JQuery UI Slider
Sample code for a JQuery UI slider
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.14/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/2.0/jquery.sparkline.min.js"></script>
<div class="scroll-pane ui-widget ui-widget-header ui-corner-all">
<ul class="scroll-content">
<li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li>
<li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li> <li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li> <li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li> <li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li> <li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li> <li><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Lz0GKAAI1gXblm9nHnYCzp6V9ly5yfkMFYdSmnGdUysqwnKZRA" alt="Image 1" /></li>
</ul>
<div class="scroll-bar-wrap ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom">
<div class="scroll-bar"></div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.slider { margin: 20px 0 30px; }
.scroll-content img{
width:300px;
height:100px;
}
.scroll-pane { overflow: hidden; width: 940px; }
.scroll-content { white-space: nowrap; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0 0 36px; }
.scroll-content li { display: inline; margin-right: 10px; position: relative; }
.scroll-content li:last-child { margin: 0; }
.scroll-bar-wrap { clear: left; padding: 0 4px 0 2px; background-color: #222; -moz-border-radius: 14px; -webkit-border-radius: 14px; border-radius: 14px; -moz-background-clip: padding; -webkit-background-clip: padding-box; background-clip: padding-box; }
.scroll-bar-wrap .ui-slider { background: none; border:0; height: 30px; margin: 0 auto; }
.scroll-bar-wrap .ui-handle-helper-parent { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0 auto; }
.scroll-bar-wrap .ui-slider-handle { position: absolute; top:2px; height: 24px; z-index: 2; -moz-border-radius: 12px; -webkit-border-radius: 12px; border-radius: 12px; -moz-background-clip: padding; -webkit-background-clip: padding-box; background-clip: padding-box; }
.ui-state-default { background: url("slider.png") repeat-x scroll 50% 50% #222222; border: 1px solid #666; }
.ui-state-hover, .ui-state-focus { background: url("slider-hover.png") 50% 50% repeat-x; border: 1px solid #999; }
.scroll-bar-wrap .ui-slider-handle .ui-icon { margin: -8px auto 0; position: relative; top: 50%; background: url("ui-icons_cccccc_256x240.png") 0 -224px no-repeat; height: 16px; width: 16px; display: block; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -99999px;}
.scroll-content img { border: 6px solid #fff; height: 400px; }
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JavaScript
//scrollpane parts
var scrollPane = $( ".scroll-pane" ),
scrollContent = $( ".scroll-content" );
//build slider
var scrollbar = $( ".scroll-bar" ).slider({
slide: function( event, ui ) {
if ( scrollContent.width() > scrollPane.width() ) {
scrollContent.css( "margin-left", Math.round(
ui.value / 100 * ( scrollPane.width() - scrollContent.width() )
) + "px" );
} else {
scrollContent.css( "margin-left", 0 );
}
}
});
//append icon to handle
var handleHelper = scrollbar.find( ".ui-slider-handle" )
.mousedown(function() {
scrollbar.width( handleHelper.width() );
})
.mouseup(function() {
scrollbar.width( "100%" );
})
.append( "<span class='ui-icon ui-icon-grip-dotted-vertical'></span>" )
.wrap( "<div class='ui-handle-helper-parent'></div>" ).parent();
//change overflow to hidden now that slider handles the scrolling
scrollPane.css( "overflow", "hidden" );
//size scrollbar and handle proportionally to scroll distance
function sizeScrollbar() {
var remainder = scrollContent.width() - scrollPane.width();
var proportion = remainder / scrollContent.width();
var handleSize = scrollPane.width() - ( proportion * scrollPane.width() );
scrollbar.find( ".ui-slider-handle" ).css({
width: handleSize,
"margin-left": -handleSize / 2
});
handleHelper.width( "" ).width( scrollbar.width() - handleSize );
}
//reset slider value based on scroll content position
function resetValue() {
var remainder = scrollPane.width() - scrollContent.width();
var leftVal = scrollContent.css( "margin-left" ) === "auto" ? 0 :
parseInt( scrollContent.css( "margin-left" ) );
var percentage = Math.round( leftVal / remainder * 100 );
scrollbar.slider( "value", percentage );
}
//if the slider is 100% and window gets larger, reveal content
function reflowContent() {
var showing = scrollContent.width() + parseInt( scrollContent.css( "margin-left" ), 10 );
var gap = scrollPane.width() - showing;
if ( gap > 0 )...