Trackbar or Slider with customized tickmark text

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Hi there -

I'm working on a WinForms app and would like to have a Trackbar/Slider control where the tickmarks have text next to them. The text would be more intuitive to the end user than just a mark or some numeric value. For instance, at maps.bing.com, they've got a slider control there that has street/city/country.

The number of ticks and the text is something that is data-dependent. Might be something like this:

<br />
- 1 Hour<br />
- 2 Hours<br />
- 6 Hours<br />
- 12 Hours<br />
- 1 Day<br />
- 1 Week<br />
- 1 Month<br />

I haven't seen anyone doing anything like this, but I could have missed it.

Ideas?

Thanks,
Matt

Posted 2-Dec-09 7:57am

Matthew Cuba

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2010-01-17T02:55:00

I ended up just putting label controls where I wanted text. I don't think you can label the tick marks in the control itself without overriding it with your own control.

Beyond that, the labels you want don't mean the same thing. The tick marks on a track bar control are evenly spaced and would indicate one or more of the same thing. You're trying to mix hours, days, weeks and months, and IMHO, that would present a confusing interface to the user.