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Add Pause Button to Elementor Carousels
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| //Add this to Header/Footer plugin in the HTML <head> | |
| <script> | |
| document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { | |
| const seen = new WeakSet(); | |
| const interval = setInterval(() => { | |
| const swiperEls = document.querySelectorAll('.swiper.swiper-initialized'); | |
| swiperEls.forEach((swiperEl, index) => { | |
| if (seen.has(swiperEl)) return; | |
| const wrapper = swiperEl.querySelector('.swiper-wrapper'); | |
| if (!wrapper || !swiperEl.swiper) return; | |
| // Ensure ID | |
| let wrapperId = wrapper.getAttribute('id'); | |
| if (!wrapperId) { | |
| wrapperId = 'swiper-wrapper-' + index; | |
| wrapper.setAttribute('id', wrapperId); | |
| } | |
| // Avoid duplicate buttons | |
| if (swiperEl.parentNode.querySelector('.pause-resume-button')) return; | |
| const button = document.createElement('button'); | |
| button.textContent = 'Pause'; | |
| button.className = 'pause-resume-button'; | |
| button.setAttribute('aria-controls', wrapperId); | |
| button.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Pause Slider'); | |
| button.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false'); | |
| button.style.marginBottom = '10px'; | |
| // Insert the button before the slider | |
| swiperEl.parentNode.insertBefore(button, swiperEl); | |
| // Toggle autoplay | |
| button.addEventListener('click', function () { | |
| const swiperInstance = swiperEl.swiper; | |
| if (!swiperInstance) return; | |
| if (this.textContent === 'Pause') { | |
| swiperInstance.autoplay.stop(); | |
| this.textContent = 'Resume'; | |
| this.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true'); | |
| } else { | |
| swiperInstance.autoplay.start(); | |
| this.textContent = 'Pause'; | |
| this.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false'); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| // Mark this swiper as processed | |
| seen.add(swiperEl); | |
| }); | |
| // Optional: stop polling after a while (e.g. after 10 seconds) | |
| if (seen.size > 0 && seen.size === document.querySelectorAll('.swiper.swiper-initialized').length) { | |
| clearInterval(interval); | |
| } | |
| }, 500); // check every 500ms | |
| }); | |
| </script> |
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