Hi Kelly,This is fixed in 2.1 (thanks!) in the sense that the time stops are now positioned at the values entered by the user.However, the time stops are spread out evenly across the time slider, not positioned proportionally along the line. Run the example below, and note the distance between 1970-78 is the same as from 1978-79.In order to show the time extent realistically, the tick marks should be positioned proportionally.Thanks,Steve
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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
<title>Time Slider Test</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/2.1/js/dojo/dijit/themes/tundra/tundra.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/?v=2.1"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var djConfig = {parseOnLoad: true};
dojo.require("esri.map");
dojo.require("esri.dijit.TimeSlider");
var timeSlider;
var map;
function init() {
var startExtent = new esri.geometry.Extent({"xmin":-11412840.550309708,"ymin":4431952.284758817,"xmax" :-11107092.437169151,"ymax":4615401.152643152,"spati alReference":{"wkid":102100}});
map = new esri.Map("map", {extent:startExtent});
var layers = [];
var basemap = new esri.layers.ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer("http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer");
layers.push(basemap);
var opLayer = new esri.layers.ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer("http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Petroleum/KSWells/MapServer");
opLayer.setVisibleLayers([0]);
var layerDefinitions = [];
layerDefinitions[0] = "FIELD_KID=1000148164";
opLayer.setLayerDefinitions(layerDefinitions);
layers.push(opLayer);
map.addLayers(layers);
dojo.connect(map,"onLayersAddResult",initSlider);
}
function initSlider(results) {
timeSlider = new esri.dijit.TimeSlider({style: "width: 1000px;"},dojo.byId("timeSliderDiv"));
var timeExtent = new esri.TimeExtent();
map.setTimeSlider(timeSlider);
timeSlider.setThumbCount(1);
var myTimeStepIntervals = [new Date("01/01/1970"), new Date("01/01/1978"), new Date("01/01/1979"), new Date("01/01/1989"), new Date("01/01/1994"),new Date("01/01/1995"), new Date("01/01/1996")];
timeSlider.setTimeStops(myTimeStepIntervals);
timeSlider.setThumbIndexes([0]);
timeSlider.setThumbMovingRate(2000);
timeSlider.singleThumbAsTimeInstant(true)
timeSlider.startup();
timeSlider.setLabels(["1970","1978","1979","1989","1994","1995","1996"]);
}
dojo.addOnLoad(init);
</script>
</head>
<body class="tundra">
<div id="map" style="width:100%; height:100%; border:1px solid #000;"></div>
<div id="timeSliderDiv"></div>
</body>
</html>