Force scroll in repeater (instead of section) without needing to mouseover the repeater

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Question:
So, on one section of my website, I have a Repeater that is a vertical slider. However, ‘scrolling’ through the repeater’s items requires the mouse to be on the repeater. This means that if the user’s mouse is on the rest of the section, it just scrolls right past the repeater.
How do I force the repeater to scroll (until it reaches the last item) without needing the user to have their mouse on the repeater item?

Product:
Wix Studio

What are you trying to achieve:
I want to ‘force’ my repeater to scroll when a user scrolls on the section without having their mouse on the repeater.

What have you already tried:
I’ve tried messing with overflow settings, and also tried bits of code to try and listen for scroll events, but I haven’t figured it out yet.

Additional information:
Nothing I can think of right now, but any help would be appreciated! I’ve tried googling, but I’m not sure if maybe I’m not phrasing this correctly enough to find a useful result. if this question has been answered, or if you know of a video on youtube discussing something like this, please feel free to send me a link!

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Hi, @Tyrel_de_Chalain !!

It might be a good idea to shift your perspective and move away from the slider mode. Set the section to a relatively high height and place a repeater inside it. This time, configure it as a regular repeater, not as a slider. Then, set the other elements within the same section to be sticky, so they don’t move. By doing this, the repeater will appear to slide as the entire site scrolls, without the other elements moving. :innocent:

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Hey @onemoretime
Thanks for your reply! :smiley:

I tried that, and while it functions as a stopgap somewhat, it’s still not quite where I want it to be, since my section’s main focus is the repeater and I wanted to use the scroll lock as well.

For context, I wanted to try achieve something similar to the services section on https://kota.co.uk

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Cheers,
T

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Have you already watched this basic lesson video? I think the latter part of the video will be particularly helpful. :relieved_face: