SLIDER

The SLIDER control represents a slider. The main use of the slider is to limit the user input to specific values. It uses a number representation for its values, but the numbers can also be used to express string values.

The following topics are covered below:


Example

Slider

The XML layout definition is:

<rowarea name="Number Output">
    <itr>
        <slider valueprop="slider1" from="13" to="60" showrange="true"
                                              showcurrentvalue="false">
        </slider>
    </itr>
</rowarea>

The control can be customized by setting its start value, end value and a step. The start and end values form a closed interval. The step defines the distance between two valid values represented by the slider in this interval.

Slider

In the above example, the value for the step is the default value "1". The possible values represented by the slider are the integers from "13" to "60". It is possible to specify a floating-point number as a step, for example "0,25". The slider can be further customized by setting the properties showrange and showcurrentvalue which show the range (start and end value) and the current value of the slider while the user is moving it. The width and height of the slider point is adjustable. The slider point is the element which the user drags and drops. The colors, the borders of the slider, the point, the line, the range and the current value can also be customized.

Slider

Adapter Interface

1 SLIDER
2 DISPLAYONLY (L)
2 FROM (F4)
2 SLIDERVALUE (F4)
2 STEP (F4)
2 TO (F4)

Properties

Basic
valueprop

Name of the adapter parameter that provides the content of the control.

Obligatory  
Appearance
width

Width of the slider. Can be given in pixels or percentage.

Optional

100

120

140

160

180

200

50%

100%

displayonly

If set to true, the SLIDER will not be accessible for input. It is just used as an output.

Optional

true

false

showrange

Boolean value. Whether to show the range of the slider. The range is the "from" and "to" values.

Optional

true

false

showcurrentvalue

Boolean value. Whether to show the current value of the slider while it is moving.

Optional

true

false

mainbgcolor

Background color of the slider container.

This should be a valid CSS color value. For example a name(blue, red), a hexadecimal value(#99CCFF) or others.

Optional

#FF0000

#00FF00

#0000FF

#FFFFFF

#808080

#000000

mainbordercolor

Border color of the slider container.

This should be a valid CSS border-color value. You can specify a different color for the top, right, bottom and left border in this sequence. For example: #BBBBBB #666666 #666666 #BBBBBB

Optional

#bbb #666 #666 #bbb

#BFCFFF #00248F #00248F #BFCFFF

mainborderwidth

Border width of the slider container.

Optional

thin

medium

thick

1px

2px

5px

10px

pointbgcolor

Background color of the slider point.

This should be a valid CSS color value. For example a name(blue, red), a hexadecimal value(#99CCFF) or others.

Optional

#FF0000

#00FF00

#0000FF

#FFFFFF

#808080

#000000

pointbordercolor

Border color of the slider point.

This should be a valid CSS border-color value. You can specify a different color for the top, right, bottom and left border in this sequence. For example: #BBBBBB #666666 #666666 #BBBBBB

Optional

#bbb #666 #666 #bbb

#BFCFFF #00248F #00248F #BFCFFF

pointborderwidth

Border width of the slider point.

Optional

thin

medium

thick

1px

2px

5px

10px

pointwidth

Width of the slider point in pixels. The value must be an integer value.

Optional

10

20

40

100

300

pointheight

Height of the slider point in pixels. The value must be an integer value.

Optional

10

20

40

100

300

linebgcolor

Background color of the slider line.

This should be a valid CSS color value. For example a name(blue, red), a hexadecimal value(#99CCFF) or others.

Optional

#FF0000

#00FF00

#0000FF

#FFFFFF

#808080

#000000

linebordercolor

Border color of the slider line.

This should be a valid CSS border-color value. You can specify a different color for the top, right, bottom and left border in this sequence. For example: #BBBBBB #666666 #666666 #BBBBBB

Optional

#bbb #666 #666 #bbb

#BFCFFF #00248F #00248F #BFCFFF

lineborderwidth

Border width of the slider line.

Optional

thin

medium

thick

1px

2px

5px

10px

rangefontsize

Font size of the slider range.

Optional

xx-small

x-small

small

medium

large

x-large

xx-large

smaller

larger

150%

valuebgcolor

Background color of the slider current value which is shown if the "showcurrentvalue" property is set to true.

This should be a valid CSS color value. For example a name(blue, red), a hexadecimal value(#99CCFF) or others.

Optional

#FF0000

#00FF00

#0000FF

#FFFFFF

#808080

#000000

valuebordercolor

Background color of the slider current value which is shown if the "showcurrentvalue" property is set to true.

This should be a valid CSS border-color value. You can specify a different color for the top, right, bottom and left border in this sequence. For example: #bbb #666 #666 #bbb

Optional

#bbb #666 #666 #bbb

#BFCFFF #00248F #00248F #BFCFFF

valueborderwidth

Border width of the slider current value which is shown if the "showcurrentvalue" property is set to true.

Optional

thin

medium

thick

1px

2px

5px

10px

valuefontsize

Font size of the slider current value which is shown if the "showcurrentvalue" property is set to true.

Optional

xx-small

x-small

small

medium

large

x-large

xx-large

smaller

larger

150%

Natural
njx:natname

If a Natural variable with a name not valid for Application Designer (for instance #FIELD1) shall be bound to the control, a different name (for instance HFIELD1) can be bound instead. If the original name (in this case #FIELD1) is then specified in this attribute, the original name is generated into the parameter data area of the Natural adapter and a mapping between the two names is generated into the PROCESS PAGE statement of the Natural adapter. This mapping must not break a once defined group structure. If for instance a grid control that is bound to a name of GRID1 contains fields that are bound to FIELD1 and FIELD2 respectively, the corresponding njx:natname values may be #GRID1.#FIELD1 and #GRID1.#FIELD2, but not #GRID1.#FIELD1 and #MYGRID1.#FIELD2.

Optional  
njx:natcomment

The value of this attribute is generated as comment line into the parameter data area of the Natural adapter, before the field name. The Map Converter, for instance, uses this attributes to indicate for a generated statusprop variable to which field the statusprop belongs.

Optional