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Fixed JS hooks documentation does not educate about integrating with widgets.

Open sun opened this issue 4 months ago • 0 comments

Affected page: https://developers.elementor.com/docs/hooks/js/

Problem

  • As a site builder, it is not possible to customize the behavior if the e.g. image carousel widget's Swiper slider.

Proposed solution

  1. As we cannot easily invent a pattern to allow standardized manipulation of how widgets are instrumenting third-party libraries, we at least can clarify the docs on how developers can gain access to such libraries after widgets have been initialized.

Notes

  • I researched for several hours, tried various suggested solutions that all did not work. I imagine many other developers are facing the same struggle.
  • Yes, widgets provide an init hook, but it is invoked too early.
  • Swiper's afterInit event callback can only be specified in the initial parameters passed to the instance, not afterwards.
  • The proposed solution is taken from https://github.com/elementor/elementor/issues/11067#issuecomment-1199667009

Resources

  • https://developers.elementor.com/a-new-method-for-attaching-a-js-handler-to-an-element/
  • https://developers.elementor.com/add-javascript-to-elementor-widgets/
  • https://swiperjs.com/swiper-api#events

✨ PR Description

Purpose: Add documentation about integrating with Elementor widgets via JavaScript hooks to address missing guidance for widget customization.

Main changes:

  • Added "Integrating with widgets" section explaining widget initialization limitations
  • Provided code example showing how to customize Swiper widget parameters using window.onLoad event
  • Clarified that Elementor Frontend doesn't trigger widget initialization events

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sun avatar Jul 11 '25 12:07 sun