Here are available properties for developers to work with the main MetaSlider library.
MetaSlider is based on the original FlexSlider library. Click here for more details on these properties.
| Property | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
namespace | "flex-" | String Prefix string attached to the classes of all elements generated by the plugin. |
selector | ".slides > li" | Selector Must match a simple pattern. '{container} > {slide}'. |
animation | "fade" | String Controls the animation type, "fade" or "slide". |
easing | "swing" | String Determines the easing method used in jQuery transitions. |
direction | "horizontal" | String Controls the animation direction, "horizontal" or "vertical" |
reverse | false | Boolean Reverse the animation direction. |
animationLoop | true | Boolean Gives the slider a seamless infinite loop. |
smoothHeight | false | Boolean Animate the height of the slider smoothly for slides of varying height. |
startAt | 0 | Number The starting slide for the slider, in array notation. |
slideshow | true | Boolean Setup a slideshow for the slider to animate automatically. |
slideshowSpeed | 7000 | Number Set the speed of the slideshow cycling, in milliseconds |
animationSpeed | 600 | Number Set the speed of animations, in milliseconds |
initDelay | 0 | Number Set an initialization delay, in milliseconds |
randomize | false | Boolean Randomize slide order, on load |
pauseOnAction | true | Boolean Pause the slideshow when interacting with control elements. |
pauseOnHover | false | Boolean Pause the slideshow when hovering over slider, then resume when no longer hovering. |
useCSS | true | Boolean Slider will use CSS3 transitions, if available |
touch | true | Boolean Allow touch swipe navigation of the slider on enabled devices |
video | false | Boolean Will prevent use of CSS3 3D Transforms, avoiding graphical glitches |
controlNav | true | Boolean Create navigation for paging control of each slide. |
customDirectionNav | "" | jQuery Object/Selector Container the custom navigation markup works with. |
directionNav | true | Boolean Create previous/next arrow navigation. |
prevText | "Previous" | String Set the text for the “previous” directionNav item |
nextText | "Next" | String Set the text for the “next” directionNav item |
keyboard | true | Boolean Allow slider navigating via keyboard left/right keys. |
multipleKeyboard | false | Boolean Allow keyboard navigation to affect multiple sliders. |
mousewheel | false | Boolean (Dependency) Allows slider navigating via mousewheel |
pausePlay | false | Boolean Create pause/play element to control slider slideshow. |
pauseText | "Pause" | String Set the text for the “pause” pausePlay item |
playText | "Play" | String Set the text for the “play” pausePlay item |
controlsContainer | "" | jQuery Object/Selector Container the navigation elements should be appended to. |
manualControls | "" | jQuery Object/Selector Define element to be used in lieu of dynamic controlNav. |
sync | "" | Selector Mirror the actions performed on this slider with another slider. |
asNavFor | "" | Selector Turn the slider into a thumbnail navigation for another slider. |
itemWidth | 0 | Number Box-model width of individual carousel items, including horizontal borders and padding. |
itemMargin | 0 | Number Margin between carousel items. |
minItems | 0 | Number Minimum number of carousel items that should be visible. |
maxItems | 0 | Number Maximum number of carousel items that should be visible. |
move | 0 | Number Number of carousel items that should move on animation. |
start | empty | Function Fires when the slider loads the first slide. |
before | empty | Function Fires asynchronously with each slider animation. |
after | empty | Function Fires after each slider animation completes. |
end | empty | Function Fires when the slider reaches the last slide (asynchronous). |
added | empty | Function Fires after a slide is added. |
removed | empty | Function Fires after a slide is removed. |
rtl | false | Boolean Supports RTL functionality in the slider. |
isFirefox | false | Boolean Test for if Firefox browser is in use. |