Custom Options with Events

Setup

This is an example of using custom events for navigation. Also it shows how you can customise widths and inherit option from tablet to mobile.

$(document).ready(function() {

  var owl = $("#owl-demo");

  owl.owlCarousel({
      items : 10, //10 items above 1000px browser width
      itemsDesktop : [1000,5], //5 items between 1000px and 901px
      itemsDesktopSmall : [900,3], // betweem 900px and 601px
      itemsTablet: [600,2], //2 items between 600 and 0
      itemsMobile : false // itemsMobile disabled - inherit from itemsTablet option
  });

  // Custom Navigation Events
  $(".next").click(function(){
    owl.trigger('owl.next');
  })
  $(".prev").click(function(){
    owl.trigger('owl.prev');
  })
  $(".play").click(function(){
    owl.trigger('owl.play',1000); //owl.play event accept autoPlay speed as second parameter
  })
  $(".stop").click(function(){
    owl.trigger('owl.stop');
  })

});
<div id="owl-demo" class="owl-carousel owl-theme">
  <div class="item"><h1>1</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>2</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>3</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>4</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>5</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>6</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>7</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>8</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>9</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>10</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>11</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>12</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>13</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>14</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>15</h1></div>
  <div class="item"><h1>16</h1></div>
</div>

<div class="customNavigation">
  <a class="btn prev">Previous</a>
  <a class="btn next">Next</a>
  <a class="btn play">Autoplay</a>
  <a class="btn stop">Stop</a>
</div>
#owl-demo .item{
  background: #3fbf79;
  padding: 30px 0px;
  margin: 10px;
  color: #FFF;
  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
  -moz-border-radius: 3px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  text-align: center;
}
.customNavigation{
  text-align: center;
}
//use styles below to disable ugly selection
.customNavigation a{
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}

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