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import SmartMappingPrimaryHandleSliderViewModel from "@arcgis/core/widgets/smartMapping/SmartMappingPrimaryHandleSliderViewModel.js";
Inheritance:
SmartMappingPrimaryHandleSliderViewModelSmartMappingSliderViewModel<StopType‚ SupportedBreaks>SliderViewModelAccessor
Subclasses:
SizeSliderViewModel, ColorSliderViewModel
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.18

Shared properties for sliders that have a primaryHandle option.

See also

Constructors

Constructor

Constructor
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
properties
See the properties table for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Properties

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.

declaredClass

readonlyinherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

effectiveMax

inherited Property
Type
number | null | undefined
Inherited from: SliderViewModel
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.23

When set, the user is restricted from moving slider thumbs to positions higher than this value. This value should be less than the slider max. The effectiveMax and effectiveMin allow you to represent ranges of values in a dataset that cannot be filtered or selected with the slider. This can be useful when using the slider to represent datasets with outliers, or scale ranges not suitable for a layer.

Example
// slider.viewModel.max = 100
slider.viewModel.effectiveMax = 60;
// now the user cannot slide thumbs above
// 60 even though the slider track displays
// values up to 100.

effectiveMin

inherited Property
Type
number | null | undefined
Inherited from: SliderViewModel
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.23

When set, the user is restricted from moving slider thumbs to positions less than this value. This value should be greater than the slider min. The effectiveMin and effectiveMax allow you to represent ranges of values in a dataset that cannot be filtered or selected with the slider. This can be useful when using the slider to represent datasets with outliers, or scale ranges not suitable for a layer.

Example
// slider.viewModel.min = 0
slider.viewModel.effectiveMin = 4;
// now the user cannot slide thumbs below
// 4 even though the slider track displays
// values down to 0.

handlesSyncedToPrimary

Property
Type
boolean

Only applicable when three thumbs (i.e. handles) are set on the slider (i.e. when primaryHandleEnabled is true). This property indicates whether the position of the outside handles are synced with the middle, or primary, handle. When enabled, if the primary handle is moved then the outside handle positions are updated while maintaining a fixed distance from the primary handle.

Only applicable when primaryHandleEnabled is true.

See also
Default value
true
Example
// enables the primary handles and syncs it with the others
slider.viewModel.primaryHandleEnabled = true;
slider.viewModel.handlesSyncedToPrimary = true;

inputFormatFunction

inherited Property
Type
InputFormatFunction | null | undefined

A function used to format user inputs. As opposed to labelFormatFunction, which formats thumb labels, the inputFormatFunction formats thumb values in the input element when the user begins to edit them.

The image below demonstrates how slider input values resemble corresponding slider values by default and won't match the formatting set in labelFormatFunction.

Slider without input formatter

If you want to format slider input values so they match thumb labels, you can pass the same function set in labelFormatFunction to inputFormatFunction for consistent formatting.

Slider with input formatter

However, if an inputFormatFunction is specified, you must also write a corresponding inputParseFunction to parse user inputs to understandable slider values. In most cases, if you specify an inputFormatFunction, you should set the labelFormatFunction to the same value for consistency between labels and inputs.

This property overrides the default input formatter, which formats by calling toString() on the input value.

See also
Examples
// Formats the slider input to abbreviated numbers with units
// e.g. a thumb at position 1500 will render with an input label of 1.5k
slider.viewModel.inputFormatFunction = function(value, type){
if(value >= 1000000){
return (value / 1000000).toPrecision(3) + "m"
}
if(value >= 100000){
return (value / 1000).toPrecision(3) + "k"
}
if(value >= 1000){
return (value / 1000).toPrecision(2) + "k"
}
return value.toFixed(0);
}
// Formats the slider input to abbreviated numbers with units
// e.g. a thumb at position 1500 will render with an input label of 1.5k
slider.inputFormatFunction = function(value, type){
if(value >= 1000000){
return (value / 1000000).toPrecision(3) + "m"
}
if(value >= 100000){
return (value / 1000).toPrecision(3) + "k"
}
if(value >= 1000){
return (value / 1000).toPrecision(2) + "k"
}
return value.toFixed(0);
}

inputParseFunction

inherited Property
Type
InputParseFunction | null | undefined

Function used to parse slider inputs formatted by the inputFormatFunction. This property must be set if an inputFormatFunction is set. Otherwise the slider values will likely not update to their expected positions.

Overrides the default input parses, which is a parsed floating point number.

See also
Examples
// Parses the slider input (a string value) to a number value understandable to the slider
// This assumes the slider was already configured with an inputFormatFunction
// For example, if the input is 1.5k this function will parse
// it to a value of 1500
slider.viewModel.inputParseFunction = function(value, type, index){
let charLength = value.length;
let valuePrefix = parseFloat(value.substring(0,charLength-1));
let finalChar = value.substring(charLength-1);
if(parseFloat(finalChar) >= 0){
return parseFloat(value);
}
if(finalChar === "k"){
return valuePrefix * 1000;
}
if(finalChar === "m"){
return valuePrefix * 1000000;
}
return value;
}
// Parses the slider input (a string value) to a number value understandable to the slider
// This assumes the slider was already configured with an inputFormatFunction
// For example, if the input is 1.5k this function will parse
// it to a value of 1500
slider.inputParseFunction = function(value, type, index){
let charLength = value.length;
let valuePrefix = parseFloat(value.substring(0,charLength-1));
let finalChar = value.substring(charLength-1);
if(parseFloat(finalChar) >= 0){
return parseFloat(value);
}
if(finalChar === "k"){
return valuePrefix * 1000;
}
if(finalChar === "m"){
return valuePrefix * 1000000;
}
return value;
}

labelFormatFunction

inherited Property
Type
LabelFormatFunction | null | undefined

A modified version of SliderViewModel.labelFormatFunction, which is a custom function used to format labels on the thumbs, min, max, and average values. Overrides the default label formatter. This function also supports date formatting.

Examples
// For thumb values, rounds each label to whole numbers
sliderViewModel.labelFormatFunction = function(value, type) {
return (type === "value") ? value.toFixed(0): value;
}
// For thumb values, rounds each label to whole numbers.
// Note the actual value of the thumb continues to be stored
// based on the indicated data `precision` despite this formatting
sliderViewModel.labelFormatFunction = function(value, type) {
return (type === "value") ? value.toFixed(0) : value;
}

labels

readonlyinherited Property
Type
LabelInfos

An array of strings associated with values generated using an internal label formatter or the values returned from labelFormatFunction.

max

inherited Property
Type
number | null | undefined
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

The maximum possible data/thumb value of the slider. In the constructor, if one of the values specified in values is greater than the max value specified in this property, then the max will update to the highest value in values.

Example
sliderViewModel.max = 100;

min

inherited Property
Type
number | null | undefined
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

The minimum possible data/thumb value of the slider. In the constructor, if one of the values specified in values is less than the min value specified in this property, then the min will update to the lowest value in values.

Example
sliderViewModel.min = 0;

precision

inherited Property
Type
number
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

Defines how slider values should be rounded. This number indicates the number of decimal places slider values should round to when they have been moved.

This value also indicates the precision of thumb labels when the data range (max - min) is less than 10.

When the data range is larger than 10, labels display with a precision of no more than two decimal places, though actual slider thumb values will maintain the precision specified in this property.

For example, given the default precision of 4, and the following slider configuration, The label of the thumb will display two decimal places, but the precision of the actual thumb value will not be lost even when the user slides or moves the thumb.

const slider = new SliderVM({
min: 20,
max: 100, // data range of 80
values: [50.4331],
// thumb label will display 50.43
// thumb value will maintain precision, so
// value will remain at 50.4331
});

If the user manually enters a value that has a higher precision than what's indicated by this property, the precision of that thumb value will be maintained until the thumb is moved by the user. At that point, the value will be rounded according to the indicated precision.

If thumb labels aren't visible, they must be enabled with Slider.labelInputsEnabled.

Keep in mind this property rounds thumb values and shouldn't be used exclusively for formatting purposes. To format thumb labels, use the labelFormatFunction property.

Default value
4
Example
sliderViewModel.precision = 7;

primaryHandleEnabled

Property
Type
boolean

When true, the slider will render a third handle between the two handles already provided by default. This is the primary handle. Three or five values must be defined for the primary handle to render. The primary handle represents the middle stop.

When handlesSyncedToPrimary is true, then this handle will control the position of the others when moved.

See also
Default value
false
Example
// enables the primary handles and syncs it with the others
slider.viewModel.primaryHandleEnabled = true;
slider.viewModel.handlesSyncedToPrimary = true;

state

readonlyinherited Property
Type
ViewModelState

The state of the view model.

thumbsConstrained

inherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

When false, the user can freely move any slider thumb to any position along the track. By default, a thumb's position is constrained to the positions of neighboring thumbs so you cannot move one thumb past another. Set this property to false to disable this constraining behavior.

Default value
true
Example
// allows the user to freely move slider
// thumbs to any position along the track
slider.viewModel.thumbsConstrained = false;

values

readonlyinherited Property
Type
number[]

The data values associated with the thumb locations of the slider. These are computed from the stops. Actual thumb locations depend on the number of stops provided.

See also
Example
const slider = new SliderVM({
min: 20,
max: 100, // data range of 80
values: [50.4331],
// thumb label will display 50.43
// thumb value will maintain precision, so
// value will remain at 50.4331
});

zoomingEnabled

inherited Property
Type
boolean

Enables zooming on the slider. See zoomOptions for more information on zooming along the slider track.

See also
Default value
true
Example
// disables zooming on the slider
slider.viewModel.zoomingEnabled = false;

zoomOptions

inherited Property
Type
ZoomOptions | null | undefined

Zooms the slider track to the bounds provided in this property. When min and/or max zoom values are provided, the absolute min and max slider values are preserved and rendered at their typical positions on the slider. However, the slider track itself is zoomed so that thumbs cannot be moved above or below the provided min and max zoomed values.

When a slider is in a zoomed state, the zoomed ends of the track will appear jagged. In the image below, notice how the top thumb cannot be moved past the zoom max of 31 even though the slider max is 200.

slider-zoom

To exit a zoomed state, the user can click the jagged line or the developer can set the zoomOptions to null. It is up to the developer to provide a UI option for end users to enable zooming on the slider.

Setting the zoomOptions is useful when the slider is tied to heavily skewed datasets where the histogram renders only one or two bars because of outliers.

slider-not-zoomed

You can remove the influence of outliers by zooming the slider and regenerating a histogram based on the zoomed min and max. This will provide a better view of the data and make the slider more useful to the end user.

Examples
// zooms the slider to so thumbs can only be moved
// to positions between the values of 10 and 25 while
// maintaining the slider's absolute minimum and
// maximum values
slider.viewModel.zoomOptions = {
min: 10,
max: 25
};
// disables zooming on the slider
slider.viewModel.zoomOptions = null;
// zooms the slider to so thumbs can only be moved
// to positions above the value of 10, while maintaining
// the slider's absolute minimum value
slider.viewModel.zoomOptions = {
min: 10
};
// zooms the slider to so thumbs can only be moved
// to positions below the value of 25, while maintaining
// the slider's absolute maximum value
slider.viewModel.zoomOptions = {
max: 25
};
// zooms the slider to the handle positions
// with some padding
document.getElementById("zoomInButton").onclick = function() {
const lowerThumb = slider.values[0];
const upperThumb = slider.values[1];
const range = upperThumb - lowerThumb;
const padding = range * 0.3;
const zoomMin = (lowerThumb - padding) > slider.min ? (lowerThumb - padding) : slider.min;
const zoomMax = (upperThumb + padding) < slider.max ? (upperThumb + padding) : slider.max;
slider.viewModel.set({ zoomOptions: { min: zoomMin, max: zoomMax } });
};

Methods

MethodSignatureClass
defaultInputFormatFunction(value: number): string
defaultInputParseFunction(value: string): number
defaultLabelFormatFunction(value: number): string
getBounds
inherited
getBounds(): Bounds
getBoundsForValueAtIndex(index: number): Bounds
getLabelForValue
inherited
getLabelForValue(value: number | null | undefined, type?: SliderFormatType, index?: number): string | null | undefined
getUnzoomedMax
inherited
getUnzoomedMax(): number
getUnzoomedMin
inherited
getUnzoomedMin(): number
setValue
inherited
setValue(index: number, value: number): void
toPrecision
inherited
toPrecision(value: number): number

defaultInputFormatFunction

inherited Method
Signature
defaultInputFormatFunction (value: number): string
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

The default input format function available for use as a fallback in custom formatting implementations.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
value

The input value to format.

Returns
string

The formatted input value.

defaultInputParseFunction

inherited Method
Signature
defaultInputParseFunction (value: string): number
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

The default input parsing function available for use as a fallback in custom parsing implementations.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
value

The thumb value to parse.

Returns
number

The parsed thumb value.

defaultLabelFormatFunction

inherited Method
Signature
defaultLabelFormatFunction (value: number): string
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

The default label format function, available for use as a fallback in custom formatting implementations.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
value

The thumb value to format.

Returns
string

The formatted thumb value.

getBounds

inherited Method
Signature
getBounds (): Bounds
Inherited from: SliderViewModel
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.23

Returns the effective bounds of the slider. If effectiveMin and effectiveMax are set on the slider, then those values will be returned. If not, then the min and max are returned.

Returns
Bounds

The effective bounds of the slider.

getBoundsForValueAtIndex

inherited Method
Signature
getBoundsForValueAtIndex (index: number): Bounds
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

Returns the min and max bounds for a 'value' at the provided index. Also used internally to provide accessibility information via HTMLElement properties

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
index

The index of the associated value.

Returns
Bounds

Returns a simple object with bound information.

getLabelForValue

inherited Method
Signature
getLabelForValue (value: number | null | undefined, type?: SliderFormatType, index?: number): string | null | undefined
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

Returns the formatted label for a provided value.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
value

The value from which to retrieve a formatted label.

type

The label type.

index

The index of the label.

Returns
string | null | undefined

Returns the formatted label.

getUnzoomedMax

inherited Method
Signature
getUnzoomedMax (): number

Gets the max value of the slider. This is useful for when the user wants to change the slider max when it is not visible in the zoomed state.

See also
Returns
number

getUnzoomedMin

inherited Method
Signature
getUnzoomedMin (): number

Gets the min value of the slider. This is useful for when the user wants to change the slider min when it is not visible in the zoomed state.

See also
Returns
number

setValue

inherited Method
Signature
setValue (index: number, value: number): void
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

Updates a thumb value based on the provided index. The provided value must differ from the previous value. The provided value must also be between the min and max.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
index

The index of the thumb value in the associated values array.

value

The new value to replace with the old value.

Returns
void

toPrecision

inherited Method
Signature
toPrecision (value: number): number
Inherited from: SliderViewModel

Rounds the given value to the number of decimal places specified in the precision property set on the view model.

See also
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
value

The thumb value to format.

Returns
number

The input value rounded to the number of places specified in precision.