</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="slideBG"><div class="slider"></div>
<input type="text" class="value" name="slider4" value="0" min="0" max="500"/>
<span>0</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="slideBG"><div class="slider"></div>
<input type="text" class="value" name="slider5" value="0" min="0" max="500"/>
<span>0</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="slideBG"><div class="slider"></div>
<input type="text" class="value" name="slider6" value="0" min="0" max="500"/>
<span>0</span></span>
</li>
</ul>
<br><label for="sliderMax">Total Max:</label>
<input type="text" id="sliderMax" name="sliderMax" value="1000"/>
<br><br><label for="sliderTotal">Slider Totals:</label>
<input type="text" id="sliderTotal" name="sliderTotal" value="0" />
</form>
EDIT:
You might want to add this in to keep folks from using the text box if the slider is disabled:
$(".slider").each(function() {
var disabled = Number($(this).slider("option", "disabled"));
if(disabled == 1) {
$(this).siblings('.value').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
}
});
Hi I just tried something similar but implemented it in a different way. I have multiple sliders with one max. All the sliders' values together cannot add up to be more than the total. Ex. 3 sliders with a total of 100%. The sliders can be 10%, 50%, 40%.
This doesn't answer everything you want but it might be good for other users looking for something similar.
var sliders = $('.slider');
sliders.each(function(i) {
var slider = $(sliders[i]);
var input = $('#' + slider.attr('datanamespace'));
slider.slider({
value: slider.attr('datatotal'),
min: 0,
max: max,
step: 1,
slide: function( event, ui ) {
if (ui.value < slider.attr('datavalue')) {
return false;
}
var inputs = $('.slideInput');
var total = ui.value;
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
var inp = $(inputs[i]);
if (inp.attr('id') != input.attr('id')) {
total = total + parseInt(inp.val());
}
}
if (total > max) {
return false;
}
input.val(ui.value);
}
});
input.val(slider.slider("value"));
});