sorry for not contributing to the main thread. another minor suggestion (hope i don't miss that it is already woking, again):
add the following checkbox to the slider option dialog: on/off "output value only on mouse-up" useful for situations where recalulation takes a while. this way you would still have a responsive slider, still displaying values while being changed. recalulation is only performed after you release the mouse button. frank On Jan 18, 10:51 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > What about a > combobox?http://www.codeproject.com/KB/combobox/XTipComboBox/XTipComboBox3.jpg > > That way you could predefine any number of constants and pick one of > those. Does this sound like something useful? > For example, you would define a table of 2 columns: > > | Option 1 | 0.0 | > | Option 2 | 0.5 | > | Option 3 | 1.0 | > | Option 4 | 2.0 | > | Option 5 | 5.0 | > | Option 6 | 10.0 | > > The values in the first column would be visible as the box dropdown > items, and whenever you pick one of these, the value in the second > column will be outputted. > > -- > David Rutten > [email protected] > Robert McNeel & Associates > > On Jan 18, 7:56 am, ckpalmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What I meant was a blend of the slider with what is usually called a > > numeric stepper. > > > Here is what I had in mind: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/web/stepper.jpg?hl=en > > > On Jan 17, 10:35 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's already possible. Sliders accept expressions so you could put > > > in: > > > > Slider * 5 > > > > or > > > > Slider ^ 1.34 > > > > or > > > > Log(Slider+1.0) > > > > -- > > > David Rutten > > > [email protected] > > > Robert McNeel & Associates
