The following snippet should demonstrate the problem quite well:
(function ($) {
$('.bxslider').each(function() {
var bxid = $(this).attr("data-bxid");
var bx = $(this).bxSlider({
auto: false,
autoStart: false
});
});
})(jQuery);
/* Styles */
#before, #after {
width:350px;
height:350px;
background-color:#ccf;
}
/* BXSlider */
.bx-wrapper {
position: relative;
margin-bottom: 60px;
padding: 0;
*zoom: 1;
-ms-touch-action: pan-y;
touch-action: pan-y;
}
.bx-wrapper img {
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
}
.bxslider {
background-color:#eee;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
/*fix flickering when used background-image instead of <img> (on Chrome)*/
-webkit-perspective: 1000;
}
ul.bxslider {
list-style: none;
width:100%;
}
ul.bxslider li {
width:100%;
}
.bx-viewport {
/* fix other elements on the page moving (in Chrome) */
-webkit-transform: translateZ(0);
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bxslider/4.2.15/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script>
<div id="before"></div>
<ul class="bxslider">
<li><p>If you touch me vertically ...<img src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x350"></li>
<li>... I want to scroll down normally ...<img src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x250"></li>
<li>... but nothing happens <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x450"></li>
</ul>
<div id="after"></div>
In the developer tools of your browser window try to scroll down by touch within the running code snippet - it is not possible. However this is not an option as with a fullscreen horizontal bxSlider visitors are loosing the ability to browser the site completely - unacceptable!
bxSlider provides the following setting:
touchEnabled:false
However this is also not an option, because smartphone visitors really should be able to switch slides to the right/to the left with their fingers.
Therefore I need a possibility such that:
- HORIZONTAL touch move: Go smoothly to the next/previous slide within the slider.
- VERTICAL touch move: Just keep the normal scrolling of the viewport within the browser.
Unfortunatly I did not find any combinations of bxslider settings how to achieve this yet. Do you know a solution for this (preferrably without modifying the bxslider core file itself)?