Slider:ready does not fire

[bluesodium]

I am trying to set up the slider to initialise from a json file on load using jquery.
However, even though the value of the textbox is updated from the jquery, the slider juts sits in the default position and does not update. Correct value reported in console.log.

It is like slider:ready never fires (as the label for the slider value does not update either)...

Any ideas?

[nickweavers]

I am seeing this problem too and can't initialise the slider.

This fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/nickweavers/77c89pju/23/ shows the problem. The output span doesn't show the initial value of the slider, but it does show the values when the slider is dragged.

[ernilambar]

I am also facing this problem. Any quick solution for now?

[nickweavers]

I asked the question on stackoverflow here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26516469/how-to-get-jquery-simple-slider-to-show-initial-value and someone posted a work-around that fixed the imediate problem for me. It might solve it for you too.