diff --git a/gui/slidervalue.cpp b/gui/slidervalue.cpp
index 5be58dc..3974c37 100644
--- a/gui/slidervalue.cpp
+++ b/gui/slidervalue.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 	mAction = new GUIAction(node);
 
-	child = node->first_node("font");
+	child = FindNode(node, "font");
 	if (child)
 	{
 		mFont = LoadAttrFont(child, "resource");
@@ -78,21 +78,16 @@
 	}
 
 	// Load the placement
-	LoadPlacement(node->first_node("placement"), &mRenderX, &mRenderY, &mRenderW);
+	LoadPlacement(FindNode(node, "placement"), &mRenderX, &mRenderY, &mRenderW);
 
-	child = node->first_node("colors");
+	child = FindNode(node, "colors");
 	if (child)
 	{
-		attr = child->first_attribute("line");
-		if (attr)
-			ConvertStrToColor(attr->value(), &mLineColor);
-
-		attr = child->first_attribute("slider");
-		if (attr)
-			ConvertStrToColor(attr->value(), &mSliderColor);
+		mLineColor = LoadAttrColor(child, "line");
+		mSliderColor = LoadAttrColor(child, "slider");
 	}
 
-	child = node->first_node("resource");
+	child = FindNode(node, "resource");
 	if (child)
 	{
 		mBackgroundImage = LoadAttrImage(child, "background");
@@ -100,7 +95,7 @@
 		mHandleHoverImage = LoadAttrImage(child, "handlehover");
 	}
 
-	child = node->first_node("data");
+	child = FindNode(node, "data");
 	if (child)
 	{
 		attr = child->first_attribute("variable");
@@ -150,37 +145,13 @@
 			mChangeOnDrag = atoi(attr->value());
 	}
 
-	child = node->first_node("dimensions");
+	child = FindNode(node, "dimensions");
 	if (child)
 	{
-		attr = child->first_attribute("lineh");
-		if (attr)
-		{
-			string parsevalue = gui_parse_text(attr->value());
-			mLineH = scale_theme_y(atoi(parsevalue.c_str()));
-		}
-
-		attr = child->first_attribute("linepadding");
-		if (attr)
-		{
-			string parsevalue = gui_parse_text(attr->value());
-			mPadding = scale_theme_x(atoi(parsevalue.c_str()));
-			mLinePadding = mPadding;
-		}
-
-		attr = child->first_attribute("sliderw");
-		if (attr)
-		{
-			string parsevalue = gui_parse_text(attr->value());
-			mSliderW = scale_theme_x(atoi(parsevalue.c_str()));
-		}
-
-		attr = child->first_attribute("sliderh");
-		if (attr)
-		{
-			string parsevalue = gui_parse_text(attr->value());
-			mSliderH = scale_theme_y(atoi(parsevalue.c_str()));
-		}
+		mLineH = LoadAttrIntScaleY(child, "lineh", mLineH);
+		mLinePadding = LoadAttrIntScaleX(child, "linepadding", mLinePadding);
+		mSliderW = LoadAttrIntScaleX(child, "sliderw", mSliderW);
+		mSliderH = LoadAttrIntScaleY(child, "sliderh", mSliderH);
 	}
 
 	mFontHeight = mFont->GetHeight();