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When to use a slider in an interface?
Summary: Selecting a precise value using a slider is a difficult task requiring good motor skills, even if the slider is well designed. If picking an exact value is important to the goal of the interface, choose an alternate UI element. Sliders are often the UI control of choice for letting users select a value or range from a fixed set of options.
What are the requirements for a slider control type?
The following sections define the required UI Automation tree structure, properties, control patterns, and events for the Slider control type. The UI Automation requirements apply to all slider controls where the UI framework/platform integrates UI Automation support for control types and control patterns.
What is the default value of the slider?
Slider overrides the metadata of the Maximum property and sets its default to 10. For more information, see Dependency Properties Overview. If the value of the Slider is animated, the user may no longer be able to interact with the Slider control after the animation finishes.
Where do I find the slider control in Win32?
The slider control is always included in the content view of the UI Automation tree. The slider control is always included in the control view of the UI Automation tree. See notes. If the control can receive keyboard focus, it must support this property.
A set of buttons is always an alternative for a slider, but a slider can help visualize options and put them in context quickly (for example, when selecting a skill level in a game). (Image: Petri Jääskeläinen) Sliders can be helpful in exploring and visualizing options quickly, but not when it comes to precise input.
Can you use a slider on a bar chart?
You would undoubtedly get a scattered data set back but it would still be usable with bar charts or other methods. One thing to note about sliders is that on mobile you need to optimize for the human finger aka make your touch targets large enough to easily be used in android the minimum is 48dp.
One thing to note about sliders is that on mobile you need to optimize for the human finger aka make your touch targets large enough to easily be used in android the minimum is 48dp. As well make sure that your slider is not laggy because that will at-least turn people like myself away.