Question

I am using jQuery-ui slider for the first time and am confused by a rather basic issue. When setting my slider, I wish to do so without using a theme. When I slide from left to right, the right hand position of the slider handle steps 1 handle width past the slider. This is due to the slider css positioning the handle with left: 100%. I note many many other people using the slider without any difficulty, but can’t see how they are getting round this issue.
Demo of issue
I assume I am missing something embarrassingly basic and would love to know what.
many thanks

Answer 1

Having read a bit more into this, it seems that the slider is designed to act in the way described, but with the handle offset to the left by 50% of its width. Thus the centre of the bar denotes to value – which makes total sense (when the slider denotes a value).
To use the slider as a scrollbar simply wrap the slider in a div which is padded left and right with 50% of the slider’s width. I’ve updated my demo to reflect this.
If anyone has a better solution, without needing the extra div, I would like to see it.