HTML5 type=range - showing label

Question

Is there a way I can also set some label text for each steps in the HTML5 type=range control. Basically I have a range control <input type="range" step=1 min=0 max=4> and for each steps I want some label to be shown in the control. Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

I've put together for you.

// define a lookup for what text should be displayed for each value in your range
var rangeValues =
{
    "1": "You've selected option 1!",
    "2": "...and now option 2!",
    "3": "...stackoverflow rocks for 3!",
    "4": "...and a custom label 4!"
};


$(function () {

    // on page load, set the text of the label based the value of the range
    $('#rangeText').text(rangeValues[$('#rangeInput').val()]);

    // setup an event handler to set the text when the range value is dragged (see event for input) or changed (see event for change)
    $('#rangeInput').on('input change', function () {
        $('#rangeText').text(rangeValues[$(this).val()]);
    });

});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="range" id="rangeInput" name="rangeInput" step="1" min="1" max="4">
<label id="rangeText" />

Answer 2

You can use jSlider. Its a jQuery slider plugin for range inputs.

https://github.com/egorkhmelev/jslider

Just check out the demos and documentation. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Here's an alternative solution, no jQuery required. Uses the HTML5 oninput event handler, and valueAsNumber property of the input element.

Works on my machine certification: Chrome v54

<form name="myform" oninput="range1value.value = range1.valueAsNumber">
  <input name="range1" type="range" step="1" min="0" max="4" value="1">  
  <output name="range1value" for="range1" >1</output>
</form>

Answer 4

There is no native way of doing it. And as input[type=range] is very poorly supported, I will recommend using jQuery UI slider and the way of attaching labels found here in answer.

Answer 5

OP,

I put together a demo that uses a range input with corresponding <p> tags that act as both labels for the current state of the slider, as well as triggers to change the slider's value.

Plunk

http://plnkr.co/edit/ArOkBVvUVUvtng1oktZG?p=preview.

---

HTML Markup

<div class="rangeWrapper">
    <input id="slide" type="range" min="1" max="4" step="1" value="1"  /> 
    <p class="rangeLabel selected">Label A</p>
    <p class="rangeLabel">Label B</p>
    <p class="rangeLabel">Label C</p>
    <p class="rangeLabel">Label D</p>
</div>

Javascript

$(document).ready(function(){

  $("input[type='range']").change(function() {
    slider = $(this);
    value = (slider.val() -1);

    $('p.rangeLabel').removeClass('selected');
    $('p.rangeLabel:eq(' + value + ')').addClass('selected');

  });

  $('p.rangeLabel').bind('click', function(){
    label = $(this);
    value = label.index();
    $("input[type='range']").attr('value', value)
                            .trigger('change');
  });

});

CSS

input[type="range"] {
    width: 100%;
}

p.rangeLabel {
    font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
    padding: 5px;
    margin: 5px 0;
    background: rgb(136,136,136);
    font-size: 15px;
    line-height 20px;
}

p.rangeLabel:hover {
    background-color: rgb(3, 82, 3);
    color: #fff;
    cursor: pointer;
}

p.rangeLabel.selected {
    background-color: rgb(8, 173, 8);
    color: rgb(255,255,255);
}

Also worth nothing, if you're interested in showing the current value as a label/flag to the user, (instead of many) there's a great article by Chris Coyier on value bubbles for range sliders.

Answer 6

FWIW the standard (HTML 5.1, HTML Living Standard), specifies a label attribute for options when using a datalist. Sample code here.

This isn't implemented by any browser yet.