Format Value using Slider in EJ2 JavaScript Range Slider Control

10 Feb 202518 minutes to read

Achieve date format

Date formatting can be achieved in ticks and tooltip using the renderingTicks and tooltipChange events, respectively. The process of formatting is explained in the following sample.

// Initialize Range Slider Control
var dateObj = new ej.inputs.Slider({
    /**
     * Initialize the min and max values of the slider using JavaScript date functions
     * new Date (Year, Month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)
     */
    min: new Date("2013-06-13").getTime(),
    value: new Date("2013-06-15").getTime(),
    max: new Date("2013-06-21").getTime(),
    // 86400000 milliseconds for a day
    step: 86400000,
    tooltipChange: function (args) {
        var totalMiliSeconds = Number(args.text);
        // Convert the current milliseconds to the respective date in desired format
        var custom = { year: "numeric", month: "short", day: "numeric" };
        args.text = new Date(totalMiliSeconds).toLocaleDateString("en-us", custom);
    },
    tooltip: {
        placement: 'Before',
        isVisible: true
    },
    renderingTicks: function (args) {
        var totalMiliSeconds = Number(args.value);
        // Convert the current milliseconds to the respective date in desired format
        var custom = { year: "numeric", month: "short", day: "numeric" };
        args.text = new Date(totalMiliSeconds).toLocaleDateString("en-us", custom);
    },
    ticks: {
        placement: 'After',
        // 2 * 86400000 milliseconds for two days
        largeStep: 2 * 86400000
    },
    showButtons: true
});
// Render initialized Range Slider Control
dateObj.appendTo('#slider');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Range Slider</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Range Slider Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="container">
        <div class="wrap">
            <div id="slider">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <script>
        var ele = document.getElementById('container');
        if (ele) {
            ele.style.visibility = "visible";
        }   
    </script>
    <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style>
        .wrap {
            box-sizing: border-box;
            height: 260px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 30px 10px;
            width: 460px;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
  font-size: 14px;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

Achieve time format

Time formatting can be achieved in the same manner as date formatting using the renderingTicks and change events. The process of time formatting is explained in the following sample.

// Initialize Range Slider Control
var timeObj = new ej.inputs.Slider({
    /**
     * Initialize the min and max values of the slider using JavaScript date functions
     * new Date (Year, Month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)
     */
    min: new Date(2013, 6, 13, 11).getTime(),
    max: new Date(2013, 6, 13, 17).getTime(),
    value: new Date(2013, 6, 13, 13).getTime(),
    // 3600000 milliseconds = 1 Hour
    step: 3600000,
    tooltipChange: function (args) {
        var totalMiliSeconds = Number(args.text);
        var custom = { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' };
        args.text = new Date(totalMiliSeconds).toLocaleTimeString("en-us", custom);
    },
    tooltip: {
        placement: 'Before',
        isVisible: true
    },
    renderingTicks: function (args) {
        var totalMiliSeconds = Number(args.value);
        var custom = { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' };
        args.text = new Date(totalMiliSeconds).toLocaleTimeString("en-us", custom);
    },
    ticks: {
        placement: 'After',
        // 2 * 3600000 milliseconds = 2 Hour
        largeStep: 2 * 3600000
    },
    showButtons: true
});
// Render initialized Range Slider Control
timeObj.appendTo('#slider');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Range Slider</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Range Slider Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="container">
        <div class="wrap">
            <div id="slider">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    
    <script>
        var ele = document.getElementById('container');
        if (ele) {
            ele.style.visibility = "visible";
        }   
    </script>
    <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style>
        .wrap {
            box-sizing: border-box;
            height: 260px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 30px 10px;
            width: 460px;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
  font-size: 14px;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

Customize numeric Value

Numeric values can be formatted into different decimal digits, fixed numbers of whole numbers, or to represent units. The numeric processing is demonstrated as follows.

// Initialize Range Slider Control
var kilometerObj = new ej.inputs.Slider({
    min: 0, max: 100, step: 1, value: 30,
    // Apply two decimal specifiers formatting if any decimal values are processed with 'Km' text appended to the value
    tooltip: { isVisible: true, format: '##.## Km' },
    // Apply two decimal specifiers formatting if any decimal values are processed with 'Km' text appended to the value
    ticks: { placement: 'After', format: '##.## Km', largeStep: 20, smallStep: 10, showSmallTicks: true }
});
// Render initialized Range Slider Control
kilometerObj.appendTo('#slider');
// Initialize Range Slider Control
var decimalObj = new ej.inputs.Slider({
    min: 0.1, max: .2, step: 0.01, value: 0.13,
    // Apply three decimal specifiers formatting if any decimal values are processed then reset will be appended with two zero
    tooltip: { isVisible: true, format: '##.#00' },
    // Apply three decimal specifiers formatting if any decimal values are processed then reset will be appended with two zero
    ticks: { placement: 'After', format: '##.#00', largeStep: 0.02, smallStep: 0.01, showSmallTicks: true }
});
// Render initialized Range Slider Control
decimalObj.appendTo('#slider1');
// Initialize Range Slider Control
var sliderObj = new ej.inputs.Slider({
    min: 0, max: 100, step: 1, value: 30,
    // Apply numeric formatting with two leading zero for tooltip
    tooltip: { isVisible: true, format: '00##' },
    // Apply numeric formatting with two leading zero for ticks
    ticks: { placement: 'After', format: '00##', largeStep: 20, smallStep: 10, showSmallTicks: true }
});
// Render initialized Range Slider Control
sliderObj.appendTo('#slider2');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Range Slider</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Range Slider Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="container">

        <div class="wrap">
            <div class="label">Slider formatted with unit representation</div>
            <div id="slider">
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="wrap">
            <div class="label">Slider formatted with three decimal specifiers</div>
            <div id="slider1">
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="wrap">
            <div class="label">Slider formatted with two leading zeros</div>
            <div id="slider2">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <script>
        var ele = document.getElementById('container');
        if (ele) {
            ele.style.visibility = "visible";
        }   
    </script>
    <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style>
        .wrap {
            box-sizing: border-box;
            height: 100px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 30px 10px;
            width: 460px;
        }

        .wrap .label {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
  font-size: 14px;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}