FlexSlider-ManualDirectionControls

An extension to FlexSlider2 that allows you to use your own left/right navigation instead of the default.

Introduction

FlexSlider2 is a reusable carousel that is highly flexible.

The only thing it doesn't do at the moment is allow you to specify custom HTML for left/right navigation.

Being able to specify custom navigation is very useful when you want permanent navigation instead of the default which appears as you mouse-over, or you have custom HTML/CSS that you don't want to change.

This plugin allows you to easily replace the existing navigation with a single line of code.

Quick start

• Take your usual flexslider setup code
• Set the option 'directionNav' to false to disable the default navigation
• Append the flexsliderManualDirectionControls() command

Example:

$('.flexslider').flexslider({
    directionNav: false
}).flexsliderManualDirectionControls();

Inside your code, you will need to add your navigation, and this must be within the .flexslider child elements, e.g.:

<section class="flexslider">
	<a class="previous disabled" href="#"><img src="images/back-arrow-white.png" alt="previous" width="11" height="18" /></a>
	<a class="next" href="#"><img src="images/forward-arrow-white.png" alt="next" width="11" height="18" /></a>
	<ul class="slides">
		<li>
			<img src="images/placeholder-module.jpg" alt="placeholder-module" />
			<h2>One</h2>
		</li>
		<li>
			<img src="images/placeholder-module.jpg" alt="placeholder-module" />
			<h2>Two</h2>
		</li>
		<li>
			<img src="images/placeholder-module.jpg" alt="placeholder-module" />
			<h2>Three</h2>
		</li>
	</ul>
</section>

Navigation disable feature

If flexslider has animationLoop set to false, a class of disable will be applied to the elements if they cannot be used to go any further

$('.flexslider').flexslider({
    directionNav: false,
    animationLoop: false
}).flexsliderManualDirectionControls();

Defaults

By default our plugin expects the following:

• An HTML element with the class 'next' to represent the next navigation
• An HTML element with the class 'previous' to represent the next navigation

By default the plugin sets the following:

• A class of 'disable' applied to the 'next' or 'previous' element if the slider can go no further

Changing the defaults

To change any of the defaults use the following (replacing .alternativePreviousClass, .alternativeNextClass or alternativeDisabledClass with your choice):

$('.flexslider').flexslider({
  directionNav: false
}).flexsliderManualDirectionControls({
    previousElementSelector: ".alternativePreviousClass",
    nextElementSelector: ".alternativeNextClass",
    disabledStateClassName: "alternativeDisabledClass"
});