Angular Material Slider Example

In this article we will learn about Angular Material Slider Example.

The <mat-slider> is an Angular Directive used as the enhanced range selector with material styling and animation capabilities. The <mat-slider> allows the selection of a value from a range by mouse, touch or keyboard and it is similar to the <input type=”range”>.

<mat-slider> tag is used when there is a need for a slider in the projects.

Table of Contents

Properties :

value : Value of the slider.

min : Minimum value for slider. Default is 0.

max : Maximum value for slider. Default is 100.

step : The values at which the thumb will snap. Default is 1. It means the thumb moves in increments of 1 by default.

For example, find the initial value of slider.


<mat-slider min="1" max="5" step="0.5" value="1.5"></mat-slider>

vertical and invert with Example

vertical : Boolean value. If the value is true, the slider will be vertical. If this attribute is absent, the default value is false.


<mat-slider min="1" max="10" step="0.5" vertical=""></mat-slider>

invert : Boolean value. If the value is true the slider will be inverted. If this attribute is absent, the default value is false.


<mat-slider min="1" max="10" step="0.5" invert=""></mat-slider>

thumbLabel :

By default, the exact selected value of a slider is not visible to the user. However, this value can be added to the thumb by adding the thumbLabel attribute.


<mat-slider thumblabel="" step="2" min="1" max="100">
</mat-slider>

Formatting the thumb label

By default, the value in the slider’s thumb label will be the same as the model value, however this may end up being too large to fit into the label. If you want to control the value that is being displayed, you can do so using the displayWith input.


<mat-slider thumblabel="" [displaywith]="formatThumbLabel" min="1" max="20000">
</mat-slider>

Tick marks

By default, sliders do not show tick marks along the thumb track. This can be enabled using the tickInterval attribute. The value of tickInterval should be a number representing the number of steps between ticks. For example a tickInterval of 3 with a step of 4 will draw tick marks at every 3 steps, which is the same as every 12 values.


<mat-slider step="4" tickinterval="3"></mat-slider>

The tickInterval can also be set to auto which will automatically choose the number of steps such that there is at least 30px of space between ticks.


<mat-slider tickinterval="auto"></mat-slider>

The slider will always show a tick at the beginning and end of the track. If the remaining space doesn’t add up perfectly the last interval will be shortened or lengthened so that the tick can be shown at the end of the track.

Keyboard interaction

Key	Action
Right arrow	Increment the slider value by one step (decrements in RTL).
Up arrow	Increment the slider value by one step.
Left arrow	Decrement the slider value by one step (increments in RTL).
Down arrow	Decrement the slider value by one step.
Page up	Increment the slider value by 10 steps.
Page down	Decrement the slider value by 10 steps.
End	Set the value to the maximum possible.
Home	Set the value to the minimum possible.

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