Getting Started with React Slider Component

Smart UI React targets React 18+ and current Node LTS for tooling; use TypeScript templates when you want typed props and events.

Demo source (Smart UI repo): react/source/slider/basic/App.jsx

1 Create a Vite + React + TypeScript app

  1. npm create vite@latest my-smart-app -- --template react-ts
  2. cd my-smart-app
    then
    npm install

2 Install Smart UI for React

npm install smart-webcomponents-react

3 Import styles and render the component

Open src/App.tsx (or App.jsx if you chose JavaScript). The snippet below matches Smart UI React demos for this widget:

import 'smart-webcomponents-react/source/styles/smart.default.css';
import './App.css';
import React, { useRef } from "react";
import { Slider } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/slider';

const App = () => {
    const horizontalSliderValue = useRef(null);
    const verticalSliderValue = useRef(null);
    const invertedHorizontalSliderValue = useRef(null);
    const invertedVerticalSliderValue = useRef(null);

    const handleHorizontalSliderChange = (event) => {
        horizontalSliderValue.current.innerHTML = parseFloat(event.detail.value).toFixed(2);
    };

    const handleVerticalSliderChange = (event) => {
        verticalSliderValue.current.innerHTML = parseFloat(event.detail.value).toFixed(2);
    };

    const handleInvertedHorizontalSliderChange = (event) => {
        invertedHorizontalSliderValue.current.innerHTML = parseFloat(event.detail.value).toFixed(2);
    };

    const handleInvertedVerticalSliderChange = (event) => {
        invertedVerticalSliderValue.current.innerHTML = parseFloat(event.detail.value).toFixed(2);
    };

    return (
        <div>
            <div className="container">
                <div className="underlined">Horizontal slider</div>Value: <span ref={horizontalSliderValue} id="horizontalSliderValue">30.00</span>
                <Slider id="horizontalSlider" showTooltip orientation="horizontal"
                    min="0" max="100" value="30" scalePosition="none" onChange={handleHorizontalSliderChange}></Slider>
                <br />
                <div className="underlined">Vertical slider</div>Value: <span ref={verticalSliderValue} id="verticalSliderValue">30.00</span>
                <Slider id="verticalSlider" showTooltip tooltipPosition="far" orientation="vertical"
                    min="0" max="100" value="30" scalePosition="none" onChange={handleVerticalSliderChange}></Slider>
            </div>
            <div className="container">
                <div className="underlined">Inverted horizontal slider</div>Value: <span ref={invertedHorizontalSliderValue} id="invertedHorizontalSliderValue">30.00</span>
                <Slider id="invertedHorizontalSlider" showTooltip orientation="horizontal"
                    inverted min="0" max="100" value="30" scalePosition="none" onChange={handleInvertedHorizontalSliderChange}></Slider>
                <br />
                <div className="underlined">Inverted vertical slider</div>Value: <span ref={invertedVerticalSliderValue} id="invertedVerticalSliderValue">30.00</span>
                <Slider id="invertedVerticalSlider" showTooltip tooltipPosition="far"
                    orientation="vertical" inverted min="0" max="100" value="30" scalePosition="none" onChange={handleInvertedVerticalSliderChange}></Slider>
            </div>
        </div>
    );
};

export default App;

4 Run the dev server

npm run dev

Open the URL Vite prints (often http://localhost:5173/).

Alternative: Next.js

Create an app with npx create-next-app@latest (Pages Router or App Router). Install the same package (npm install smart-webcomponents-react), then reuse the imports and default export from step 3 in pages/_app.tsx, the App Router root app/layout.tsx, or your top-level layout component so styles and the widget tree load once.

TypeScript Support

Types ship with smart-webcomponents-react. Import the component and prop types:

import type { Slider, SliderProps } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/slider';

The generated wrappers expose on* callbacks (for example onChange) whose arguments are standard DOM Event values unless the widget typings narrow them further.

Accessibility

The Slider component follows WAI-ARIA best practices:

  • Keyboard navigation - Tab, Arrow keys, Enter, and Escape are supported
  • ARIA roles - Appropriate roles and labels are applied automatically
  • Focus management - Visible focus indicators for keyboard users
  • Screen readers - State changes are announced to assistive technology
  • High contrast - Supports Windows High Contrast Mode and forced colors

For custom labeling, set aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes on the component.

Live demos

Supported stacks: Smart UI targets Angular 17+, React 18+, Vue 3+, Node 18 LTS, and evergreen browsers; pin exact package versions to your org policy.