[jQuery] Re: Jquery Cycle - Determine active slide

[Mike Alsup]

> But how can I find out what is the active slide? There is a class for it in
> the pager, but I need to find out if my slideshow div currently shows a
> object/embed element or an img element.

You can use the 'before' or 'after' callbacks for that.

$('#slideshow').cycle({
    before: onBefore
});

function onBefore(curr, next, opts) {
    // next is the element that is about
    // to be transitioned in

    var tag = next.tagName.toLowerCase();
    if (tag == 'object' || tag == 'embed') {
        // start playing media
    }
};