Stylish & Animated Slider Widget with jQuery and jQuery UI

A super simple jQuery extension that enhances the default jQuery UI slider widget to create a stylish & animated range slider with CSS3 transitions and transforms.

How to use it:

1. Include the necessary jQuery & jQuery UI libraries in your document.

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

2. Include the required jQuery UI CSS (custom bulid) in the head section.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="jquery-ui.css"> 

3. Include the prefixfree.min.js for CSS3 vendor fixes.

<script src="prefixfree.min.js"></script>

4. Create a slider widget using Html list and input filed.

<div class="slider" id="demo">
  <ul role="presentation">
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
  </ul>
  <div></div>
  <input class="answer" type="hidden">
</div>

5. The required CSS to style the slider widget.

.slider {
  position: relative;
  margin: 60px auto 0;
  padding: 0 10px;
  width: 370px;
  height: 20px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 20px;
  background-color: #ebebeb;
}
.slider ul {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  height: 100%;
  list-style: none;
}
.slider ul li {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0;
  margin-top: -3px;
  margin-left: -3px;
  width: 6px;
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 100%;
  background-color: #cfcfcf;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(1) {
  left: 0%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(2) {
  left: 11.11111%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(3) {
  left: 22.22222%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(4) {
  left: 33.33333%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(5) {
  left: 44.44444%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(6) {
  left: 55.55556%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(7) {
  left: 66.66667%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(8) {
  left: 77.77778%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(9) {
  left: 88.88889%;
}
.slider ul li:nth-child(10) {
  left: 100%;
}

.ui-slider {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 20px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 20px;
  background-color: transparent;
}
.ui-slider .ui-slider-handle {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 10;
  top: 50%;
  margin: 0;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  border: 8px solid #33b768;
  border-radius: 100%;
  background-color: #fff;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  transform: box-shadow ease-out .2s;
  outline: none;
}
.ui-slider .ui-slider-handle:focus {
  box-shadow: 0 0 2px 2px #5EB1F8;
}
.ui-slider .ui-slider-range {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 9;
}
.ui-slider .ui-slider-tooltip {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 100%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  margin-left: -13px;
  padding: 4px 0 9px;
  width: 26px;
  height: 40px;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 25px;
  text-align: center;
  background-image: url("slider-arrow.svg");
  background-position: -1px -1px;
  background-repeat: no-re.slider {
  position: relative;
  margin: 60px auto 0;
  padding: 0 10px;
  width: 370px;
  height: 20px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 20px;
  background-color: #ebebeb;
}

.slider ul {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  height: 100%;
  list-style: none;
}

.slider ul li {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0;
  margin-top: -3px;
  margin-left: -3px;
  width: 6px;
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 100%;
  background-color: #cfcfcf;
}

.slider ul li:nth-child(1) { left: 0%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(2) { left: 11.11111%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(3) { left: 22.22222%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(4) { left: 33.33333%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(5) { left: 44.44444%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(6) { left: 55.55556%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(7) { left: 66.66667%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(8) { left: 77.77778%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(9) { left: 88.88889%; }

.slider ul li:nth-child(10) { left: 100%; }

.ui-slider {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 20px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 20px;
  background-color: transparent;
}

.ui-slider .ui-slider-handle {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 10;
  top: 50%;
  margin: 0;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  border: 8px solid #33b768;
  border-radius: 100%;
  background-color: #fff;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  transform: box-shadow ease-out .2s;
  outline: none;
}

.ui-slider .ui-slider-handle:focus { box-shadow: 0 0 2px 2px #5EB1F8; }

.ui-slider .ui-slider-range {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 9;
}

.ui-slider .ui-slider-tooltip {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 100%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  margin-left: -13px;
  padding: 4px 0 9px;
  width: 26px;
  height: 40px;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 25px;
  text-align: center;
  background-image: url("slider-arrow.svg");
  background-position: -1px -1px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 28px 42px;
  transition: opacity ease-out .2s, transform ease-out .1s;
  transform-origin: 50% 100%;
}

.ui-slider .ui-slider-tooltip[aria-hidden="true"] {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scale(0);
  transition-duration: 0s;
}

.ui-slider .ui-slider-tooltip[aria-hidden="false"] {
  transform: scale(1);
  opacity: 1;
}peat;
  background-size: 28px 42px;
  transition: opacity ease-out .2s, transform ease-out .1s;
  transform-origin: 50% 100%;
}
.ui-slider .ui-slider-tooltip[aria-hidden="true"] {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scale(0);
  transition-duration: 0s;
}
.ui-slider .ui-slider-tooltip[aria-hidden="false"] {
  transform: scale(1);
  opacity: 1;
}

6. The Javascript to enable the slider widget.

var tooltipElement = $('<div class="ui-slider-tooltip" aria-hidden="true" />');
var tooltip;
var slider  = $('.slider > div').slider({
  range: "min",     
  value: 7,
  min: 1,
  max: 10,
  step: 1,
  create: function ( event ) {
    $( event.target ).find('.ui-slider-handle').append( tooltipElement );
    tooltip = $('.ui-slider-tooltip');
  },
  change: function ( event, ui ) {
    var input = $( event.target ).parent().find('input.answer');
    input.val( ui.value );
    window.tooltip.text( ui.value );
    window.tooltip.attr('aria-hidden', 'false');
  },
  slide: function ( event, ui ) {
    window.tooltip.attr('aria-hidden', 'true');
  }
});

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by Michiel. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.