I'd like to create a range slider that has a div element follow the range thumb. This div element would contain the current value of the range input. How would I go about doing something like this? I've looked into styling the slider but don't know how I could add an actual element onto the thumb. It would look something like this, excuse my terrible drawing abilities:
Edit: The following div should update while slider is being dragged.
UPDATE: I got a pretty good prototype going but cant seem to get it to follow the slider perfectly. It gets off center by a few pixels depending on where it is along the track. Heres my codepen
UPDATED CODE
HTML
<div id="slider-cntnr">
<input type="range" id="frame-slider" oninput="updateFollowerValue(this.value)"/>
<div id="slider-follow">
<div id="slider-val-cntnr">
<span id="slider-val"></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
html, body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#slider-cntnr {
width: 50%;
margin: 40px;
position: relative;
}
#frame-slider {
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
#slider-follow {
margin-left: -14px;
background-color: black;
width: 30px;
height: 50px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
position: absolute;
}
#slider-val-cntnr {
background-color: white;
width: 25px;
height: 20px;
}
JS
var follower = document.getElementById('slider-follow');
var follower_val = document.getElementById('slider-val');
var slider = document.getElementById('frame-slider');
var updateFollowerValue = function(val) {
follower_val.innerHTML = val;
follower.style.left = val + '%';
};
updateFollowerValue(slider.value);
If you're not supporting old browsers, you can take advantage of the
<input type="range">
and some JavaScript to follow it along. See my Codepen: http://codepen.io/abhisharma2/pen/wMOpqz
An example with custom output
It's updating while you drag the input.
var el, newPoint, newPlace, offset;
$('input[type=range]').on('input', function () {
$(this).trigger('change');
});
// Select all range inputs, watch for change
$("input[type='range']").change(function() {
// Cache this for efficiency
el = $(this);
// Measure width of range input
width = el.width();
// Figure out placement percentage between left and right of input
newPoint = (el.val() - el.attr("min")) / (el.attr("max") - el.attr("min"));
offset = -1;
// Prevent bubble from going beyond left or right (unsupported browsers)
if (newPoint < 0) { newPlace = 0; }
else if (newPoint > 1) { newPlace = width; }
else { newPlace = width * newPoint + offset; offset -= newPoint; }
// Move bubble
el
.next("output")
.css({
left: newPlace,
marginLeft: offset + "%"
})
.text(el.val());
})
// Fake a change to position bubble at page load
.trigger('change');
output {
position: absolute;
background-image: linear-gradient(#444444, #999999);
width: 40px;
height: 30px;
text-align: center;
color: white;
border-radius: 10px;
display: inline-block;
font: bold 15px/30px Georgia;
bottom: 175%;
left: 0;
margin-left: -1%;
}
output:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 10px solid #999999;
border-left: 5px solid transparent;
border-right: 5px solid transparent;
top: 100%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -5px;
margin-top: -1px;
}
form {
position: relative;
margin: 50px;
}
body {
padding: 20px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<input type="range" name="foo" min="0" max="100">
<output for="foo" onforminput="value = foo.valueAsNumber;"></output>
</form>
<form>
<input type="range" name="foo" min="0" max="100" style="width: 300px;">
<output for="foo" onforminput="value = foo.valueAsNumber;"></output>
</form>
<form>
<input type="range" name="foo" min="0" max="100">
<output for="foo" onforminput="value = foo.valueAsNumber;"></output>
</form>
reference https://css-tricks.com/value-bubbles-for-range-inputs/
Basically ypu can go with something like this:
Important points are;
Don't forget to position your wrapper as relative.
Give your following badge absolute position, and for centering, negative margin-left value as your badge's width / 2. (If your badge is 50px, give margin-left -25px);
Range slider must has 100% width.
HTML:
<div class="range-slider">
<input type="range" min="0" max="100" step="1" />
<div class="range-badge"></div>
</div>
CSS:
.range-slider{
position: relative;
width: 200px;
}
.range-slider > input.range{
width: 100%;
}
.range-slider > .range-badge{
position: absolute;
left: 0%;
top: 20px;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
width: 20px;
text-align: center;
margin-left: -10px;
padding: 5px 0;
}
JS:
$(document).ready(function(){
var badge = $('.range-badge');
$('.range').on('change', function(){
var current = $(this).val();
badge.text(current).animate({
'left': current+'%'
});
});
});
Test here:
https://jsfiddle.net/dmnzugh8/6/