Slider (computing)

A slider or track bar is a graphical control element with which a user may set a value by moving an indicator, usually horizontally. In some cases user may also click on a point on the slider to change the setting. It is different from a scrollbar in that it is not continuous but used to adjust a value without changing the format of the display or the other information on the screen.

A slider widget (one of many styles)

Usage with progress bars

Sliders are also combined with progress bars in the playback of streaming media over a network connection (e.g., YouTube videos) in order to show the content buffering position versus the playback position. This is done by superimposing a colored shaded area (progress bar) on top of the slider, indicating whether the user can "jump" forward or not.

gollark: Minoteaur, and it's a graph-structured wiki-styled note-taking application.
gollark: But if there's no mode specifically for editing, where are the controls for that?
gollark: In Minoteaur 7.1, you manage files from a thing underneath the `textarea` used for text editing.
gollark: However, where does the file upload thing go?!
gollark: The intention is that it is possible to conveniently edit elements of the list without having to switch to an editor view as you would for a text block.


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