Creating a full-width image carousel that maintains perfect alignment with your contained content can be tricky, especially when you want variable-width slides that adapt to your image dimensions. Most carousels are designed to have uniform slide widths, but unless you have full control over the code, achieving variable widths while maintaining proper alignment is challenging.
This snippet transforms a PowerPack Image Carousel into a responsive, full-width slider where the first image always aligns with your page content, regardless of screen size. What makes this particularly useful is that your content above and below the carousel can remain within your site’s container width, while the carousel itself breaks out to full width with edge slides extending off-screen for visual hinting and stylistic effect. AND the “first” slide aligns with the content above it too!
Here is an example of what that can look like:
How it Works
This code intercepts PowerPack Image Carousel instances (identified by the variable-width-slider class or whatever class you choose) and modifies their Swiper configuration. It calculates the precise offset needed to align the first slide with your Beaver Builder row content, taking into account different screen sizes and responsive breakpoints. The solution works by:
Calculating the exact offset based on your Beaver Builder row width and viewport size
Modifying both existing carousels and new ones that get added dynamically
Using variable slide widths that adapt to image dimensions
Maintaining smooth scrolling with free mode enabled
