Owl Carousel 2 - Get src of current slide

Andy Holmes picture Andy Holmes · Jan 19, 2015 · Viewed 53.8k times · Source

I have the following code blocks. All i'm trying to do is get the src of the current image in the slide show. It's not working, nothing appears in the console at all despite it changing slide fine.

HTML:

<div id="banner" class="owl-carousel">
    <img src="template/banner-1.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="template/banner-2.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="template/banner-1.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="template/banner-2.jpg" alt="">
</div>

jQuery:

var owl = $(".owl-carousel");
owl.owlCarousel({
    loop: true,
    autoplay: true,
    items: 1,
    animateOut: 'fadeOut',
    onChange: function (elem) {
      var current = this.currentItem;
      var src = elem.find(".owl-item").eq(current).find("img").attr('src');
      console.log('Image current is ' + src);
    }
});

Answer

wildavies picture wildavies · Jan 19, 2015

The reason your code is not working is that there is no onChange callback defined for Owl Carousel.

See http://owlgraphic.com/owlcarousel/#customizing under the heading callback for the available options.

If you update it to use "afterMove" it will work correctly after the slide has been moved.

You might also want to consider using "afterAction" which fires on startup, move and update depending on your requirements.

JS
var owl = $(".owl-carousel");
owl.owlCarousel({
    loop: true,
    autoplay: true,
    items: 1,
    animateOut: 'fadeOut',
    afterMove: function (elem) {
      var current = this.currentItem;
      var src = elem.find(".owl-item").eq(current).find("img").attr('src');
      console.log('Image current is ' + src);
    }
});

Edit

Following further reading of the link provided in the comments and the documentation for owl carousel 2 here is a working example using owl carousel 2. See this jsfiddle

Like anything in beta the github issues and answers can be quickly out of date. Found the solution from the documentation on the owl carousel 2 site here

HTML
<div id="banner" class="owl-carousel">
    <img src="http://www.live-on-the-edge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Sam-Tomkins-730x547.jpg" alt=""/>
    <img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2009/6/11/1244720277422/Aussie-Rugby-League-001.jpg" alt=""/>
    <img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/1/7/1262873655905/Rugby-referee-001.jpg" alt=""/>
    <img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/columnists/2011/3/3/1299187263691/football-league-premier-l-007.jpg" alt=""/>
</div>
JS
var owl = $(".owl-carousel");
owl.owlCarousel({
    loop: true,
    autoplay: true,
    items: 1,
    animateOut: 'fadeOut'
});

// jQuery method on
owl.on('changed.owl.carousel',function(property){
    var current = property.item.index;
    var src = $(property.target).find(".owl-item").eq(current).find("img").attr('src');
    console.log('Image current is ' + src);
});