How to Use the Vuetify Slider Component

By / Last updated on May 5, 2022

Sliders are a great way of getting user input from a range of values. There are used for various functions like adjusting the brightness of a display or tuning speaker volumes. In this post, we’re going to explore the various ways we can create and customize sliders with Vuetify.

The v-slider Component

Vuetify provides the v-slider component for creating sliders:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-row justify="center" class="mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </v-row>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
};
</script>
Creating a slider with the v-slider component.

A basic slider consists of a track (the long line) and a thumb (the circle). Clicking somewhere on the track moves the thumb to that location:

Clicking on a point on the track moves the thumb there.

Slider Labels

To describe our sliders to users, we can specify a label with the label prop:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-row justify="center" class="mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider label="Slider"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </v-row>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
};
</script>
A Vuetify slider with a label.

Slider Hints

We can show hints for a slider with the hint prop.

<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-row justify="center" class="mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider label="Slider" hint="hint"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </v-row>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
};
</script>

The hint shows up when you click the thumb:

Two-way Binding with v-model

We can use v-model to create a two-way binding between the slider value and a variable.

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider label="Slider" hint="hint" v-model="sliderValue"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center">
      <v-col sm="6">Slider value: {{ sliderValue }}</v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: 0,
  }),
};
</script>

In the code above, we’re adding in some text to display the current value of the slider (determined by sliderValue):

A slider with text below it to display its numeric value.

When the slider receives input sliderValue is updated and the text reflects this:

The text is updated with the new slider value when it changes.

Let’s add a “Reset” button:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider label="Slider" hint="hint" v-model="sliderValue"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center">
      <v-col sm="6">Slider value: {{ sliderValue }}</v-col>
    </div>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center">
      <v-col sm="6"
        ><v-btn color="primary" @click="sliderValue = 0"
          >Reset slider</v-btn
        ></v-col
      >
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Adding a "Reset" button.

We added a click handler to the button that sets sliderValue to 0 when it is clicked:

Clicking the "Reset" button sets the slider value back to 0 when it is clicked.

Slider Min and Max Values

Vuetify sliders have default min and max values of 0 and 100 respectively. We can change them to something else with the min and max props:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider
          label="Slider"
          hint="hint"
          v-model="sliderValue"
          min="20"
          max="60"
        ></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center">
      <v-col sm="6">Slider value: {{ sliderValue }}</v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: null,
  }),
};
</script>

Now the minimum value of the slider is 20:

The minimum value of the slider is now 20.

And the maximum value is now 60:

The maximum value of the slider is now 60.

Slider Custom Colors

v-slider comes with props that allow us to modify the colors of its various elements.

Use the color prop to change the color of the part of the track before the thumb:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider label="color" v-model="sliderValue" color="green"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Changing the color of the part of the track before the slider thumb.

The track-color prop will modify the color of the part of the track after the thumb:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider
          label="track-color"
          v-model="sliderValue"
          track-color="red"
        ></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Modifying the color of the part of the track after the slider thumb.

To change the color of the thumb, use the thumb-color prop:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider
          label="thumb-color"
          v-model="sliderValue"
          thumb-color="orange"
          thumb-label="always"
        ></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Changing the color of the slider thumb.

Disabled Sliders

Set the disabled prop to true to turn off interactivity with the slider:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider disabled value="50" label="Disabled"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
};
</script>
A disabled slider.

Discrete Sliders

By default Vuetify sliders have a step value of 1. These type of sliders are called continuous sliders because the thumb moves smoothly from its min to max value. In cases where we need less precision we can increase this step value, with the step prop:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-10">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider
          v-model="sliderValue"
          step="10"
          thumb-label="always"
        ></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    sliderValue: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
A discrete slider.

Slider Icons

v-slider provides props to display icons along with the slider, useful for adding more context.

The prepend-icon prop will display the accompanying icon before the slider:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="volume" prepend-icon="mdi-volume-high"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    volume: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Displaying an icon before a slider with the prepend-icon prop.

The append-icon will show the icon after the slider:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="volume" append-icon="mdi-volume-high"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    volume: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Displaying an icon after a slider with the append-icon prop.

Readonly Sliders

Readonly sliders also prevent interactivity like disable sliders, but they don’t lose their color:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider readonly value="30" label="Readonly"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
};
</script>
A readonly slider.

Inverse Labels

To display the slider label at the end of the slider, use the inverse-label prop:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider label="Inverse label" inverse-label></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
};
</script>
Display the label at the end of the slider with the inverse-label prop.

Slider Thumbs

v-slider offers certain props for customizing the behaviour and display of the thumb. Set the thumb-label prop to true to display to only display the thumb label when the slider is being used:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-10">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="value" label="Slider" thumb-label></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
The thumb displays only when the slider is being used.

To always show the thumb label whether the user is using the slider or not, set the thumb-label prop to always:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-10">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="value" label="Slider" thumb-label="always"></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Making the slider thumb display all the time.

Custom Thumb Sizes

The thumb-size prop lets us modify the thumb size:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-16">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider
          v-model="value"
          label="Slider"
          thumb-label="always"
          thumb-size="50"
        ></v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
Modifying the slider thumb size.

Custom Thumb Labels

The thumb normally displays the current numeric value of the slider, but we change what it shows by providing an element to the thumb-label slot of v-slider:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-16">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider
          v-model="value"
          label="Volume"
          thumb-label="always"
          thumb-size="50"
        >
          <template v-slot:thumb-label>
            <v-icon dark>mdi-volume-high</v-icon>
          </template>
        </v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
A slider with a custom thumb label.

Slider Ticks

Ticks visually represent the values the user can move the slider to. Setting the ticks prop to true will show the slider only when the slider is being used:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="value" step="10" ticks> </v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
The ticks display only when the slider is being used.

Set ticks to always to make the ticks display all the time:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="value" step="10" ticks="always"> </v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
A slider with ticks that display all the time.

Custom Tick Sizes

We can also customize the tick size, with the tick-size prop:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="6">
        <v-slider v-model="value" step="10" ticks="always" tick-size="4">
        </v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
  }),
};
</script>
A slider with a custom tick size.

Tick Labels

We can add text to describe the ticks. To do this, set the tick-labels prop to an array of strings.

<template>
  <v-app>
    <div class="d-flex justify-center mt-2">
      <v-col sm="12">
        <v-slider
          v-model="value"
          step="10"
          ticks="always"
          :tick-labels="tickLabels"
        >
        </v-slider>
      </v-col>
    </div>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  data: () => ({
    value: 0,
    tickLabels: ['Terrible!', 'Bad', 'Okay', 'Good', 'Excellent!'],
  }),
};
</script>

Each item of the array will be assigned to a tick:

A slider with tick labels.

Summary

Vuetify provides the v-slider component to create sliders. We can use its props to customize various aspects of its behaviour and appearance.



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