Hi Lance,
Indeed, the designed behavior of the Kendo UI for Angular Slider component is to show the tick values on hover only. The value that is shown in the tooltip can be customized via the
"title" input.
The tick background color is actually coming from an image. You can inspect the tick in the browser developer tools (screenshot attached), and override the relevant CSS as necessary, e.g.:
For any features and/or enhancements that you feel might improve the quality of our product, please submit a feature request to our UserVoice portal:
http://kendoui-feedback.telerik.com/forums/555517-kendo-ui-for-angular-feedback
It is closely monitored, and helps prioritize, based on customer demand when updating our roadmap. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
Progress Telerik