Classic Slider-not displaying

[MontreatDesigner]

I don’t know if this is so much of a bug report so much as it is a fix for people searching for the same information. Classic Slider is an older design element, so I don’t expect to see any development happen to it. There are without a doubt better ways to insert a slideshow into your webpage, but Classic Slider is easy and it’s there. So I’ll use it till I can’t.

Issue: I’m updating my website to use v2 elements and suddenly my Classic Slider slideshows don’t appear. It’s not a visual glitch (which sometimes can happen). They do not appear on the front end of my site either.

Quick Fix: Classic Slider does not like the flexbox option of columns. If you are using the flexbox to align center objects with no specific width, try turning flexbox off. The issue arises with the Classic Slider needing to reference a set width of it’s container. Flexbox does not use set widths, rather calculated widths based on used space.

Permanent Fix: As stated, I don’t expect Classic Slider to be updated. So the permanent solution would be NOT to use the Classic Slider. Consider Revolution Slider, a “pro” plugin that comes available with X Theme.

Hope that helps.

[ruenel]

Hello @MontreatDesigner,

Thanks for writing in!

Permanent Fix when using Flexbox in your column settings:
You will have to nest another row element into the column that uses Flexbox.

In your row settings, it must only have one column and then disable the global container. You will need to set a 100% width so that our classic slider will occupy the whole column width.

We would love to know if this has worked for you. Thank you.

[MontreatDesigner]

Cool! I didn’t think to nest it like that. In my use, this is the only element in a column, so I’ll just manually turn off flexbox for the whole column. But this will definitely be helpful for someone else! I appreciate this solution!

[lely]

Glad @ruenel was able to help you here @MontreatDesigner.

Cheers!