Unable to interact with sliders using controllers or keyboard

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Greetings,

I’ve recently encountered a problem while designing some runtime UIs, which is that I am unable to modify a slider’s value while using controller inputs. I can select the handle via focus or navigation just fine, but I cannot slide it.

Tried in a brand new project with the same results, with both legacy inputs and Input System. I am currently using Unity 2021.2.7f1.

If there is a way to achieve this it would be extremely appreciated as certain parts of my UIs are currently unusable with many devices

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You need to do it manually by incrementing or decrementing the slider value. If you want this to be repetitive you might need to do this in the Update() method.

I have sent many bug reports about the gamepad controller, I guess that with the coming of Steam Deck, priorities might change a little.

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I see, and I guess using something like the shoulder buttons to control the value would be the best bet if I don’t want to mess up my left/right navigation.

Thank you for the suggestion, I hope we get a real fix in the nearby future.

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Yes, I use the shoulder buttons myself. I use this code to get the focused element:

   var elem = root.focusController.focusedElement;

and then I can check if it is a slider or something else.

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