Slider Component

Posted on December 1, 2003 by keith

I’ve made quite a few v2 components at my job. This is my first public, open source one. The BIT-101 Slider Component. This is something I find myself needing all the time to quickly adjust values in experiments and stuff. Much easier than a text box or numeric stepper. I really impressed myself by making it bindable!
Any of you component pros who want to pick it apart and comment on any ways it could be more standardized or improved, please do.
Also, if anyone could give me some tips to get started in implementing styles or themes in creating components, that’d be great.

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5 Responses to Slider Component

  1. PiXELWiT says:
    December 1, 2003 at 12:24 pm

    Just from a usability standpoint, you should probably make the slot clickable.

  2. bit-101 says:
    December 1, 2003 at 12:28 pm

    I’ve thought about that. I actually had a v1 version where it was clickable. Anyway, I got some great feedback from Chafic Kazoun – nitty gritty insider component stuff. So I’ll be doing a re-write soon. Offhand, I realized I didn’t implement clipParameters, so it may not work in Flash Player 6 as it stands.

  3. petepx says:
    December 1, 2003 at 12:56 pm

    I love your work, thanx again 4 this new gift Keith ! 🙂

  4. Dan says:
    December 2, 2003 at 2:07 am

    Here’s a tip: When you pres the button, It always moves down a bit(101).It should stay fixed bt just clicking it – it should move along with the mouse movment only.

  5. eyezberg says:
    December 2, 2003 at 8:07 am

    I guess it does that coz if the mouse is close enough, it sets startDrag to true onMouseDown, so the btn jumps to the mouse position if it’s close enough, makes it easier to get hold of the btn.. no big deal.. usability.. 🙂
    Like it, thx Keith!

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