I have a Flexislider that I would like to control from outside the element. I tried this:

var myslider = $('.slider').flexslider({

    animation: 'slide'

});



$('button').click(function () {

    myslider.flexAnimate(3)    //Function: Move slider - (target, pause) parameters

});

But that returns TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'flexAnimate'

Then I stumbled upon this thread (https://github.com/woothemes/FlexSlider/issues/125) which indicates this is the proper method:

$('button').click(function () {

    myslider.flexslider(3)

});

However I don't see how I can specify the speed of the animation. I want the change to be instant for that event only.

I guess I'm wondering how one accesses the slider API as mentioned in the docs from outside the slider element

slider                        //Object: The slider element itself

slider.container              //Object: The ul.slides within the slider

slider.slides                 //Object: The slides of the slider

slider.count                  //Int: The total number of slides in the slider

slider.currentSlide           //Int: The slide currently being shown

slider.animatingTo            //Int: Useful in .before(), the slide currently animating to

slider.animating              //Boolean: is slider animating?

slider.atEnd                  //Boolean: is the slider at either end?

slider.manualPause            //Boolean: force slider to stay paused during pauseOnHover event

slider.controlNav             //Object: The slider controlNav

slider.directionNav           //Object: The slider directionNav

slider.controlsContainer      //Object: The controlsContainer element of the slider

slider.manualControls         //Object: The manualControls element of the slider

slider.flexAnimate(target)    //Function: Move slider - (target, pause) parameters

slider.pause()                //Function: Pause slider slideshow interval

slider.resume()               //Function: Resume slider slideshow interval

slider.canAdvance(target)     //Function: returns boolean if slider can advance - (target) parameter

slider.getTarget(dir)         //Function: get target given a direction - next or prev parameter