Adding Motion Paths to a Slider

The easiest way to do this is to customize a second slider and change the button to be an image of what you want to slide. Then set the two sliders on the same slider variable, reverse their starting and ending points, and resize the imaged button to be the right size.

If you rotate the slider, be sure your starting image is rotated the opposite way before you fill the button with it.

I've modified your file to show you what I mean.

Here is a quick example for moving a textbox based on slider input.

Thank you so much for the input, guys. 

Craig - I love the image as a thumb slider trick.. very cool! However, for the interaction I am trying to get to, I wanted to have the ability to trigger the objects (text boxes) at various times, dependent on the location of the slider.  

Micheal - your example is pretty much what I was trying to get to - adding a variable to track the past value of the slider variable but there is a small snag I am running in to... 

The slider triggers the motion paths both up and down but there seems to be some randomness on the returning point of the object, it does not always go back to it;s original starting point (normally when the slider is moved at speed).  

Could the slider be missing steps? Or jumping values trying to keep up with the speed of the slider? 

Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem?  Could an additional variable be added to count the exact steps / values that have occurred and have the motion paths linked to these?  

Thank you ! 

There are ways to finetune this type of interaction. e.g. by making the motion path as short (in length and duration as possible) or reduce the number of slider steps. I guess you could also try  to disable the slider while the motion paths is not finished.