Vertical Slider control...

Vertical Slider control...

Hello, I'm trying to use the JQuery slider control in a vertical orientation.
The idea is to setup a layout like this:

[ total number of items]
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[] Percent of leveraging of items n%
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[ new item count  ]
[ used item count ]

and as the percentage is changed the new item and used item will be adjusted accordingly.
My question first question... how do I adjust the length of the vertical slider? I have found on how to do this for a horizontal slider, but not for vertical, and when attempting to apply something similar (height or width) I can't seem to get it to change. The default length is simply too long.
Any hints on this?