Working with the slider

We've seen from the previous recipe that the slider can play a valuable role in working with basic programs. The slider can be very useful anytime you need a number in a range, and want that to be sensitive for the user to control.

In this recipe, we're going to dig deeper into using the slider. We are going to make a basic program where our sprite will move up and down as the slider moves.

Getting ready

We'll accomplish this by having a forever loop that is constantly checking the slider value, and applying it.

Open a new Scratch project to get started on this one.

How to do it...

Here are the steps we will need to get this recipe going:

1. Drag over a block.

2. Insert a forever loop directly below this top hat block.

3. From the Motion category, drag a set y to () block, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

4. Head over to the Sensing category and drag a () sensor value block, replacing the value of 0 from the block created in step 3.

   

5. You should now have the following code, and if...