jQuery price slider filter values

jquery, jquery-ui, jquery-ui-slider

Solution

The create option would be the proper place to set an initial value

$(function () {
      $('#slider-container').slider({
          range: true,
          min: 299,
          max: 1099,
          values: [299, 1099],
          create: function() {
              $("#amount").val("$299 - $1099");
          },
          slide: function (event, ui) {
              $("#amount").val("$" + ui.values[0] + " - $" + ui.values[1]);
              var mi = ui.values[0];
              var mx = ui.values[1];
              filterSystem(mi, mx);
          }
      })
});

FIDDLE

Problem

I have created a jQuery price slider but I am not sure how to have the filter area start with actual price ranges? Currently it has '$[object Object] - $[object Object]' when I'd prefer it to have something like '$299 - $1099'. Once you start moving the slider selectors the object references are replaced by the correct prices, but I want the filter area to have the correct ranges from the start. HTML: ``` <div id="slider-container"></div> <p> <label for="amount">Price range:</label> <input type="text" id="amount" style="border: 0; color: #f6931f; font-weight: bold;" /> </p> <div id="computers"> <div class="system" data-price="299">div1 - 299</div> <div class="system" data-price="599">div2 - 599</div> <div class="system" data-price="1099">div3 - 1099</div> </div> <div id="slider-range"></div> ``` JavaScript: ``` $(function() { $('#slider-container').slider({ range: true, min: 299, max: 1099, values: [299, 1099], slide: function(event, ui) { $( "#amount" ).val( "$" + ui.values[ 0 ] + " - $" + ui.values[ 1 ] ); var mi = ui.values[ 0 ]; var mx = ui.values[ 1 ]; filterSystem(mi, mx); } }); $( "#amount" ).val( "$" + $( "#slider-range" ).slider( "values", 0 ) + " - $" + $( "#slider-range" ).slider( "values", 1 ) ); }); function filterSystem(minPrice, maxPrice) { $("#computers div.system").hide().filter(function() { var price = parseInt($(this).data("price"), 10); return price >= minPrice && price <= maxPrice; }).show(); } ``` I based my structure from the following code: http://jsfiddle.net/bZmJ8/32/ Any help is greatly appreciated.

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