Change the number of slider tick points and slider labels

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I am conducting an experiment on financial investment and need participants to select numbers. I plan to use a slider to achieve this function.

I referred to WakeCarter’s Interactive Slider.

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Interactive Slider code | try it | discussion thread

This shows a PsychoPy slider object which can be moved using the left and right arrow keys or hovering over the slider with the mouse. Responses are submitted with a mouse click or the return key. The position of the slider is also recorded every 3 frames and presented on the screen in addition to being saved to the console and the data file. The code for using the keyboard may be useful for anyone wanting to detect whether particular keys are currently pressed or not. A custom slider is also included which looks and behaves the same as the standard slider offline and still works online. The custom slider can cope with changes in the numbers of tick points and labels, wrapping the label text accordingly to avoid overlaps.

But now I’m facing some issues. Among them are two sliders, one is custom and the other is the actual slider. The custom slider seems to have a problem. That is, it requires moving first before you can click and submit. If you don’t move initially, you can’t submit. I think this is quite annoying. How should this be modified? Secondly, I need to implement an important function. During each trial, the tick and label are different. How can I achieve this? Which slider should I use for this?

The version of Psychopy I am using is 2021.2.3, and it needs to be run online. If someone could answer my questions, I would be extremely grateful.