Point navigation is one of the most common navigation formats in sliders. This is true regardless of the contents of the slider. Point navigation provides a simple and intuitive way for users to browse the contents of the slider. Fortunately, divi’s video slider module includes point navigation options. In this article, we will learn how to enable point navigation in divi’s video slider module. We will also explore several combinations of options in this process. Let’s go. Divi video slider default navigation first, let’s take a look at how navigation works in the video slider module. By default, all slides are displayed as thumbnails under the video player. The current slide darkens to the overlay. In this case, the leftmost slide is the active slide.
If you select a thumbnail of a slide, the video player will go to that slide. In this example, the third slide on the left is the active slide. The thumbnail is dimmed to indicate that it is an active slide. All I did was click on the thumbnail. You can also use the arrow that appears when the mouse hovers over the active slide to navigate. Go to the previous or next slide. This is useful if you want to move one slide forward or backward at a time. This is an ideal choice for several slides. If there are many slides, it may take some time to find a specific video.
What is male dot exploration? Dot navigation is a set of dots that appear at the bottom of a video slide. Each point represents a video slide in the slider. When you click a point, the video player displays the corresponding slide. The points on the active slide are brighter than others. This is a good way to determine how many slides there are, the position of the slider in the slide list, and quickly move to a specific slide. Point navigation is especially useful when there are many slides or you want to save space. Navigation is very similar to thumbnail navigation, which uses less space in the layout and reduces visual confusion.
When users want to view a particular slide, they do not have to use the arrows to skip the slide until the slider reappears or reaches the slide they want to view. They can select the slides they want to see by clicking a point. In the video slider, thumbnails with point navigation enabled look cool, but take up extra space. Sometimes we want to provide less space for the video slider module, or we want the design to be less complex. When activated, point navigation will replace thumbnail navigation and provide a cleaner and cleaner design. Navigation arrows can be used or not.
To enable point navigation in the video slider module, first click the link at the top of the page to enable visual builder. Then hover over the video slider module and click the gear icon to open the settings. Scroll down to the male element. Here, you can see the option to enable or disable the arrow and a drop-down box called the slider control. Click the drop-down box to confirm the option. If you choose to use point navigation, you will see that the thumbnail is deleted and points are added to the default slide. Slider control: use point navigation
Now, the video slider looks simpler and takes up less space. A point will be displayed on each slide, so the more slides, the more obvious the effect will be. Male or female dot browsing, the default dot browsing color is white. This applies to darker video images and overlays, but it is difficult to determine whether the image or overlay is bright. Fortunately, a simple control can be changed as needed. On the design tab of the video slider settings, navigate to the slider control color and dim it in the drop-down box
choice. Slider control color: dark androgandrog dark slider control color works particularly well in the bright image or thumbnail overlay color in the following example. Test the point navigation color option to determine the option that best matches the image and overlay color.
If you change from a video slider point navigation thumbnail without arrow navigation to point navigation, another set of navigation buttons will be added to the slide itself. Now, when the user hovers over the slide, both arrows and points are displayed, and points are always displayed. Users always see points, so they can decide not to include arrows. Fortunately, there is the option to disable the arrow. The content settings of the video slider module will display the element section. This section contains a setting called arrow display. By default, it is active. To disable, just click.
Arrow display: No. now move the mouse over the video slider to display a slide containing only point navigation. Use the video slider point navigation example point navigation to see how the divi video slider module performs in the divi layout. In my example, we used the information page of the free Cafe layout pack provided in divi. This page contains a video module located above the background image of the coffee image in the cafe environment. The layout of the information page is as follows: The following is a close-up view of my customized part. You can view the background image. If you don’t pay attention to design, it’s easy to feel messy.
To simplify the design, first replace the video module with the video slider module. Next, we created 4 slides and added image overlays for each slide. The default navigation is active. Although it works, the thumbnail navigation is a little cluttered because of the background. Too many images in a small space will soon become chaotic. The original video module looks cleaner. Point navigation solves this problem. The following is a video slider module that enables point navigation. It has a simpler and cleaner appearance of the video module and can still be used as a video slider. Except for the additional points on the image, it looks the same as the original video module.
When used with a design change smartphone on a mobile phone, the point may be too small or difficult to use on the video slider. In this case, thumbnail navigation can only be used on the mobile phone, and point navigation can be maintained on the desktop and tablet. In the slider control settings, click the tablet icon to open the screen size option. Select the phone icon, and then select use thumbnail track. This will enable thumbnail navigation of the phone and display point navigation on the desktop and tablet. Now, regardless of the screen size of the device, users can easily browse slides.
In the video slider module of divi, let’s see how to activate point browsing. Dots provide a simple and concise design, which is suitable for any layout. Points are intuitive, so users already know how to navigate with points. Choosing between light and dark options provides some flexibility to match images and coverage well. Divi’s video slider dot navigation is a great choice if you want the video slider to be clean and minimal. We’d like to hear your opinion. Is point navigation used in the divi video slider module? Please explain this in the comments below.
