In this article, I’ll explain the new Picture Library Slideshow Web Part available in SharePoint 2013 / SharePoint online.
BackgroundWe are working on one of the SharePoint migration project, migrating from SharePoint on-premises 2010 to SharePoint online. In 2010 we have one custom slide show web part where we were storing the images in Images library and using jQuery and with custom coding we have implemented the slide show web part. Since we are migrating to SharePoint online, we need to get rid of custom coding and also somehow didn't liking the approach of using jQuery. Details In SharePoint 2013 there is new web part as one of the new feature called “Picture Library Slideshow Web Part” under “Media and Content” category as, Figure 1 : Picture Library Slideshow Web Part Once we added the web part on the page, we need to select the Picture Library in “Picture Library” properties as in the following figure: Figure 2 : Properties of Picture Library Slide show web part In web part properties, if “Picture Library” drop-down appears empty then it seems that there is no Picture Library is available on the site. You can create your own Picture library using the “Picture Library” app by using following steps,
Important PointPicture Library Slideshow web part only show the images from the Picture Libraries and not from the other image libraries like “Images” or “Site Collection Images” or “Asset Libraries“ But having this web part in place is very helpful specially for SharePoint Online so that neither need to depend on custom implementation nor need to depend on JQuery.
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