HTML5: Slider with two inputs possible?

html forms slider

Is it possible to make a HTML5 slider with two input values, for example to select a price range? If so, how can it be done?


I've been looking for a lightweight, dependency free dual slider for some time (it seemed crazy to import jQuery just for this) and there don't seem to be many out there. I ended up modifying @Wildhoney's code a bit and really like it.

function getVals(){
  // Get slider values
  var parent = this.parentNode;
  var slides = parent.getElementsByTagName("input");
    var slide1 = parseFloat( slides[0].value );
    var slide2 = parseFloat( slides[1].value );
  // Neither slider will clip the other, so make sure we determine which is larger
  if( slide1 > slide2 ){ var tmp = slide2; slide2 = slide1; slide1 = tmp; }
  
  var displayElement = parent.getElementsByClassName("rangeValues")[0];
      displayElement.innerHTML = slide1 + " - " + slide2;
}

window.onload = function(){
  // Initialize Sliders
  var sliderSections = document.getElementsByClassName("range-slider");
      for( var x = 0; x < sliderSections.length; x++ ){
        var sliders = sliderSections[x].getElementsByTagName("input");
        for( var y = 0; y < sliders.length; y++ ){
          if( sliders[y].type ==="range" ){
            sliders[y].oninput = getVals;
            // Manually trigger event first time to display values
            sliders[y].oninput();
          }
        }
      }
}
  section.range-slider {
    position: relative;
    width: 200px;
    height: 35px;
    text-align: center;
}

section.range-slider input {
    pointer-events: none;
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    left: 0;
    top: 15px;
    width: 200px;
    outline: none;
    height: 18px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

section.range-slider input::-webkit-slider-thumb {
    pointer-events: all;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    outline: 0;
}

section.range-slider input::-moz-range-thumb {
    pointer-events: all;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    width: 9px;
}

section.range-slider input::-moz-range-track {
    position: relative;
    z-index: -1;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
    border: 0;
}
section.range-slider input:last-of-type::-moz-range-track {
    -moz-appearance: none;
    background: none transparent;
    border: 0;
}
  section.range-slider input[type=range]::-moz-focus-outer {
  border: 0;
}
<!-- This block can be reused as many times as needed -->
<section class="range-slider">
  <span class="rangeValues"></span>
  <input value="5" min="0" max="15" step="0.5" type="range">
  <input value="10" min="0" max="15" step="0.5" type="range">
</section>

No, the HTML5 range input only accepts one input. I would recommend you to use something like the jQuery UI range slider for that task.


Coming late, but noUiSlider avoids having a jQuery-ui dependency, which the accepted answer does not. Its only "caveat" is IE support is for IE9 and newer, if legacy IE is a deal breaker for you.

It's also free, open source and can be used in commercial projects without restrictions.

Installation: Download noUiSlider, extract the CSS and JS file somewhere in your site file system, and then link to the CSS from head and to JS from body:

<!-- In <head> -->
<link href="nouislider.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

<!-- In <body> -->
<script src="nouislider.min.js"></script>

Example usage: Creates a slider which goes from 0 to 100, and starts set to 20-80.

HTML:

<div id="slider">
</div>

JS:

var slider = document.getElementById('slider');

noUiSlider.create(slider, {
    start: [20, 80],
    connect: true,
    range: {
        'min': 0,
        'max': 100
    }
});

Sure you can simply use two sliders overlaying each other and add a bit of javascript (actually not more than 5 lines) that the selectors are not exceeding the min/max values (like in @Garys) solution.

Attached you'll find a short snippet adapted from a current project including some CSS3 styling to show what you can do (webkit only). I also added some labels to display the selected values.

It uses JQuery but a vanillajs version is no magic though.

@Update: The code below was just a proof of concept. Due to many requests I've added a possible solution for Mozilla Firefox (without changing the original code). You may want to refractor the code below before using it.

    (function() {

        function addSeparator(nStr) {
            nStr += '';
            var x = nStr.split('.');
            var x1 = x[0];
            var x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : '';
            var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
            while (rgx.test(x1)) {
                x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + '.' + '$2');
            }
            return x1 + x2;
        }

        function rangeInputChangeEventHandler(e){
            var rangeGroup = $(this).attr('name'),
                minBtn = $(this).parent().children('.min'),
                maxBtn = $(this).parent().children('.max'),
                range_min = $(this).parent().children('.range_min'),
                range_max = $(this).parent().children('.range_max'),
                minVal = parseInt($(minBtn).val()),
                maxVal = parseInt($(maxBtn).val()),
                origin = $(this).context.className;

            if(origin === 'min' && minVal > maxVal-5){
                $(minBtn).val(maxVal-5);
            }
            var minVal = parseInt($(minBtn).val());
            $(range_min).html(addSeparator(minVal*1000) + ' €');


            if(origin === 'max' && maxVal-5 < minVal){
                $(maxBtn).val(5+ minVal);
            }
            var maxVal = parseInt($(maxBtn).val());
            $(range_max).html(addSeparator(maxVal*1000) + ' €');
        }

     $('input[type="range"]').on( 'input', rangeInputChangeEventHandler);
})();
body{
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size:14px;
}
input[type='range'] {
  width: 210px;
  height: 30px;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
    outline: none;
}
input[type='range'],
input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-runnable-track,
input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
    background: none;
}
input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
  width: 200px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #003D7C;
}

input[type='range']:nth-child(2)::-webkit-slider-runnable-track{
  background: none;
}

input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  position: relative;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  margin-top: -7px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #003D7C;
  border-radius: 25px;
  z-index: 1;
}


input[type='range']:nth-child(1)::-webkit-slider-thumb{
  z-index: 2;
}

.rangeslider{
    position: relative;
    height: 60px;
    width: 210px;
    display: inline-block;
    margin-top: -5px;
    margin-left: 20px;
}
.rangeslider input{
    position: absolute;
}
.rangeslider{
    position: absolute;
}

.rangeslider span{
    position: absolute;
    margin-top: 30px;
    left: 0;
}

.rangeslider .right{
   position: relative;
   float: right;
   margin-right: -5px;
}


/* Proof of concept for Firefox */
@-moz-document url-prefix() {
  .rangeslider::before{
    content:'';
    width:100%;
    height:2px;
    background: #003D7C;
    display:block;
    position: relative;
    top:16px;
  }

  input[type='range']:nth-child(1){
    position:absolute;
    top:35px !important;
    overflow:visible !important;
    height:0;
  }

  input[type='range']:nth-child(2){
    position:absolute;
    top:35px !important;
    overflow:visible !important;
    height:0;
  }
input[type='range']::-moz-range-thumb {
  position: relative;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  margin-top: -7px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #003D7C;
  border-radius: 25px;
  z-index: 1;
}

  input[type='range']:nth-child(1)::-moz-range-thumb {
      transform: translateY(-20px);    
  }
  input[type='range']:nth-child(2)::-moz-range-thumb {
      transform: translateY(-20px);    
  }
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="rangeslider">
                                <input class="min" name="range_1" type="range" min="1" max="100" value="10" />
                                <input class="max" name="range_1" type="range" min="1" max="100" value="90" />
                                <span class="range_min light left">10.000 €</span>
                                <span class="range_max light right">90.000 €</span>
                            </div>

Actually I used my script in html directly. But in javascript when you add oninput event listener for this event it gives the data automatically.You just need to assign the value as per your requirement.

[slider] {
  width: 300px;
  position: relative;
  height: 5px;
  margin: 45px 0 10px 0;
}

[slider] > div {
  position: absolute;
  left: 13px;
  right: 15px;
  height: 5px;
}
[slider] > div > [inverse-left] {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  height: 5px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  background-color: #CCC;
  margin: 0 7px;
}

[slider] > div > [inverse-right] {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  height: 5px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  background-color: #CCC;
  margin: 0 7px;
}


[slider] > div > [range] {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  height: 5px;
  border-radius: 14px;
  background-color: #d02128;
}

[slider] > div > [thumb] {
  position: absolute;
  top: -7px;
  z-index: 2;
  height: 20px;
  width: 20px;
  text-align: left;
  margin-left: -11px;
  cursor: pointer;
  box-shadow: 0 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
  background-color: #FFF;
  border-radius: 50%;
  outline: none;
}

[slider] > input[type=range] {
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  z-index: 3;
  height: 14px;
  top: -2px;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0;
}

div[slider] > input[type=range]:focus::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
  background: transparent;
  border: transparent;
}

div[slider] > input[type=range]:focus {
  outline: none;
}

div[slider] > input[type=range]::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  pointer-events: all;
  width: 28px;
  height: 28px;
  border-radius: 0px;
  border: 0 none;
  background: red;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

div[slider] > input[type=range]::-ms-fill-lower {
  background: transparent;
  border: 0 none;
}

div[slider] > input[type=range]::-ms-fill-upper {
  background: transparent;
  border: 0 none;
}

div[slider] > input[type=range]::-ms-tooltip {
  display: none;
}

[slider] > div > [sign] {
  opacity: 0;
  position: absolute;
  margin-left: -11px;
  top: -39px;
  z-index:3;
  background-color: #d02128;
  color: #fff;
  width: 28px;
  height: 28px;
  border-radius: 28px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 28px;
  align-items: center;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
}

[slider] > div > [sign]:after {
  position: absolute;
  content: '';
  left: 0;
  border-radius: 16px;
  top: 19px;
  border-left: 14px solid transparent;
  border-right: 14px solid transparent;
  border-top-width: 16px;
  border-top-style: solid;
  border-top-color: #d02128;
}

[slider] > div > [sign] > span {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 28px;
}

[slider]:hover > div > [sign] {
  opacity: 1;
}
<div slider id="slider-distance">
  <div>
    <div inverse-left style="width:70%;"></div>
    <div inverse-right style="width:70%;"></div>
    <div range style="left:0%;right:0%;"></div>
    <span thumb style="left:0%;"></span>
    <span thumb style="left:100%;"></span>
    <div sign style="left:0%;">
      <span id="value">0</span>
    </div>
    <div sign style="left:100%;">
      <span id="value">100</span>
    </div>
  </div>
  <input type="range" value="0" max="100" min="0" step="1" oninput="
  this.value=Math.min(this.value,this.parentNode.childNodes[5].value-1);
  let value = (this.value/parseInt(this.max))*100
  var children = this.parentNode.childNodes[1].childNodes;
  children[1].style.width=value+'%';
  children[5].style.left=value+'%';
  children[7].style.left=value+'%';children[11].style.left=value+'%';
  children[11].childNodes[1].innerHTML=this.value;" />

  <input type="range" value="100" max="100" min="0" step="1" oninput="
  this.value=Math.max(this.value,this.parentNode.childNodes[3].value-(-1));
  let value = (this.value/parseInt(this.max))*100
  var children = this.parentNode.childNodes[1].childNodes;
  children[3].style.width=(100-value)+'%';
  children[5].style.right=(100-value)+'%';
  children[9].style.left=value+'%';children[13].style.left=value+'%';
  children[13].childNodes[1].innerHTML=this.value;" />
</div>

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