Basalt/docs/objects/Slider.md

Sliders are objects, the user can scroll vertically or horizontally, this will change a value, which you can access by :getValue().

Remember slider also inherits from Object

setSymbol

Changes the slider symbol, default is " "

Parameters:

1. string symbol

Returns:

1. object The object in use

Usage:

• Creates a new slider and changes the symbol to X

local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local slider = mainFrame:addSlider():setSymbol("X")

<slider symbol="X" />

setBackgroundSymbol

Changes the symbol in the background, default is "\140"

Parameters:

1. string symbol

Returns:

1. object The object in use

Usage:

• Creates a new slider and changes the background symbol to X

local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local slider = mainFrame:addSlider():setBackgroundSymbol("X")

<slider backgroundSymbol="X" />

setBarType

Changes the slider to be vertical or horizontal, default is horizontal

Parameters:

1. string vertical or horizontal

Returns:

1. object The object in use

Usage:

• Creates a new slider and changes the bar type to horizontal

local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local slider = mainFrame:addSlider():setBarType("vertical")

<slider barType="vertical" />

setMaxValue

the default max value is always the width (if horizontal) or height (if vertical), if you change the max value the bar will always calculate the value based on its width or height - example: you set the max value to 100, the height is 10 and it is a vertical bar, this means if the bar is on top, the value is 10, if the bar goes one below, it is 20 and so on.

Parameters:

1. number maximum

Returns:

1. object The object in use

Usage:

• Creates a new slider and changes the max value to 20

local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local slider = mainFrame:addSlider():setMaxValue(20)

<slider maxValue="20" />

setIndex

Changes the current index to your choice, for example you could create a button which scrolls up to 1 by using :setIndex(1)

Parameters:

1. number the index

Returns:

1. object The object in use

Usage:

• Creates a new slider and changes the index to 1 as soon as the button got clicked

local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local slider = mainFrame:addSlider():setMaxValue(20)
local button = mainFrame:addButton(function()
    slider:setIndex(1)
end)

<slider index="2" />

getIndex

Returns the current index

Returns:

1. number index