diff --git a/assets/slider.css b/assets/slider.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f9433e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/slider.css
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/* 
+  Slider styling css after  Márk Munkácsi. 
+ This was public on codepen, so it is MIT: https://blog.codepen.io/documentation/licensing/
+ See  https://dev.to/munkacsimark/styled-range-input-a-way-out-of-range-input-nightmare-jeo , 
+ also for explanations.
+*/
+
+/* 
+   These variables configures the appearance of the slider.
+
+   Two modifications wrt. to the orginal (citation above):
+
+   -  colors modifid in order to work better with white background.
+   -  added variable `--width`
+*/
+input[type="range"] {
+  --thumbSize: 15px;
+  --trackSize: 8px;
+  --thumbBg: #ddd;
+  --trackBg: #ccc;
+  --progressBg: #888;
+  --width: 13%; 
+  /* webkit progress workaround */
+  --webkitProgressPercent: 0%;
+}
+
+input[type="range"] {
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
+  -moz-appearance: none;
+  appearance: none;
+  height: var(--thumbSize);
+  width: var(--width);
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
+input[type="range"]:focus {
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+/* Thumb */
+input[type="range"]::-webkit-slider-thumb {
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
+  appearance: none;
+  width: var(--thumbSize);
+  height: var(--thumbSize);
+  background-color: var(--thumbBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--thumbSize) / 2);
+  border: none;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  margin-top: calc(((var(--thumbSize) - var(--trackSize)) / 2) * -1);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+input[type="range"]::-moz-range-thumb {
+  -moz-appearance: none;
+  appearance: none;
+  width: var(--thumbSize);
+  height: var(--thumbSize);
+  background-color: var(--thumbBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--thumbSize) / 2);
+  border: none;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  margin-top: calc(((var(--thumbSize) - var(--trackSize)) / 2) * -1);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+input[type="range"]::-ms-thumb {
+  -ms-appearance: none;
+  appearance: none;
+  width: var(--thumbSize);
+  height: var(--thumbSize);
+  background-color: var(--thumbBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--thumbSize) / 2);
+  border: none;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  margin-top: calc(((var(--thumbSize) - var(--trackSize)) / 2) * -1);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+/* Track */
+input[type="range"]::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
+  height: var(--trackSize);
+  background-image: linear-gradient(
+    90deg,
+    var(--progressBg) var(--webkitProgressPercent),
+    var(--trackBg) var(--webkitProgressPercent)
+  );
+  border-radius: calc(var(--trackSize) / 2);
+}
+input[type="range"]::-moz-range-track {
+  height: var(--trackSize);
+  background-color: var(--trackBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--trackSize) / 2);
+}
+input[type="range"]::-ms-track {
+  height: var(--trackSize);
+  background-color: var(--trackBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--trackSize) / 2);
+}
+
+/* Progress */
+input[type="range"]::-moz-range-progress {
+  height: var(--trackSize);
+  background-color: var(--progressBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--trackSize) / 2) 0 0 calc(var(--trackSize) / 2);
+}
+input[type="range"]::-ms-fill-lower {
+  height: var(--trackSize);
+  background-color: var(--progressBg);
+  border-radius: calc(var(--trackSize) / 2) 0 0 calc(var(--trackSize) / 2);
+}
diff --git a/assets/slider.js b/assets/slider.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65314ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/slider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* 
+ Slider styling javascript after  Márk Munkácsi. 
+ This was public on codepen, so it is MIT: https://blog.codepen.io/documentation/licensing/
+ See  https://dev.to/munkacsimark/styled-range-input-a-way-out-of-range-input-nightmare-jeo , 
+ also for explanations.
+
+
+ The javascript is used to set the progress bar.
+*/
+
+// Unmodified from the original (see above)
+const handleInput = (inputElement) => {
+  let isChanging = false;
+
+    const setCSSProperty = () => {
+    const percent =
+      ((inputElement.value - inputElement.min) /
+      (inputElement.max - inputElement.min)) *
+      100;
+    // Here comes the magic 🦄🌈
+    inputElement.style.setProperty("--webkitProgressPercent", `${percent}%`);
+  }
+
+  // Set event listeners
+  const handleMove = () => {
+    if (!isChanging) return;
+    setCSSProperty();
+  };
+  const handleUpAndLeave = () => isChanging = false;
+  const handleDown = () => isChanging = true;
+
+  inputElement.addEventListener("mousemove", handleMove);
+  inputElement.addEventListener("mousedown", handleDown);
+  inputElement.addEventListener("mouseup", handleUpAndLeave);
+  inputElement.addEventListener("mouseleave", handleUpAndLeave);
+  inputElement.addEventListener("click", setCSSProperty);
+
+  // Init input
+  setCSSProperty();
+}
+
+
+// This was the original code which would affect all sliders at once:
+
+// const inputElements = document.querySelectorAll('[type="range"]');
+// inputElements.forEach(handleInput)
+
+
+// Modification for handle  only the currenly created slider in pluto.
+// need to go two elements back because of the <output> follwing
+// directly the <input>
+const slider = (currentScript ?? this.currentScript).previousElementSibling.previousElementSibling
+handleInput(slider)
diff --git a/src/Builtins.jl b/src/Builtins.jl
index 168f7f29..29247621 100644
--- a/src/Builtins.jl
+++ b/src/Builtins.jl
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ begin
 	"""
 	Slider(range::AbstractRange; default=missing, show_value=false) = Slider(range, (default === missing) ? first(range) : default, show_value)
 	
+        const slider_js = HypertextLiteral.JavaScript(read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "assets", "slider.js"), String))
+        const slider_css = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "assets", "slider.css"), String)
+    
 	function Base.show(io::IO, m::MIME"text/html", slider::Slider)
 		show(io, m, @htl("""
 				<input 
@@ -86,11 +89,15 @@ begin
 				value=$(slider.default)
 				oninput=$(slider.show_value ? "this.nextElementSibling.value=this.value" : "")
 				>
-
 				$(
 				slider.show_value ? @htl("<output>$(slider.default)</output>") : nothing
 				)
-				
+                                <script> 
+                                        $slider_js 
+                                </script>
+		                <style>        
+		                        $(slider_css) 
+		                </style>       
 				"""))
 	end