# Change Range of Slider

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Tags:** homematic, oh3\
**Created:** [December 23, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069 "2020-12-23T19:17:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ion3](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Ion3](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ion3)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/1 "2020-12-23T19:17:48Z")

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Is anybody out there who can tell me how to set this to 0 to 100?

 ![HomeMaticItem](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/7/87700171db7766d53f335db4edd47f26519c7657.png)

My Hue light bulbs are automatically 0-100. On Homematic the standard seems to be 0-1.

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**Author:** ![BremerButjer](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/bremerbutjer/32/75090_2.png) [@BremerButjer](https://community.openhab.org/u/BremerButjer)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/2 "2021-01-04T10:14:15Z")

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same question from me

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**Author:** ![deibich](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@deibich](https://community.openhab.org/u/deibich)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/3 "2021-01-04T13:36:47Z")

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You can set minimum and maximum allowed value under “Add Metadata” → “State Description”.  
When I add them the Slider changes.

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**Author:** ![hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/u/hafniumzinc)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/4 "2021-01-04T13:42:31Z")

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> [@deibich](#):
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> under “Add Metadata” → “State Description”.

Yep, this is what I do!

> [@Slider scaling on OH3](https://community.openhab.org/t/slider-scaling-on-oh3/110727/8):
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> The default behaviour is strange, but you don’t need to define a new widget - just set the State Description metadata of your Item: you’ll find min and max settings which you can set to 0 and 100 respectively. I make this [adjustment at the end of this tutorial](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-ikea-tradfri-led1649c5-e14-dimming-bulb-via-zigbee2mqtt/111943).

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**Author:** ![Ion3](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Ion3](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ion3)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/5 "2021-01-04T13:57:23Z")

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Like this?

[![](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/3/9325587c27fbeabaa06a4cab13d0ceb3982c4eb9.gif) ](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/3/9325587c27fbeabaa06a4cab13d0ceb3982c4eb9.gif)  
(Source: [[OH3] Ikea Tradfri LED1649C5 e14 dimming bulb via zigbee2mqtt](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-ikea-tradfri-led1649c5-e14-dimming-bulb-via-zigbee2mqtt/111943))

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**Author:** ![hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/u/hafniumzinc)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/6 "2021-01-04T14:04:08Z")

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Yes, exactly like the GIF I made! 😉

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**Author:** ![Ion3](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Ion3](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ion3)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/change-range-of-slider/111069/7 "2021-01-04T18:15:14Z")

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Great! Thank you!
