Atomic Slider?

I am not sure I am using the right name "Atomic", but I saw the new Loft component with all the variables for the Loft with individual inputs (I am not in front of my working PC, I am going by memory...)
Is there a future thought on creating something similar for a Slider?
What I mean is having the Slider's choices available as inputs so that the Slider parameters are set based on other components output.

David, any comment?
Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by FrankS on January 2, 2010 at 11:10am

i referenced this thread over here:
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/new-profiling-feature-mad...
frank

Permalink Reply by Mark on January 2, 2010 at 12:02pm

Thank you FrankS.

I think the Slider is a very important component and a more open architecture would make it even more versatile. I find myself creating little solutions for our product development business that requires a lot of relationships between sliders.

For example if a Slider is giving a value between 3 and 7, a second slider should output between 2 and 10 in even numbers and a third slider only from 1 to 3 in 2 digits, while if the first slider goes above 7 the others also change accordingly to a relationship formula.
I know this can be done otherwise using other components but the beauty and functionality of a Slider with controlled inputs is that first: it makes it simple to achieve the relationship and second you have a perfect visual "input data display value" at hand.
One thing is to have a components modify a slider output by say -30% and one thing is to have the numbers on the slider giving you an exact display and control, or going from Integer to Floating: instead of using 2 sliders and let a user know when is one or the other.
Is like the weakest link of a strong chain.
I just find sliders to be beautifully simple and yet potentially very powerful tools if they could dynamically change and become little control panels in their cluster context.

This is one of the most desired function I am wishing for a long long time.

Marco

Permalink Reply by Mark on January 2, 2010 at 5:43pm

I know this must be a pain in the neck for David even though it sound easy to do.
May it is not something possible for the moment or for good but you never know.
If nobody asks then nothing ever happens. What's the saying?
The dumb question was the one that was never asked.....

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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