Create a simple slider with CSS only!!

We often use different js/Jquery plugin for slider in our web template. But we can create simple image/text slider without using any js/jquery plugin. So let’s make it happen.

Step 1: First of all we need to add some HTML markup for our slider.

<div class="slider-container">
    <div class="slider">
        <div class="slides">
            <div id="slides__1" class="slide">
                <span class="slide__text">Slider Text/image Goes Here</span>
                <a class="slide__prev" href="#slides__4" title="Next"></a>
                <a class="slide__next" href="#slides__2" title="Next"></a>
            </div>
            <div id="slides__2" class="slide">
                <span class="slide__text"> Slider Text/image Goes Here </span>
                <a class="slide__prev" href="#slides__1" title="Prev"></a>
                <a class="slide__next" href="#slides__3" title="Next"></a>
            </div>
            <div id="slides__3" class="slide">
                <span class="slide__text"> Slider Text/image Goes Here </span>
                <a class="slide__prev" href="#slides__2" title="Prev"></a>
                <a class="slide__next" href="#slides__4" title="Next"></a>
            </div>
            <div id="slides__4" class="slide">
                <span class="slide__text"> Slider Text/image Goes Here </span>
                <a class="slide__prev" href="#slides__3" title="Prev"></a>
                <a class="slide__next" href="#slides__1" title="Prev"></a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="slider__nav">
            <a class="slider__navlink" href="#slides__1"></a>
            <a class="slider__navlink" href="#slides__2"></a>
            <a class="slider__navlink" href="#slides__3"></a>
            <a class="slider__navlink" href="#slides__4"></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Note: Here each <div> with class name “slide” is a slider item. You can place image or text inside this div for slider animation. And <div> with class name “slide__prev” &  slide__next” are previous & Next button to control slider.

Step 2: Now it’s time to add some CSS magic to implement our slider. Add the following CSS code to your css file and see the magic.

html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0px;
}

.slider-container {
    background: linear-gradient(149deg, rgb(247, 0, 255) 0%, rgb(255, 145, 0) 100%);
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    height: 100%;
}

.slider {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 600px;
    height: 400px;
    margin: 20px;
    text-align: center;
    border-radius: 20px;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}

.slides {
    display: flex;
    overflow-x: scroll;
    position: relative;
    scroll-behavior: smooth;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
}

.slide:nth-of-type(even) {
    background-color: rgb(250, 246, 212);
}

.slide {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    flex-shrink: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 400px;
    scroll-snap-align: center;
    margin-right: 0px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background: white;
    transform-origin: center center;
    transform: scale(1);
}

.slide__text {
    font-size: 40px;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-family: sans-serif;
}

.slide a {
    background: none;
    border: none;
}

a.slide__prev,
.slider::before {
    transform: rotate(135deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotate(135deg);
    left: 5%;
}

a.slide__next,
.slider::after {
    transform: rotate(-45deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
    right: 5%;
}

.slider::before,
.slider::after,
.slide__prev,
.slide__next {
    position: absolute;
    top: 48%;
    width: 35px;
    height: 35px;
    border: solid black;
    border-width: 0 4px 4px 0;
    padding: 3px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.slider::before,
.slider::after {
    content: "";
    z-index: 1;
    background: none;
    pointer-events: none;
}

.slider__nav {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 5%;
    left: 50%;
    width: 200px;
    margin-left: -100px;
    text-align: center;
}

.slider__navlink {
    display: inline-block;
    height: 15px;
    width: 15px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background-color: black;
    margin: 0 10px 0 10px;
}

Now save your code and refresh your browser to see the result.
Happy Coding!!!