Question

I’m using this jQuery UI code use for a logarithmic slider:

var minVal = 10;
var maxVal = 100;
$("#slider").slider({
    range: true,
    min: minVal,
    max: maxVal / 2,
    values: [minVal, maxVal],
    slide: function(event, ui) {
        $("#amount_min").val(Number(expon(ui.values[0], minVal, maxVal)).toFixed(0));
        $("#amount_max").val(Number(expon(ui.values[1], minVal, maxVal)).toFixed(0));
    }
});   

The expon function is:

function expon(val, min,max) {
    var minv = Math.log(min);
    var maxv = Math.log(max);
    max = max / 2;

    // calculate adjustment factor
    var scale = (maxv - minv) / (max - min);

    return Math.exp(minv + scale * (val - min));
}

#amount_min and #amount_max are HTML input elements. The code above works just fine to get values from the slider and to put them to the input elements.

But now I need the function opposite to expon() — to change the slider when I change the values of the inputs. Can anybody help me with this?

Answer 1

I found the solution here: Logarithmic slider

I’ve used your very helpful code for a project… this is what I have:

var gMinPrice = 100;
var gMaxPrice = 1000; //in my project these are dynamic

function expon(val){
    var minv = Math.log(gMinPrice);
    var maxv = Math.log(gMaxPrice);
    var scale = (maxv-minv) / (gMaxPrice-gMinPrice);
    return Math.exp(minv + scale*(val-gMinPrice));

}
function logposition(val){
    var minv = Math.log(gMinPrice);
    var maxv = Math.log(gMaxPrice);
    var scale = (maxv-minv) / (gMaxPrice-gMinPrice);
    return (Math.log(val)-minv) / scale + gMinPrice;
}

I then change my slider positions using this code:

var gBudgetBottom, gBudgetTop;
$('#priceSlider').slider({ 
    change: function(event, ui){ // inside your slider instance
        gBudgetBottom = Number(expon(ui.values[0])).toFixed(0);
        gBudgetTop = Number(expon(ui.values[1])).toFixed(0);
    }
}

$('#priceSlider').slider({ values: [Number(logposition(gBudgetBottom)).toFixed(0), Number(logposition(gBudgetTop)).toFixed(0)] });

I hope that works for you 🙂