Slider

The Slider is used to allow users to make selections from a range of values.

Source@chakra-ui/react

The Slider component is a multipart component. The styling needs to be applied to each part specifically.

To learn more about styling multipart components, visit the Component Style page.

Anatomy#

  • A: container
  • B: track
  • C: thumb
  • D: filledTrack
  • E: mark

Theming properties#

The properties that affect the theming of the Slider component are:

  • size: The size of the slider. Defaults to md.
  • colorScheme: The color scheme of the slider. Defaults to blue.

Theming utilities#

  • createMultiStyleConfigHelpers: a function that returns a set of utilities for creating style configs for a multipart component (definePartsStyle and defineMultiStyleConfig).
  • definePartsStyle: a function used to create multipart style objects.
  • defineMultiStyleConfig: a function used to define the style configuration for a multipart component.
import { sliderAnatomy as parts } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers } from '@chakra-ui/react'


const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(parts.keys)

Customizing the default theme#

import { sliderAnatomy as parts } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers } from '@chakra-ui/react'
const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(parts.keys)
const baseStyle = definePartsStyle({
  // define the part you're going to style
  thumb: {
    bg: 'orange.400', // change the background of the thumb to orange.400
  },
  filledTrack: {
    bg: 'blue.600', // change the background of the filled track to blue.600
  },
})
export const sliderTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({ baseStyle })

After customizing the slider theme, we can import it in our theme file and add it in the components property:

import { extendTheme } from '@chakra-ui/react'
import { sliderTheme } from './theme/components/slider.ts'
export const theme = extendTheme({
  components: { Slider: sliderTheme },
})

This is a crucial step to make sure that any changes that we make to the slider theme are applied.

Adding a custom size#

Let's assume we want to include an extra large slider size. Here's how we can do that:

import { sliderAnatomy as parts } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers } from '@chakra-ui/react'
const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(parts.keys)


const sizes = {
  xl: definePartsStyle({
    container: defineStyle({
      w: "50%",
    }),
    track: defineStyle({
      h: 7,
    }),
    thumb: defineStyle({
      boxSize: 7,
    }),
  }),
};
export const sliderTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({ sizes })
// Now we can use the new `xl` size
<Slider size="xl">...</Slider>

Every time you're adding anything new to the theme, you'd need to run the CLI command to get proper autocomplete in your IDE. You can learn more about the CLI tool here.

Creating a custom variant#

Let's assume we want to create a custom square variant. Here's how we can do that:

import { sliderAnatomy as parts } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers } from '@chakra-ui/react'
const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(parts.keys)


const square = definePartsStyle({
  thumb: defineStyle({
    rounded: "none",
  }),
});


export const sliderTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({
  variants: { square },
})


// Now we can use the new `square` variant
<Slider variant="square">...</Slider>

Changing the default properties#

Let's assume we want to change the default size and variant of every slider in our app. Here's how we can do that:

import { sliderAnatomy } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers, defineStyle } from '@chakra-ui/react'


const { defineMultiStyleConfig } = createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(
  sliderAnatomy.keys,
)


export const sliderTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({
  defaultProps: {
    size: 'xl',
    variant: 'square',
  },
})


// This saves you time, instead of manually setting the size and variant every time you use a slider:
<Slider size="xl" variant="square">...</Slider>

Showcase#

import {
  Slider,
  SliderTrack,
  SliderFilledTrack,
  SliderThumb,
  SliderMark,
  Text,
  Box,
  Flex,
  useColorMode,
  IconButton,
} from "@chakra-ui/react";
import { useState } from "react";
import { FaMoon, FaSun } from "react-icons/fa";

export default function App() {
  const { toggleColorMode, colorMode } = useColorMode();
  const [sliderValue, setSliderValue] = useState(50);

  return (
    <>
      <Flex h={"100vh"} textAlign="center" gap={5} p={8} direction="column">
        <Box display="flex" gap={3} flexDirection="column">
          <Text fontSize="lg">Default variant</Text>
          <Slider aria-label="slider-ex-1">
            <SliderTrack>
              <SliderFilledTrack />
            </SliderTrack>
            <SliderThumb />
          </Slider>
        </Box>

        <Box display="flex" gap={3} flexDirection="column">
          <Text fontSize="lg">Custom size</Text>
          <Slider aria-label="slider-ex-1" size="xl">
            <SliderTrack>
              <SliderFilledTrack />
            </SliderTrack>
            <SliderThumb />
          </Slider>
        </Box>

        <Box display="flex" gap={3} flexDirection="column">
          <Text fontSize="lg">Square variant</Text>
          <Slider aria-label="slider-ex-1" variant="square">
            <SliderTrack>
              <SliderFilledTrack />
            </SliderTrack>
            <SliderThumb />
          </Slider>
        </Box>

        <Box display="flex" gap={3} flexDirection="column">
        <Text fontSize="lg">Custom variant with markers</Text>
        <Slider aria-label="slider-ex-1" variant="colorful" onChange={(val) => setSliderValue(val)}>
          <SliderMark value={sliderValue}>
            {sliderValue}%
          </SliderMark>
          <SliderTrack>
            <SliderFilledTrack />
          </SliderTrack>
          <SliderThumb />
        </Slider>
      </Box>

        <IconButton
          aria-label="toggle theme"
          rounded="full"
          size="xs"
          position="absolute"
          bottom={4}
          left={4}
          onClick={toggleColorMode}
          icon={colorMode === "dark" ? <FaSun /> : <FaMoon />}
        />
      </Flex>
    </>
  );
}
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