Well, I'm using a owl-carousel-2 plugin now.
And I encounter the following problem:
The markup code:
<div class="owl-carousel" style="display: none;">
<div class="item"><img src="..." /></div>
<div class="item"><img src="..." /></div>
<!-- ... -->
<div class="item"><img src="..." /></div>
</div>
<script>
$(function() {
var $owl = $('.owl-carousel');
$owl.owlCarousel();
// Doing many things here.
$owl.show();
});
</script>
The problem is:
When I initialize with the $owl.owlCarousel();
statement, which under an hidden state, its size is not initialized.
So when I show that control, the control displays in a mess!
But when I resize the window, it seemed to be triggering a re-render. The control render the contents, then displayed well.
So I'm wondering if there is a way to trigger this re-render (or refresh) method on it.
In order to make sure the control won't display in a mess.
I tried to read the documents and sources, but not yet have a good solution.
Please help.
I found out an ugly, dirty solution. Anyway, it worked:
Main procedure:
- Destroy that owl-carousel.
- Manually change the markup to the initial state.
- Initialize the owl-carousel.
var $owl = $('.owl-carousel');
$owl.trigger('destroy.owl.carousel');
// After destory, the markup is still not the same with the initial.
// The differences are:
// 1. The initial content was wrapped by a 'div.owl-stage-outer';
// 2. The '.owl-carousel' itself has an '.owl-loaded' class attached;
// We have to remove that before the new initialization.
$owl.html($owl.find('.owl-stage-outer').html()).removeClass('owl-loaded');
$owl.owlCarousel({
// your initial option here, again.
});
It worked, but in such a dirty way. Hoping to see a better, neat solution.
This works for me:
// get owl element
var owl = $('.owl-carousel');
// get owl instance from element
var owlInstance = owl.data('owlCarousel');
// if instance is existing
if(owlInstance != null)
owlInstance.reinit();
More information: http://owlgraphic.com/owlcarousel/demos/manipulations.html
Ran into the same issue with OP. I manage to get it to work by first removing the owl-loaded
class. Then on render, trigger a refresh event after re-adding the class.
// Remove the owl-loaded class after initialisation
$owl.owlCarousel().removeClass('owl-loaded');
// Show the carousel and trigger refresh
$owl.show(function(), {
$(this).addClass('owl-loaded').trigger('refresh.owl.carousel');
})
This is my solution, based on fish_ball's clever workaround:
if($('.owl-carousel').hasClass('owl-theme')){ //resize event was triggering an error, this if statement is to go around it
$('.owl-carousel').trigger('destroy.owl.carousel'); //these 3 lines kill the owl, and returns the markup to the initial state
$('.owl-carousel').find('.owl-stage-outer').children().unwrap();
$('.owl-carousel').removeClass("owl-center owl-loaded owl-text-select-on");
$(".owl-carousel").owlCarousel(); //re-initialise the owl
}
As for 2.0.0-beta.2.4 this works for me:
var $owl = $('.owl-carousel');
if ($owl.data('owlCarousel')) {
$owl.data('owlCarousel').onThrottledResize();
}
With Owl Carousel 2 you reinitialize like so:
jQuery('.owl-carousel').trigger('refresh.owl.carousel');
see this issue.
Have you read the documentation of the plugin you are using, because the owl carousel has a refresh method when you want to update the carousel.
refresh.owl.carousel
Type: attachable, cancelable, triggerable
Callback: onRefresh
Parameter: [event, speed]
The docs are here for events