CSS vs JS: 2- How to do Carousel using only CSS?

CSS vs JS: 2- How to do Carousel using only CSS?

The CSS carousel full tutorial

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Still, on our web dev journey doing things differently, we jump into the carousel made using only CSS and HTML5. Today we'll work on a full tutorial for the full implementation of this carousel. #JavaScript Sucks!

Introduction

The carousel is a tournament or exhibition in which horsemen execute evolutions.

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Coming up to CSS carousel is a different case but yet still the repeated circular motion of the content remains the main objective.

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Feeling excited and curious about? Stay calm, everything is under control I promise. I will divide this into different parts.

The implementation

Our implementation begins with the structure of our HTML file. Let's break it down. We'll use the unordered list(two of course) and two anchor tags we'll use to switch between these content.

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The HTML file full code

<section class="carousel" aria-label="Gallery">
  <ol class="carousel__viewport">
    <li id="carousel__slide1"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper">
        <a href="#carousel__slide4"
           class="carousel__prev">Go to last slide</a>
        <a href="#carousel__slide2"
           class="carousel__next">Go to next slide</a>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li id="carousel__slide2"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper"></div>
      <a href="#carousel__slide1"
         class="carousel__prev">Go to previous slide</a>
      <a href="#carousel__slide3"
         class="carousel__next">Go to next slide</a>
    </li>
    <li id="carousel__slide3"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper"></div>
      <a href="#carousel__slide2"
         class="carousel__prev">Go to previous slide</a>
      <a href="#carousel__slide4"
         class="carousel__next">Go to next slide</a>
    </li>
    <li id="carousel__slide4"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper"></div>
      <a href="#carousel__slide3"
         class="carousel__prev">Go to previous slide</a>
      <a href="#carousel__slide1"
         class="carousel__next">Go to first slide</a>
    </li>
  </ol>
  <aside class="carousel__navigation">
    <ol class="carousel__navigation-list">
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide1"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 1</a>
      </li>
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide2"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 2</a>
      </li>
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide3"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 3</a>
      </li>
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide4"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 4</a>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </aside>
</section>

Adding the styles to it.

@keyframes tonext {
    75% {
      left: 0;
    }
    95% {
      left: 100%;
    }
    98% {
      left: 100%;
    }
    99% {
      left: 0;
    }
  }

  @keyframes tostart {
    75% {
      left: 0;
    }
    95% {
      left: -300%;
    }
    98% {
      left: -300%;
    }
    99% {
      left: 0;
    }
  }

  @keyframes snap {
    96% {
      scroll-snap-align: center;
    }
    97% {
      scroll-snap-align: none;
    }
    99% {
      scroll-snap-align: none;
    }
    100% {
      scroll-snap-align: center;
    }
  }

  body {
    max-width: 37.5rem;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 1.25rem;
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  }

  * {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    scrollbar-color: transparent transparent; /* thumb and track color */
    scrollbar-width: 0px;
  }

  *::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 0;
  }

  *::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background: transparent;
  }

  *::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background: transparent;
    border: none;
  }

  * {
    -ms-overflow-style: none;
  }

  ol, li {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
  }

  .carousel {
    position: relative;
    padding-top: 75%;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 10px #0003);
    perspective: 100px;
  }

  .carousel__viewport {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    display: flex;
    overflow-x: scroll;
    counter-reset: item;
    scroll-behavior: smooth;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
  }

  .carousel__slide {
    position: relative;
    flex: 0 0 100%;
    width: 100%;
    background-color: #f99;
    counter-increment: item;
  }

  .carousel__slide:nth-child(even) {
    background-color: #99f;
  }

  .carousel__slide:before {
    content: counter(item);
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate3d(-50%,-40%,70px);
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 2em;
  }

  .carousel__snapper {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    scroll-snap-align: center;
  }

  @media (hover: hover) {
    .carousel__snapper {
      animation-name: tonext, snap;
      animation-timing-function: ease;
      animation-duration: 4s;
      animation-iteration-count: infinite;
    }

    .carousel__slide:last-child .carousel__snapper {
      animation-name: tostart, snap;
    }
  }

  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .carousel__snapper {
      animation-name: none;
    }
  }

  .carousel:hover .carousel__snapper,
  .carousel:focus-within .carousel__snapper {
    animation-name: none;
  }

  .carousel__navigation {
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .carousel__navigation-list,
  .carousel__navigation-item {
    display: inline-block;
  }

  .carousel__navigation-button {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 1.5rem;
    height: 1.5rem;
    background-color: #333;
    background-clip: content-box;
    border: 0.25rem solid transparent;
    border-radius: 50%;
    font-size: 0;
    transition: transform 0.1s;
  }

  .carousel::before,
  .carousel::after,
  .carousel__prev,
  .carousel__next {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    margin-top: 37.5%;
    width: 4rem;
    height: 4rem;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    border-radius: 50%;
    font-size: 0;
    outline: 0;
  }

  .carousel::before,
  .carousel__prev {
    left: -1rem;
  }

  .carousel::after,
  .carousel__next {
    right: -1rem;
  }

  .carousel::before,
  .carousel::after {
    content: '';
    z-index: 1;
    background-color: #333;
    background-size: 1.5rem 1.5rem;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 2.5rem;
    line-height: 4rem;
    text-align: center;
    pointer-events: none;
  }

  .carousel::before {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg viewBox='0 0 100 100' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpolygon points='0,50 80,100 80,0' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  }

  .carousel::after {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg viewBox='0 0 100 100' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpolygon points='100,50 20,100 20,0' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  }

More:

The project repository is on Github here ๐Ÿ˜Š

Conclusion:

Running away from javascript is never an option for a web developer. Take the journey serious more to come up. Thanks for your support โ™ฅ

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