Adding A Custom Widget

This example shows how to add a double-ended slider widget to the plot.

The single normal Bokeh slider controls the power of the line. The double ended sliders control the x range for the line.

Python script:

"""Example implementation of two double ended sliders as extension widgets"""
from bokeh.core.properties import Bool, Float, Tuple
from bokeh.io import show
from bokeh.layouts import column
from bokeh.models import ColumnDataSource, CustomJS, InputWidget, Slider
from bokeh.plotting import Figure


class IonRangeSlider(InputWidget):
    # The special class attribute ``__implementation__`` should contain a string
    # of JavaScript or TypeScript code that implements the web browser
    # side of the custom extension model or a string name of a file with the implementation.

    __implementation__ = 'extensions_ion_range_slider.ts'
    __javascript__ = ["https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js",
                      "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ion-rangeslider/2.1.4/js/ion.rangeSlider.js"]
    __css__ = ["https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/4.2.0/normalize.css",
               "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ion-rangeslider/2.1.4/css/ion.rangeSlider.css",
               "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ion-rangeslider/2.1.4/css/ion.rangeSlider.skinFlat.min.css",
               "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ion-rangeslider/2.1.4/img/sprite-skin-flat.png"]

    # Below are all the "properties" for this model. Bokeh properties are
    # class attributes that define the fields (and their types) that can be
    # communicated automatically between Python and the browser. Properties
    # also support type validation. More information about properties in
    # can be found here:
    #
    #    https://docs.bokeh.org/en/latest/docs/reference/core/properties.html#bokeh-core-properties

    disable = Bool(default=True, help="""
    Enable or disable the slider.
    """)

    grid = Bool(default=True, help="""
    Show or hide the grid beneath the slider.
    """)

    start = Float(default=0, help="""
    The minimum allowable value.
    """)

    end = Float(default=1, help="""
    The maximum allowable value.
    """)

    range = Tuple(Float, Float, help="""
    The start and end values for the range.
    """)

    step = Float(default=0.1, help="""
    The step between consecutive values.
    """)

x = [x*0.005 for x in range(2, 198)]
y = x

source = ColumnDataSource(data=dict(x=x, y=y))

plot = Figure(plot_width=400, plot_height=400)
plot.line('x', 'y', source=source, line_width=3, line_alpha=0.6, color='#ed5565')

callback_single = CustomJS(args=dict(source=source), code="""
        var data = source.data;
        var f = cb_obj.value
        var x = data['x']
        var y = data['y']
        for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
            y[i] = Math.pow(x[i], f)
        }
        source.change.emit();
    """)


callback_ion = CustomJS(args=dict(source=source), code="""
        var data = source.data;
        var f = cb_obj.range
        var x = data['x']
        var y = data['y']
        var pow = (Math.log(y[100])/Math.log(x[100]))
        console.log(pow)
        var delta = (f[1] - f[0])/x.length
        for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
            x[i] = delta*i + f[0]
            y[i] = Math.pow(x[i], pow)
        }
        source.change.emit();
    """)


slider = Slider(start=0, end=5, step=0.1, value=1, title="Bokeh Slider - Power")
slider.js_on_change('value', callback_single)

ion_range_slider = IonRangeSlider(start=0.01, end=0.99, step=0.01, range=(min(x), max(x)),
    title='Ion Range Slider - Range')
ion_range_slider.js_on_change('range', callback_ion)

layout = column(plot, slider, ion_range_slider)
show(layout)

TypeScript for IonRangeSlider:

// The "core/properties" module has all the property types
import * as p from "core/properties"

// HTML construction and manipulation functions
import {div, input} from "core/dom"

// We will subclass in JavaScript from the same class that was subclassed
// from in Python
import {InputWidget, InputWidgetView} from "models/widgets/input_widget"

declare function jQuery(...args: any[]): any

export type SliderData = {from: number, to: number}

// This model will actually need to render things, so we must provide
// view. The LayoutDOM model has a view already, so we will start with that
export class IonRangeSliderView extends InputWidgetView {
  model: IonRangeSlider

  private value_el?: HTMLInputElement

  render(): void {
    // BokehJS Views create <div> elements by default, accessible as @el.
    // Many Bokeh views ignore this default <div>, and instead do things
    // like draw to the HTML canvas. In this case though, we change the
    // contents of the <div>, based on the current slider value.
    super.render()

    if (this.model.title != null) {
      this.value_el = input({type: "text", class: "bk-input", readonly: true, style: {marginBottom: "5px"}})
      this.group_el.appendChild(this.value_el)
    }

    this.input_el = input({type: "text"})
    this.group_el.appendChild(div({style: {width: "100%"}}, this.input_el))

    // Set up parameters
    const max = this.model.end
    const min = this.model.start
    const [from, to] = this.model.range || [max, min]
    const opts = {
      type: "double",
      grid: this.model.grid,
      min,
      max,
      from,
      to,
      step: this.model.step || (max - min)/50,
      disable: this.model.disabled,
      onChange: (data: SliderData) => this.slide(data),
      onFinish: (data: SliderData) => this.slidestop(data),
    }

    jQuery(this.input_el).ionRangeSlider(opts)
    if (this.value_el != null)
      this.value_el.value = `${from} - ${to}`
  }

  slidestop(_data: SliderData): void {
  }

  slide({from, to}: SliderData): void {
    if (this.value_el != null)
      this.value_el.value = `${from} - ${to}`

    this.model.range = [from, to]
  }
}

export namespace IonRangeSlider {
  export type Attrs = p.AttrsOf<Props>

  export type Props = InputWidget.Props & {
    range: p.Property<[number, number]>
    start: p.Property<number>
    end: p.Property<number>
    step: p.Property<number>
    grid: p.Property<boolean>
  }
}

export interface IonRangeSlider extends IonRangeSlider.Attrs {}

export class IonRangeSlider extends InputWidget {
  properties: IonRangeSlider.Props
  __view_type__: IonRangeSliderView

  constructor(attrs?: Partial<IonRangeSlider.Attrs>) {
    super(attrs)
  }

  static init_IonRangeSlider(): void {
    // If there is an associated view, this is boilerplate.
    this.prototype.default_view = IonRangeSliderView

    // The @define block adds corresponding "properties" to the JS model. These
    // should basically line up 1-1 with the Python model class. Most property
    // types have counterparts, e.g. bokeh.core.properties.String will be
    // p.String in the JS implementation. Where the JS type system is not yet
    // as rich, you can use p.Any as a "wildcard" property type.
    this.define<IonRangeSlider.Props>({
      range:             [ p.Any                              ],
      start:             [ p.Number,               0          ],
      end:               [ p.Number,               1          ],
      step:              [ p.Number,               0.1        ],
      grid:              [ p.Boolean,              true       ],
    })
  }
}