Elementor 4.0.9 fix for Slides in relation to the Reduced Motion pref leaves work undone
Fix: Arrow navigation doesn’t work in Carousel widgets when Reduced Motion is enabled (#33613)
That's true. The manual advancement portion of the bug is indeed fixed now. Unfortunately, Autoplay, which was a central part of the stated problem, is not. Yes, it's better than it was: it didn't work at all before. But now the timing setting is ignored.
It's easy to notice: if you have the Windows "Settings -> Accessibility -> Visual effects -> Animation effects" toggled off (or it's off by default for you, which it is for some), then Elementor's "Autoplay Speed" in Slider Options is ignored on the published site and defaults to 3000 (3s), Swiper's default.
If you run this in the browser console after loading the page, the problem is laid out:
document.querySelectorAll('.swiper').forEach(el => {
if (el.swiper) {
console.log(el.swiper.params.autoplay);
}
});
With animation off:
{enabled: false, delay: 3000, waitForTransition: true, disableOnInteraction: true, stopOnLastSlide: false, …}
With animation on:
{enabled: true, delay: 5000, waitForTransition: true, disableOnInteraction: true, stopOnLastSlide: true, …}
In both cases, Elementor is set the same way: 5000.