From ebdf373f0d70677d55af983896ef26dd71cdcf45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Cahill, Robbie" <Robbie.Cahill@news.com.au>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 14:51:09 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix untappable links #1203

---
 src/js/jquery.bxslider.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/js/jquery.bxslider.js b/src/js/jquery.bxslider.js
index 8a039aa9..8e13a2b8 100644
--- a/src/js/jquery.bxslider.js
+++ b/src/js/jquery.bxslider.js
@@ -1106,7 +1106,11 @@
       if (e.type !== 'touchstart' && e.button !== 0) {
         return;
       }
-      e.preventDefault();
+
+      if (e.srcElement.href === undefined) { // Dont stop links being tapped
+        e.preventDefault();
+      }      
+
       //disable slider controls while user is interacting with slides to avoid slider freeze that happens on touch devices when a slide swipe happens immediately after interacting with slider controls
       slider.controls.el.addClass('disabled');