SliderBox
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SliderBox
is a low-level box construct that represents a slider with setting x in the range 0 to 1.
takes the setting to be the dynamically updated current value of x, with the value of x being reset if the slider is moved.
represents a slider in which equally spaced intervals correspond to successive settings ei.
Details and Options

- SliderBox is generated as the low-level representation of Slider. Except for low-level notebook expression manipulation, SliderBox should not need to be used directly.
- The following options can be given:
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Appearance {Automatic,Automatic,"Normal",Automatic} appearance of the slider AutoAction False whether to change the slider automatically when the mouse is over it Background Automatic background color BaselinePosition Automatic what to align with a surrounding text baseline BaseStyle {} base style specifications ContinuousAction True whether to update continuously when the slider is moved Enabled Automatic whether the slider is enabled or grayed out Exclusions {} specific values to be excluded ImageMargins Automatic margins around the image of the displayed slider ImageSize Automatic the overall image size of the displayed slider - xmin, xmax and dx must be machine-sized integers or reals. »
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (3)Summary of the most common use cases
Scope (4)Survey of the scope of standard use cases
Use the range to
, increasing when going from left to right:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-ba6qed

A slider with range to
, increasing when going from right to left:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-kuullp

Use only integer variable values:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-cp9znn

Use a list of possible values:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-m9ost7

Change the relative width corresponding to each possible value:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-eybem4

Properties & Relations (3)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions
SliderBox is used in the typesetting of Slider expressions:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-lp3sm

SliderBox with a custom Appearance option is used in the typesetting of VerticalSlider:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-bm98us

Although SliderBox is limited to machine numbers, Slider can do more:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-pjhkdr

Slider does this by mapping the range into one that SliderBox can interpret:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-svixu

Slider also maps continuous ranges of symbolic values:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg3hpyba-1hdba

Wolfram Research (2007), SliderBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html (updated 2008).
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Wolfram Research (2007), SliderBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html (updated 2008).
Wolfram Research (2007), SliderBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html (updated 2008).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "SliderBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html.
Wolfram Language. 2007. "SliderBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). SliderBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html
Wolfram Language. (2007). SliderBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_sliderbox, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SliderBox}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_sliderbox, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SliderBox}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SliderBox.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025
]}