Changing text strings with slider

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Hello Everyone,
I’m just playing around with Sparkle 5 and try to explore the slider function. How can I display for example the changing text strings “very easy”, “simple”, “normal”, “difficult”, “impossible” next to the slider element when I move the slider?

Thanks for any help.
Frank

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HI Franky, I assume, that you want to move something on your webpage with a slider?
I am not sure, if that is possible…
I am under the impression, that the slider is a form variable, that also can be used in Smart Fields…
Maybe in Hype4?

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Hi Tom,
Sorry, if I wrote not clearly. I just wanna chance some text strings with the slider element. The slider function works great with numbers and increments. Now I’m wondering if it works with text too.

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Do you have an example for what is working and what you want to achieve?

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Just a sample: One single slider with 5 steps. The text changes with each step.

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Apparently the slider can only display numeric values and no text.

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With a tiny bit of javascript knowledge it is possible to make the calculator return a string.

Say setting a slider with a 1-5 range, then:

if(<slider>==1) { return "very easy"; }
if(<slider>==2) { return "simple"; }
if(<slider>==3) { return "normal"; }
if(<slider>==4) { return "difficult"; }
if(<slider>==5) { return "impossible"; }

(untested, replace the <slider> thing with the bubble that the calculator lets you plop in)

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Many thanks for this sample. It really helps to go deeper into the function. Javascript opens endless of possibilities here. Even as a non-coder it would be helpful to learn some basics of javascript. I’ll keep on with that.

Thanks again, Frank