Improving Range Selection with Draggable Sliders

If you’re new to Bubble or just looking to enhance your app’s UI, here’s a practical way to get started. Using tools like this vertical range slider, you can build sliders that are both functional and visually cohesive. These sliders are ideal for tasks like setting price ranges, ratings, or other adjustable values, and with some simple tweaks, you can make them fit seamlessly into your app.

1. Customizing sliders to match your design

Out of the box, Bubble’s sliders can feel a bit basic. If you’re trying to match a specific design style, the default sliders might not cut it.

What can you do?

You can tweak a lot of slider settings to make them fit your app’s design. For example, you can change the thumb size, color, and values to align with your app’s aesthetic. This helps make the slider blend in naturally with the rest of your UI.

Some customization options for example:


2. Adjusting range with a double slider

When you need to let users pick a range—like a price or time window—using a double slider, it can be annoying if the range isn’t easy to adjust. Without a simple way to drag both ends, it might take too many steps.

Solution:

Just use the draggable feature and, users can easily move both ends of the slider at once, or adjust them independently. Click and drag to set the range in real time. Plus, on mobile, it’s super smooth—just swipe to adjust.

So it will look like this:


3. Adding precision for user Input

Sometimes, you need more precision than the standard Bubble slider can offer. For instance, users may need to choose an exact price point or rating with small increments.

Here’s how to level it up:

You can set min/max values and step sizes to give users better control over their selections. Whether you need a price slider with increments of $1 or a more granular range, it’s all possible.


4. Triggering actions based on slider movement

Sliders are great for input, but sometimes you might want the slider to trigger other actions, like updating a value or starting a workflow when the user adjusts it.

How to do it:

Use workflows :slight_smile: You can trigger actions whenever the slider moves. Whether it’s updating displayed values, filtering data, or starting a workflow, this makes your sliders much more engaging and responsive.

Hope you find it useful. Happy building!

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