Owl Carousel, making custom navigation

Question

So i have an Owl Carousel that contains three images. I also added custom navigation arrows (.png images) on left and right sides. However, those arrows are currently useless, because I can't find a way to actually make them switch between images of my Owl Carousel. I searched endlessly and can't find the solution. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You need to enable navigation and edit navigationText:

> Assuming this is version 1.3.2

owlgraphic.com/owlcarousel/#customizing

Note: It appears the site for Owl 1.3 is now down, so here is a forked Codepen example.

$("#owl-example").owlCarousel({   navigation: true,   navigationText: ["<img src='myprevimage.png'>","<img src='mynextimage.png'>"] }); 

> Assuming it's version 2:

https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/docs/api-options.html#nav

$("#owl-example").owlCarousel({   nav: true,   navText: ["<img src='myprevimage.png'>","<img src='mynextimage.png'>"] }); 

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Personal suggestion: Use Slick over Owl

Personal suggestion update: Tiny slider is great too.

Answer 2

If you want to use your own custom navigation elements,

For Owl Carousel 1

var owl = $('.owl-carousel'); owl.owlCarousel(); // Go to the next item $('.customNextBtn').click(function() {     owl.trigger('owl.prev'); }) // Go to the previous item $('.customPrevBtn').click(function() {     owl.trigger('owl.next'); }) 

For Owl Carousel 2

var owl = $('.owl-carousel'); owl.owlCarousel(); // Go to the next item $('.customNextBtn').click(function() {     owl.trigger('next.owl.carousel'); }) // Go to the previous item $('.customPrevBtn').click(function() {     // With optional speed parameter     // Parameters has to be in square bracket '[]'     owl.trigger('prev.owl.carousel', [300]); })