Motivating use-case

I needed a slider that could be used to choose choose a list of probabilities that always add up to 1.
I could have used a text input or slider for each probability and link it up so that changing one would update the others, but that's a fairly clunky interaction. This approach isn't perfect, but I think it's better...

Usage

Get it

bower install angular-multirange-slider

Include it in your html and your js

<script src="YOUR_BOWER_COMPONENTS/angular-multirange-slider/dist/multirange-slider.js"></script>

angular.module("YOUR ANGULAR MODULE", ['at.multirange-slider'])

Use it

<slider [step="{step}"]>
  <slider-range model="{assignable_model_value}" ng-repeat="{repeat_expression}">
    <div class="slider-handle">&larr;&rarr;</div>
  </slider-range>
</slider>

<slider [step="{step}"]>
  <slider-range model="{assignable_model_value}" ng-repeat="{repeat_expression}">
    <div class="..." slider-handle>&larr;&rarr;</div>
  </slider-range>
</step>

{repeat expression} a standard ngRepeat comprehension. Something like (key,val) in mapObject or val in arrayThingy.

assignable_model_value is almost always something like val.propertyName.

step is an optional attribute that locks the values into multiples of {step size}.

The handles are created by the slider-handle directive, which can be set by class or attribute.

Examples.

Style it

The markup generated is a containing div (.slider-control), a div for the actual slider bar (.slider) and an inline-block div for each slider range (.slider-range). The ranges are children of the slider div, and their positioning is a percentage of the slider's width, so the whole thing should stretch/shrink to fit its containing element. The handles (.slider-handle) are floating right within the slider-range divs, with some margin tweaks so that they sit nicely centered on the border between ranges.

For reference, the resulting markup from the first example:

<div class="at-multirange-slider">
  <div class="slider" ng-transclude="" style="position: relative;">
        <div class="slider-range ng-scope" ng-transclude="" model="val.p"
          ng-repeat="(key,val) in otherProbs"
          style="width: calc(21.4071428571429% - 0px); margin-left: 0px;">
          <div class="slider-handle ng-scope" style="float: right; margin-right: -15.5px;">←→</div>
        </div>
        <div class="slider-range ng-scope" ng-transclude="" model="val.p"
        ng-repeat="(key,val) in otherProbs"
        style="width: calc(35.6785714285714% - 16px); margin-left: 16px;">
          <div class="slider-handle ng-scope" style="float: right; margin-right: -15.5px;">←→</div>
        </div>
        <div class="slider-range ng-scope" ng-transclude="" model="val.p"
        ng-repeat="(key,val) in otherProbs"
        style="width: calc(42.8142857142857% - 15.5px); margin-left: 15.5px;">
          <!-- Notice that this one doesn't have a handle in it, because it's the last. -->
        </div>
      </div>
</div>

Todo

• Touch events