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Re: change slider to pointed rectangle or arrow

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  • Subject: [mg79037] Re: change slider to pointed rectangle or arrow
  • From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:20:53 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
  • References: <f7ca6h$8er$1@smc.vnet.net>

Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> Is there any way within Manipulate to make a slider appear as either a 
> filled rectangle topped by a triangle -- a shape very roughly like this
> 
>        ^
>       | |
>        _
> 
> -- or as just a filled triangle or vertical arrow?
> 
> What about in a more general expression using an explicit Slider?
> 
> I ask this because the help gives the following example --
> 
>    Table[Slider[0.5, Appearance -> a], {a, {"UpArrow", "DownArrow"}}]
> 
> -- but I see absolutely no differences in the results as from not using 
> the Appearance option at all.

Weird. On my Wintel machine, I clearly see a difference.

ColumnForm[
  Table[Slider[0.5,
    Appearance -> a], {a, {"", "UpArrow", "DownArrow"}}]]

See http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jmg336/mathematica/SliderUpDownArrows.png

Regards,
Jean-Marc


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