---
name: "sliderSetPosition"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["GUI Control"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sliderSetPosition
revid: 348781
updated: 2023-11-08T14:33:16Z
---

# sliderSetPosition

*Command · GUI Control · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.85*

## Description

Sets current thumb position of CT_SLIDER or CT_XSLIDER.

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
sliderSetPosition [idc, pos]
```

**Parameters:**

- `idc`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - idc of the control
- `pos`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

### Syntax 2

```sqf
control sliderSetPosition pos
```

**Parameters:**

- `control`: [Control](../topics/Control.md)
- `pos`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_ctrlSlider sliderSetPosition 50;
```

## See also

[sliderPosition](../commands/sliderPosition.md) · [sliderRange](../commands/sliderRange.md) · [sliderSetRange](../commands/sliderSetRange.md) · [sliderSetSpeed](../commands/sliderSetSpeed.md) · [sliderSpeed](../commands/sliderSpeed.md) · [ctrlSetScrollValues](../commands/ctrlSetScrollValues.md) · [progressSetPosition](../commands/progressSetPosition.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — sliderSetPosition](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sliderSetPosition) (revision 348781).</sub>