SSENSE/vue-carousel

Feature Request: Customizable Carousel Width and Navigation Links

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#294 opened on Oct 8, 2018

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Customizing the size of slideWidth of the carousel and having the navigation buttons route to another link rather than just the previous slide and the next slide.

Describe the solution you'd like I'm using a modal window that is slightly larger than the computed size of the slides in the carousel, which is calculating an incorrect offset for each of the slides as I navigate through my carousel. I want to be able to customize the size so that the width of the slides are exactly the same size as my modal window.

I also want to be able to have the previous and next navigation buttons route to something else other than the previous and next slides in the carousel. Right now, I want to include the previous and next buttons on the last slide of my carousel and have them close my modal window, but the current version of the library doesn't support that.

If any, describe the alternatives you've considered

  1. Create a data or prop variable called slideWidth that could be set by the user through the carousel tags.
  2. Create some if conditions in the goToPage method to add different functionality for the navigation buttons.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
vuejavascriptcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Vue.js basicsUnderstanding of carousel components
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
45
Research direction
The issue requests two features: a customizable `slideWidth` prop and the ability to make navigation buttons route to custom links instead of sliding. To implement the first, modify the `Carousel.vue` component to accept a `slideWidth` prop and use it in slide width calculations, likely in the `recomputeSlides` or similar method. For the second, extend the `goToPage` method to support custom navigation via props like `prevLink` and `nextLink` that override default behavior. Check the component's current prop definitions and method implementations in the source files under `src/`.