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
