Title: controls=hide by default?
Last modified: August 14, 2019

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# controls=hide by default?

 *  [fabricelaborie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabricelaborie/)
 * (@fabricelaborie)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controlshide-by-default/)
 * hi!
    I am not sure why this would be the case, but when I create a Gallery using
   the widget I end up with a controls=’hide’ and my slideshow is not displaying
   the < > on either side of the pics. I am using GooglePhoto.
 * If I copy the shortcode before automatic creation and change the controls=’hide’
   to controls=’show’ and manually create a shortcode, it works as expected.
 * I can’t find how to change the default behavior.

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 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controlshide-by-default/#post-11831906)
 * Not sure I understand fully – I don’t have a “widget” in Photonic. How exactly
   are you creating the gallery?
 * If you are using the gallery builder, there is an option to explicitly set this:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/w1KBH1J.png?ssl=1)

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 * Last reply from: [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controlshide-by-default/#post-11831906)
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