diff --git a/kivy/data/glsl/default.png b/kivy/data/glsl/default.png
index 12ed7e372..a14255e4d 100644
Binary files a/kivy/data/glsl/default.png and b/kivy/data/glsl/default.png differ
diff --git a/kivy/data/style.kv b/kivy/data/style.kv
index 32bb95ec0..e2d331808 100644
--- a/kivy/data/style.kv
+++ b/kivy/data/style.kv
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 				size: self.texture_size
 				pos: root.center[0] - self.texture_size[0] / 2., root.center[1] - self.texture_size[1] / 2.
 
+
 <Slider>:
     canvas:
         Color:
@@ -28,11 +29,5 @@
         Color:
             rgb: (.7, .2, .5)
         Rectangle:
-            pos: self.handle_pos
+            pos: self.value_pos
             size: (20,self.height)
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/kivy/uix/slider.py b/kivy/uix/slider.py
index 19dd26548..32a1d179f 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/slider.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/slider.py
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@ Slider:
 '''
 __all__ = ('Slider', )
 
-
 from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
 from kivy.c_ext.properties import NumericProperty, AliasProperty
 
-
-
-
 class Slider(Widget):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Slider, self).__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -24,9 +20,45 @@ class Slider(Widget):
     #: Maximum value of the slider (used for rendering)
     max = NumericProperty(100)
 
-    def _handle_pos(self):
-        'x,y position of the slider handle'
-        offset = (self.value - self.min) / (self.width/(self.max-self.min)) 
-        return [self.x+offset, self.x, self.y]
-    handle_pos = AliasProperty(_handle_pos, None) 
+    #: Range of the slider. same as (self.min, self.max)
+    def get_range(self):
+        return (self.min, self.max)
+    def set_range(self, range):
+        self.min, self.max = range
+    range = AliasProperty(get_range, set_range, bind=(min, max))
+
+    #: The value of the slide normalized to the range [min - max]
+    def get_norm_value(self):
+        return (self.value - self.min) / float(self.max-self.min)
+    def set_norm_value(self, n_val):
+        self.value = n_val*(self.max-self.min) + self.min
+    value_normalized = AliasProperty(get_norm_value, set_norm_value, bind=(value, min, max))
+
+    #: The value of the slider mapped to the screen position between self.x and self.right
+    def get_value_pos(self):
+        return  (self.x + self.value_normalized*self.width, self.y)  
+    def set_value_pos(self, pos):
+        self.value_normalized = (pos[0] - self.x) / float(self.width)
+    value_pos = AliasProperty(get_value_pos, set_value_pos, bind=(value, min, max, value_normalized))
+
+
+    #: on touch_down handler. if inside slider: grab touch, set value based on touch pos
+    def on_touch_down(self, touch):
+        if self.collide_point(*touch.pos):
+            touch.grab(self)
+            self.value_pos = touch.pos
+            return True
+
+    #: on_touch_move handler.  set value based on where the touch occured
+    def on_touch_move(self, touch):
+        if touch.grab_current == self:
+            self.value_pos = touch.pos 
+            return True
+
+    #: on_touch_up handler. set value based on touch pos, and ungrab touch
+    def on_touch_up(self, touch):
+        if touch.grab_current == self:
+            self.value_pos = touch.pos
+            return True
+