Navigation arrows in Woocommerce 3.x product gallery slider

Question

Has anyone been able to add navigation arrows for Next/Prev slides in the new woocommerce slider?

The thumbnail navigation particularly on mobile/table is great, but having arrows as well for desktop users would be a dream! Arrows on the main product image are preferred over the lightbox. You will understand why on our site: http://52.56.199.58/collection/bedroom/giorgetti-syn-bedside-table/

Would seem an easy and obvious option that Woocommerce has forgotten. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Answer 1

You can update the Flexslider options in WooCommerce V3 by hooking into the 'woocommerce_single_product_carousel_options' filter. So specifically to enable the navigation arrows the 'directionNav' option should be set to 'true'.

Put this example function in your functions.php file and you should be good to go:

// Update WooCommerce Flexslider options

add_filter( 'woocommerce_single_product_carousel_options', 'ud_update_woo_flexslider_options' );

function ud_update_woo_flexslider_options( $options ) {

    $options['directionNav'] = true;

    return $options;
}

Answer 2

ul.flex-direction-nav {
    position: absolute;
    top: 30%;
    z-index: 99999;
    width: 100%;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0px;
    list-style: none;}

li.flex-nav-prev {float: left;}
li.flex-nav-next {float: right;}
a.flex-next {visibility:hidden;}
a.flex-prev {visibility:hidden;}
a.flex-next::after {visibility:visible;content: '\f105';
    font-family: FontAwesome;margin-right: 10px;font-size: 70px;    }
a.flex-prev::before {
    visibility:visible;
    content: '\f104';
    font-family: FontAwesome;    margin-left: 10px;font-size: 70px;}