Hi all,

I would like to have a slider, which I can set up to be in range, say, from 0 to 255, which will be integer. I used the vsl slider ( https://puredata.info/docs/developer/PdFileFormat#r364 ), and that one produces float values, but I can have an [int] box after that, and I get integers - that is fine.

However, depending on the size of the slider, sometimes the finest motion I can do with the mouse, results in jumps of more than 1 count - and the vsl slider seems to not react on arrow key presses.

So, I would like to have the possibility to "nudge" or "step" the slider in a defined increment of 1, using the arrow keys; for instance, if you try this in HTML:

<input type="range" id="my_slider" name="my_slider" min="0" max="255" step="1" />

.... then the resulting slider can be selected with a click, and then one can press the Arrow Left/Right (or Up/Down) keys, and the slider will increment/decrement the current value for the step (here 1).

Is there anything like that - maybe an external - in PD?

Thanks!

If you hold the shift when sliding you get a finer adjustment

@sdaau_ml Here you have an example of what i think you want to do. It increments and decrements your slider using the numpad keys as left arrow (numpad key 4) and right arrow (numpad key 6). You can adjust the increment or decrement amount and the range.

@sdaau_ml It can always be done and @ingox solution is easier and prettier......
Here you go....... whatever.zip
And @Boran-Robert is quicker than me because I gave you a selectable abstraction......

Add arguments to set the slider range within the abstraction if you wish..... 0 254 or 1 10 or whatever.
Give the slider a $0 receive address and loadbang the range into it from the arguments sending it a message [$0-this_slider range $1 $2(
Then it will be more universal.
To be totally universal you will need arguments for log/lin, size and the colours.
David.

@whale-av

@sdaau_ml Since i was mentioned in the thread for no apparent reason, here is my take:

slidercontrol.pd

There seems to be some kind of bug: If you change the slider value by key (key up or key down) and click on the slider, it will jump down a little.

Edit: By removing the [int] after [unpack] it gets a little better...

Edit 2: Here is a fun version, where the slider can be changed by left and right buttons: slidercontrol2.pd

Or you could hide a bang at each end of the slider to nudge the value and use the centre area of the slider to scroll ( there will be a dead zone for scrolling at each end where the bang takes the focus)
nudge-slider.pd

Edit:
Weirdly nudging to a lower value, steps 2, but changing the message [-1( to -0.5 fixes that