changeSlide( )

Change the slideshow's current slide to a specific slide or index.

Description

The changeSlide() function returns a Promise that is resolved when the slideshow finishes moving from the current slide to the slide referred to by slideReference.

You can retrieve Slide objects to pass to the slideReference parameter from your slideshow using the currentSlide or slides properties.

If passing a number, note that slide indices in a slideshow are zero-based, even though they are numbered starting from 1 in the Editor.

Syntax

function changeSlide(slideReference: number | Slide): Promise<Slide>

changeSlide Parameters

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

slideReference

number | Slide

The slide to move to. Either the index of the slide or a Slide from the slideshow.

Returns

Fulfilled - The slide that the slideshow changed to.

Return Type:

Promise<Slide>

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Move to a new slide using an index

This example moves to the third slide in the slideshow.

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1$w("#mySlideshow").changeSlide(2);
2

Move to a new slide using a Slide object

This example moves to the slide that is stored in the slide variable.

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1$w("#mySlideshow").changeSlide(slide);
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Moves to a new slide and logs a message when the move is finished

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1$w("#mySlideshow").changeSlide(2)
2  .then( (newSlide) => {
3    console.log(`Done moving to ${newSlide.name}`);
4  } );