I am using nivo slider( default theme) and I positioned the prev and next arrows next to the image(not on top of the image) and I was wondering if there is a way to always show the next and prev arrows(right now the arrows only show when you hover over the image). Seems there should be a way to edit the code to do this but I can't seem to figure out where. Thanks!
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                    I actually figured it out..... here's the solution if anyone needs to know how to do this ..... set directionNavHide:true to directionNavHide:false , the code is located in the jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js file near the bottom of the file. – jsavage980 Aug 05 '11 at 16:18
 
4 Answers
directionHideNav: false doesn't work as of 3.1.
Changes now need to be made in CSS In the theme css file find the line
.theme-default .nivo-directionNav a
Change:
opacity: 0; to opacity: 1;
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Right way is;
just change or add directionNavHide value and set it to false in nivoSlider settings.
$('#slider').nivoSlider({directionNavHide:false});
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open the nivoslider js file and find
{a(".nivo-directionNav",f).hide();f.hover(function(){a(".nivo-directionNav",f).show()},function(){a(".nivo-directionNav",f).hide()}
change to
{a(".nivo-directionNav",f).show();f.hover(function(){a(".nivo-directionNav",f).show()},function(){a(".nivo-directionNav",f).show()}
Save an upload.
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An easy to do it without touching the JS code is just to add a line in your CSS file:
.nivoSlider .nivo-directionNav{
    display: block !important; /* ALWAYS show the arrows */
}
I'm not a big fan of !important, but if it means I don't have to adjust the js then it works for me.
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