The Swipeable Gallery component

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The Swipeable Gallery component lets you create a simple gallery that users can swipe forwards and backwards to show either a set of different images or a set of different groups. You can use a Swipeable Gallery in a dynamic ad.

Choosing the right gallery

Google Web Designer has four different gallery components:

The 360° Gallery shows images of different sides of an object, letting you swipe back and forth to rotate the object. The 360° Gallery doesn't show groups or navigation elements.
The Swipeable Gallery has a simple, flat look, and lets you swipe through images or groups either vertically or horizontally.
The Carousel Gallery is similar to the Swipeable Gallery, but gives neighbouring images a three-dimensional look, as if they were on a rotating display.
The Transition Gallery offers a range of animation effects while switching from one image to the next.

To use the Swipeable Gallery:

Open the Components panel, then the Galleries folder.
Drag the Swipeable Gallery component to the stage.
In the Swipeable Gallery properties section of the Properties panel, name the component.
Add either a set of images or a set of groups. Use groups to display elements other than images, or to display multiple elements in a single frame.
- To add images, use one of the following methods:
  - In the Swipeable Gallery properties section of the Properties panel, add URLs for your images in the Images field, separated by commas.
  - In the Swipeable Gallery properties section of the Properties panel, click the Select Gallery images button. Click the Choose files button to browse for image files, or drag files directly to the dialogue box.
- To add groups to the gallery:
  - In the Swipeable Gallery properties section of the Properties panel, add a list of group names in the Groups field, separated by commas.
Optionally, adjust the component properties (described below).

Using groups in the Swipeable Gallery

The Swipeable Gallery can contain either a set of images or a set of groups. Using groups lets you use assets that aren't images (such as videos) or multiple assets in a single frame of the gallery (such as images with text captions).

When you're using videos or other interactive assets, select Disable swipe in the Properties panel. This lets the user interact with the video controls. You can use the Gallery Navigation component to let the user move between gallery frames.

To create a gallery that displays a mix of images and groups, convert the images that you want to use into groups first.

You can also display multiple dynamic elements in the gallery by using groups.

To reorder or remove images in the gallery:

In the Swipeable Gallery properties section of the Properties pane, click the Select Gallery images button.
Drag an image to its new position to reorder it, or hover over an image and click the Delete button to remove the image from the gallery.
Click OK.

Properties

Property	Description
Name	Sets the Swipeable Gallery name.
Images	Lets you select the images for use in the gallery. Can be bound to dynamic data.
Groups	A comma-delimited list of groups to use in the gallery. Can be bound to dynamic data.
Transition	The time (in milliseconds) for the transition between images.
Start frame	The number of the image that you want to display initially display.
Show frames	The number of frames that are shown in the gallery at one time.
Swipe frames	The number of frames that advance on each swipe.
Auto-play	When ticked, automatically plays through the images in the gallery.
Include navigation	When ticked, includes navigation icons for moving through the gallery.
Use thumbnails	When ticked with 'Include navigation', shows thumbnail images for navigation rather than icons.
Highlight colour	Sets the highlight colour for the navigation image.
Scaling	Determines how various sized images are displayed within the fixed frame size: Resize image to fit – Proportionally resizes the image as necessary to fit the frame without cropping. Padding will be added if the aspect ratio of the image and the frame are different. Crop image to fill – Resizes the image to completely fill the frame, cropping the image if necessary when the aspect ratio of the frame and the image are different. None – The image is displayed at its original size, centred in the frame. If the image is smaller than the frame, the extra space will be padded with transparency. If it's larger, the image will be cropped. Stretch image to fill – Resizes and stretches image as necessary to match the dimensions of the frame without cropping.
Direction	Determines whether the images move horizontally or vertically in the gallery.

Advanced properties

To show the advanced properties, click the expand icon for Advanced properties in the component properties pane.

Advanced property	Description
Frame offset	The distance between images.
Frame width	The width (in pixels) of the image frame within the gallery.
Frame height	The height (in pixels) of the image frame within the gallery.
Auto-play duration	The duration (in milliseconds) that the gallery plays, from first to last frame. This time is split evenly between each image, unless a separate Auto-play step interval is chosen.
Auto-play step interval	The duration (in milliseconds) that each image is shown when Auto-play is enabled. Images are played with this duration until the total Auto-play duration is reached, cycling through the images multiple times if necessary.
Exit URLs	A list of URLs, separated by commas, that corresponds to each frame in the gallery. Can be bound to dynamic data.
Disable swipe	A tick box that lets you disable the swipe navigation for the gallery. This lets the user interact with elements in the frame without their interaction changing the frame accidentally. When this is ticked, you can use either the 'Include navigation' property or the Gallery Navigation component for changing frames.
Pause media when leaving frame	When ticked, pauses audio or video that's playing in the current frame when the frame is changed (to avoid having unwanted content playing in the background).
Resume media when entering frame	When ticked, starts any paused audio or video in the upcoming frame whenever that frame becomes active.

Events and actions

Events sent by the Swipeable Gallery component

You can trigger other actions based on the following Swipeable Gallery component events:

Event	Description
First interaction	Sent when the user first interacts with the gallery.
All frames viewed	Sent when every frame of the gallery has been shown at least once.
Images loaded	Sent when all the frames of the gallery have been loaded.
Auto-play ended	Sent when the auto-play has ended for any reason.
Frame shown	Sent when each new frame is completely shown.
Frame activated	Sent when a frame change is started.
Frame autoplayed	Sent when a frame is automatically shown during auto-play.
Frame tap	Sent when the frame is clicked.
Left end	Sent when the gallery reaches its left end after swiping.
Right end	Sent when the gallery reaches its right end after swiping.
Mouse over a frame	Sent when the mouse enters the frame.
Mouse out of a frame	Sent when the mouse leaves the frame.
Track start	Sent when the mouse or touch drag begins
Track	The component registers the X and Y location data associated with the mouse or touch drag
Track end	Sent when the mouse or touch drag ends

To select one of these events in the Event dialogue, set the Swipeable Gallery component as the target.

Actions performed by the Swipeable Gallery component

The following Swipeable Gallery component actions can be triggered in response to other events:

Action	Configuration options
Go to frame	Frame number Animate – 'none' or 'slide'
Rotate once	Rotation time – time in milliseconds Direction – 'forwards' or 'backwards'
Stop rotation	none
Go forwards	none
Go backwards	none

When you select one of these actions in the Event dialogue, set the Swipeable Gallery component as the receiver.

Find out how to configure events.

Preview

On the stage, the Swipeable Gallery displays just the start frame to give you an idea of how the component will appear. To see the fully rendered component in action, preview the document in your preferred browser by clicking the Preview button in the upper-right corner.

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