Build jQuery UI Slider - Slider bound to select in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Slider - Slider bound to select.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Slider - Slider bound to select</title>
<title>jQuery UI Selectable - Serialize</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--   www.j  ava  2  s . c o  m-->
<script>
$(function() {
var select = $( "#minbeds" );
var slider = $( "<div id='slider'></div>" ).insertAfter( select ).slider({
min: 1,
max: 6,
range: "min",
value: select[ 0 ].selectedIndex + 1,
slide: function( event, ui ) {
select[ 0 ].selectedIndex = ui.value - 1;
}
});
$( "#minbeds" ).change(function() {
slider.slider( "value", this.selectedIndex + 1 );
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<form id="reservation">
<label for="minbeds">Minimum number of beds</label>
<select name="minbeds" id="minbeds">
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
<option>4</option>
<option>5</option>
<option>6</option>
</select>
</form>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>How to bind a slider to an existing select element. The select stays visible to display the change. When the select is changed, the slider is updated, too.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Build jQuery UI Slider - Slider bound to select in JavaScript