Drawing a slider control

You can draw a slider control on a panel diagram.

About this task

The slider control is an input/output control, as shown in the following figure in its default non‑animated appearance:

Note the following information:

• You can bind it to an attribute.
• Its attribute type is a Number.
• By default its control direction In/Out, though you can change it to In or Out.

1. Click the Slider button on Diagram Tools.
2. Click the drawing area to create a Slider control, or click and drag so that you can create the control to a certain size.
3. To bind the control element to the model element that the control is to regulate or monitor, see Binding a control element to a model element.
4. Make whatever changes you might want for the control:
   • To change the settings for the control, see Changing the settings for a control element
   • To change the properties for the control, see Changing the properties for a control element and Slider control properties
   • To change the display name for the control, see Changing the display name for a control element