[react-slick] Reverse swipe from last slide ignores slidesToScroll and active dots disappear (infinite=false)

Author: chandankrguptaCreated Sep 9, 2025Updated Sep 9, 2025

When the user reaches the very last slide and keeps trying to swipe forward (knowing nothing is there), then tries to swipe backward again, two issues occur:

  1. On the first reverse swipe, the slider only scrolls 1 slide — even though slidesToScroll is set to 2.

    • From the second reverse swipe onwards, the slider scrolls correctly by 2 slides.
  2. After swiping beyond the last slide, the active dot indicator disappears.

    • When swiping back, the active dot does not match until the second swipe.

My settings

typescript
const settings = {
  dots: true,
  infinite: false,      // important: finite mode
  slidesToShow: 2,      // or 3/4 depending on screen size
  slidesToScroll: 2,    // should always scroll in pairs
  speed: 500,
  arrows: false,
  adaptiveHeight: true,
};

Expected behavior

  • Every swipe (forward or backward) should respect slidesToScroll.
  • The active dot should always remain visible and correctly reflect the current position.

Actual behavior

  • Forward overswipe at the end does nothing (✅ correct).
  • First reverse swipe → scrolls only 1 slide (❌ unexpected).
  • Subsequent reverse swipes → scrolls 2 slides (✅ correct).
  • After overswiping forward at the end → the active dot disappears (❌ unexpected).

Question

  • Is this a known bug in React-Slick / Slick?

  • Is there a recommended workaround or fix so that:

    1. Reverse swipes from the last slide always respect slidesToScroll.
    2. Active dots never disappear after overswiping beyond the last slide.

Check your example also with same issue: Link

Thanks!