jQuery UI Slider (setting programmatically)

Question

I\'d like to modify the sliders on-the-fly. I tried to do so by using

$(\"#slider\").slider(\"option\", \"values\", [50,80]);

This call wil

Answer 1

None of the above answers worked for me, perhaps they were based on an older version of the framework?

All I needed to do was set the value of the underlying control, then call the refresh method, as below:

$("#slider").val(50);
$("#slider").slider("refresh");