Cross Currents, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/crosscurrent/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Gallery (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) Needs the plugin # Cross Currents Two independently editable photo rows travel in opposite directions, pairing coastal photographs in a generous editorial composition. Grab either row to explore its loop. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where Cross Currents fits A photography or travel page where two sets of images belong side by side, each row moving its own way as a visual comparison. ### Use it for - Two-location photo essay - Arts journal gallery - Two-coast travel story What you can edit ## Every word, image and link is a WordPress block Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. - 6 images all required - 1 heading required - 3 text lines all optional - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays ### Section settings - Appearance: Designed or Use my theme - Animate changes - Marquee speed - Pointer interaction: hover or drag - Pause button - Cursor controls - Unlock layout How it behaves ## It still works when things are switched off Two photo rows move in opposite directions; grab either one to drag it. Clicking a row pauses it, a pause button stops both, and they hold still for reduced motion. Motion off or reduced motion It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works. JavaScript off All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden. Plugin missing or older It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout. Questions ## Cross Currents: common questions What is Cross Currents for? A photography or travel page where two sets of images belong side by side, each row moving its own way as a visual comparison. Typical uses: Two-location photo essay, arts journal gallery and Two-coast travel story. Does Cross Currents need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Cross Currents arrived in plugin 0.28.2. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout. What can I edit in Cross Currents? As pasted it has 6 images, 1 heading and 3 text lines, 3 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. Will Cross Currents match my theme? Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy. Can the motion be switched off? Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible. Back to Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) One-time setup ## Install once, then paste Install and activate the Pattern Paste plugin on your WordPress site. Then paste this section into the block editor. Get the plugin (https://patternpaste.com/account/#themes)Installation guide (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) ## Specifications Section Gallery, Marquee Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.28.2 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion Optional, off for reduced motion Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 10 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Continue exploring ## More in Gallery Explore this category (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) Gallery Needs the plugin ### Offbeat Project Deck Oversized type, tilted project cards and a tactile selector. A layered portfolio with an acid-yellow authored look, or the colours and type of your own theme. 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