How to style HTML5 range input to have different color before and after slider?

Question

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I want the left side to be green and the right side to be gray. As pictured above would be PERFECT. Preferably a pure CSS solution (only need to worry about WebKit).

Is such a thing possible?

**Here you go:** https://codepen.io/vsync/pen/mdEJMLv?editors=1100 — vsync, Oct 26 '20 at 16:51

deathangel908 · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-17T11:27:42.623

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Pure CSS solution:

Chrome: Hide the overflow from input[range], and fill all the space left to thumb with shadow color.
IE: no need to reinvent the wheel: ::-ms-fill-lower
Firefox no need to reinvent the wheel: ::-moz-range-progress

/*Chrome*/
@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
    input[type='range'] {
      overflow: hidden;
      width: 80px;
      -webkit-appearance: none;
      background-color: #9a905d;
    }
    
    input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
      height: 10px;
      -webkit-appearance: none;
      color: #13bba4;
      margin-top: -1px;
    }
    
    input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-thumb {
      width: 10px;
      -webkit-appearance: none;
      height: 10px;
      cursor: ew-resize;
      background: #434343;
      box-shadow: -80px 0 0 80px #43e5f7;
    }

}
/** FF*/
input[type="range"]::-moz-range-progress {
  background-color: #43e5f7; 
}
input[type="range"]::-moz-range-track {  
  background-color: #9a905d;
}
/* IE*/
input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-lower {
  background-color: #43e5f7; 
}
input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-upper {  
  background-color: #9a905d;
}

<input type="range"/>

edited Sep 17 '16 at 11:27

answered Jul 02 '16 at 19:46

deathangel908

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Hi deathangel908, nice solution. I would just improve the box shadow part: box-shadow: -80px 0 0px 80px #43e5f7; – Filip Witkowski Aug 29 '16 at 17:55
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The issue with this in chrome is if you want the thumb to be larger than the track, then the box shadow overlaps the track with the height of the thumb. Is there a way to confine the box-shadow inside the track? – mharris7190 Jan 10 '17 at 17:02
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This does't work for inputs with percentage based widths. Anyone has a workaround for that? – Remi Sture Jun 13 '17 at 14:24
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A working CSS/JS version can be found here: https://jsfiddle.net/remisture/esyvws3d/ – Remi Sture Jun 13 '17 at 15:04
@mharris7190 Any updates on how to get the thumb bigger than the track in Chrome? – CodeF0x Jun 26 '19 at 08:07
How can I use this for circular thumb? I tried to do it, but didn't work. https://www.codepile.net/pile/j5RpEdyA – kiner_shah Sep 14 '19 at 08:11
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@CodeF0x I figured out how to do it. In a nutshell, lay two inputs on top of each other. Top one is the thumb only (hide the track). bottom input should be overflow hidden. make the bottom thumb the same height as its track, and give it a negative box shadow colored to your liking. tie both sliders together with js, so the bottom thumb moves with & behind the top one. or use firefox. – tenwest Feb 10 '20 at 18:54
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@tenwest Wow, that's horrible. Thanks for the update! – CodeF0x Feb 12 '20 at 08:33

dargue3 · Answer 2 · 2020-12-18T22:50:04.303

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While the accepted answer is good in theory, it ignores the fact that the thumb then cannot be bigger than size of the track without being chopped off by the overflow: hidden. See this example of how to handle this with just a tiny bit of JS.

// .chrome styling Vanilla JS

document.getElementById("myinput").oninput = function() {
  var value = (this.value-this.min)/(this.max-this.min)*100
  this.style.background = 'linear-gradient(to right, #82CFD0 0%, #82CFD0 ' + value + '%, #fff ' + value + '%, white 100%)'
};

#myinput {
  background: linear-gradient(to right, #82CFD0 0%, #82CFD0 50%, #fff 50%, #fff 100%);
  border: solid 1px #82CFD0;
  border-radius: 8px;
  height: 7px;
  width: 356px;
  outline: none;
  transition: background 450ms ease-in;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

<div class="chrome">
  <input id="myinput" min="0" max="60" type="range" value="30" />
</div>

edited Dec 18 '20 at 22:50

answered Jul 22 '19 at 20:32

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can you suggest me when I added max=5 in HTML then color not fill properly – Husna Feb 27 '20 at 10:33
@Husna I've extended this answer to also handle min max attributes, hope it helps. – htmn Mar 06 '20 at 09:18
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@Husna You have to calculate the % as a difference between your max and min value. For example, if you have min:0 and max: 10, you should use, in the JS:, `+ this.value / (10-0)*100 +'%, #fff` – Rosario Russo Apr 15 '20 at 15:27
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@Rosario Russo You just need to repace this.value in the JS with ```(this.value-this.min)/(this.max-this.min)*100``` – Silvan Jun 02 '20 at 09:24
@dargue3 you should update your answer with silvans input – Toskan Dec 18 '20 at 03:59
Updated it to show how you'd handle `min` and `max` – dargue3 Dec 18 '20 at 22:51
thanks a lot! For react we can use it with combination with `useRef` for `getDocumentId` :) – Yuqiu G. Apr 08 '21 at 20:39

score 28 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '13 at 20:01

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Yes, it is possible. Though I wouldn't recommend it because input range is not really supported properly by all browsers because is an new element added in HTML5 and HTML5 is only a draft (and will be for long) so going as far as to styling it is perhaps not the best choice.

Also, you'll need a bit of JavaScript too. I took the liberty of using jQuery library for this, for simplicity purposes.

Here you go: http://jsfiddle.net/JnrvG/1/.

answered Aug 22 '13 at 20:01

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That was not the question, what i u need to do it by css, there musst be a way only with css. – Ipad Sep 11 '14 at 12:57
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You can make it work in Chrome without JS (http://jsfiddle.net/1xg1j3tw/). For IE10+ you can use -ms-fill-lower and -ms-fill-upper pseudo elements. – Ales Oct 01 '14 at 16:23
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@Ales You should put that in an extra answer. – Luca Steeb Jul 30 '15 at 12:53
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Change `.change(` to `on('input', func..` so the background would be change when the user moves the thumb not just mouse up. – Yami Odymel Apr 21 '17 at 11:34

score 10 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 28 '16 at 21:24

A small update to this one:

if you use the following it will update on the fly rather than on mouse release.

"change mousemove", function"

<script>
$('input[type="range"]').on("change mousemove", function () {
    var val = ($(this).val() - $(this).attr('min')) / ($(this).attr('max') - $(this).attr('min'));

    $(this).css('background-image',
                '-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, '
                + 'color-stop(' + val + ', #2f466b), '
                + 'color-stop(' + val + ', #d3d3db)'
                + ')'
                );
});</script>

htmn · Answer 5 · 2020-03-06T11:07:29.410

Building on top of @dargue3's answer, if you want the thumb to be larger than the track, you want to fully take advantage of the <input type="range" /> element and go cross browser, you need a little extra lines of JS & CSS.

On Chrome/Mozilla you can use the linear-gradient technique, but you need to adjust the ratio based on the min, max, value attributes as mentioned here by @Attila O.. You need to make sure you are not applying this on Edge, otherwise the thumb is not displayed. @Geoffrey Lalloué explains this in more detail here.

Another thing worth mentioning, is that you need to adjust the rangeEl.style.height = "20px"; on IE/Older. Simply put this is because in this case "the height is not applied to the track but rather the whole input including the thumb". fiddle

/**
 * Sniffs for Older Edge or IE,
 * more info here:
 * https://stackoverflow.com/q/31721250/3528132
 */
function isOlderEdgeOrIE() {
  return (
    window.navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE ") > -1 ||
    !!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv\:11\./) ||
    window.navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Edge") > -1
  );
}

function valueTotalRatio(value, min, max) {
  return ((value - min) / (max - min)).toFixed(2);
}

function getLinearGradientCSS(ratio, leftColor, rightColor) {
  return [
    '-webkit-gradient(',
    'linear, ',
    'left top, ',
    'right top, ',
    'color-stop(' + ratio + ', ' + leftColor + '), ',
    'color-stop(' + ratio + ', ' + rightColor + ')',
    ')'
  ].join('');
}

function updateRangeEl(rangeEl) {
  var ratio = valueTotalRatio(rangeEl.value, rangeEl.min, rangeEl.max);

  rangeEl.style.backgroundImage = getLinearGradientCSS(ratio, '#919e4b', '#c5c5c5');
}

function initRangeEl() {
  var rangeEl = document.querySelector('input[type=range]');
  var textEl = document.querySelector('input[type=text]');

  /**
   * IE/Older Edge FIX
   * On IE/Older Edge the height of the <input type="range" />
   * is the whole element as oposed to Chrome/Moz
   * where the height is applied to the track.
   *
   */
  if (isOlderEdgeOrIE()) {
    rangeEl.style.height = "20px";
    // IE 11/10 fires change instead of input
    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/50887531/3528132
    rangeEl.addEventListener("change", function(e) {
      textEl.value = e.target.value;
    });
    rangeEl.addEventListener("input", function(e) {
      textEl.value = e.target.value;
    });
  } else {
    updateRangeEl(rangeEl);
    rangeEl.addEventListener("input", function(e) {
      updateRangeEl(e.target);
      textEl.value = e.target.value;
    });
  }
}

initRangeEl();

input[type="range"] {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  width: 300px;
  height: 5px;
  padding: 0;
  border-radius: 2px;
  outline: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}


/*Chrome thumb*/

input[type="range"]::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
  /*16x16px adjusted to be same as 14x14px on moz*/
  height: 16px;
  width: 16px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: #e7e7e7;
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
}


/*Mozilla thumb*/

input[type="range"]::-moz-range-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  -moz-border-radius: 5px;
  height: 14px;
  width: 14px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: #e7e7e7;
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
}


/*IE & Edge input*/

input[type=range]::-ms-track {
  width: 300px;
  height: 6px;
  /*remove bg colour from the track, we'll use ms-fill-lower and ms-fill-upper instead */
  background: transparent;
  /*leave room for the larger thumb to overflow with a transparent border */
  border-color: transparent;
  border-width: 2px 0;
  /*remove default tick marks*/
  color: transparent;
}


/*IE & Edge thumb*/

input[type=range]::-ms-thumb {
  height: 14px;
  width: 14px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: #e7e7e7;
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
}


/*IE & Edge left side*/

input[type=range]::-ms-fill-lower {
  background: #919e4b;
  border-radius: 2px;
}


/*IE & Edge right side*/

input[type=range]::-ms-fill-upper {
  background: #c5c5c5;
  border-radius: 2px;
}


/*IE disable tooltip*/

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

input[type="text"] {
  border: none;
}

<input type="range" value="80" min="10" max="100" step="1" />
<input type="text" value="80" size="3" />

abdigali · Answer 6 · 2020-09-18T07:28:36.420

If you use first answer, there is a problem with thumb. In chrome if you want the thumb to be larger than the track, then the box shadow overlaps the track with the height of the thumb.

Just sumup all these answers and wrote normally working slider with larger slider thumb: jsfiddle

const slider = document.getElementById("myinput")
const min = slider.min
const max = slider.max
const value = slider.value

slider.style.background = `linear-gradient(to right, red 0%, red ${(value-min)/(max-min)*100}%, #DEE2E6 ${(value-min)/(max-min)*100}%, #DEE2E6 100%)`

slider.oninput = function() {
  this.style.background = `linear-gradient(to right, red 0%, red ${(this.value-this.min)/(this.max-this.min)*100}%, #DEE2E6 ${(this.value-this.min)/(this.max-this.min)*100}%, #DEE2E6 100%)`
};

#myinput {
  border-radius: 8px;
  height: 4px;
  width: 150px;
  outline: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

input[type='range']::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  width: 6px;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  height: 12px;
  background: black;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

<div class="chrome">
  <input id="myinput" type="range" min="0" value="25" max="200" />
</div>

this works for me as adding color to the control button. Thanks — Frank, Jan 06 '21 at 08:43

fedeghe · Answer 7 · 2016-07-05T10:33:16.373

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The previous accepted solution is not working any longer.

I ended up coding a simple function which wraps the range into a styled container adding the bar that is needed before the cursor. I wrote this example where easy to see the two colors 'blue' and 'orange' set in the css, so they can be quickly modified.

edited Jul 05 '16 at 10:33

answered Jul 05 '16 at 08:17

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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It's now supported with pseudo elements in each of WebKit, Firefox and IE. But, of course, it's different in each one. : (

See this question's answers and/or search for a CodePen titled prettify <input type=range> #101 for some solutions.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Feb 10 '16 at 01:09

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score -5 · Answer 9 · edited May 05 '17 at 10:41

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input type="range" min="0" max="50" value="0"  style="margin-left: 6%;width: 88%;background-color: whitesmoke;"

above code changes range input style.....

edited May 05 '17 at 10:41

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answered May 05 '17 at 10:13

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Works in FireFox 57 but not Opera 49 nor Safari 11 — worse, nothing supports foreground-color. – devon Dec 13 '17 at 23:11

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