CSS Carousels With Zero JavaScript: 5 Patterns
The article discusses five CSS carousel patterns that eliminate the need for JavaScript. By utilizing features like scroll-snap and pseudo-elements, the author demonstrates how to create accessible and efficient carousels. This approach significantly reduces the code size and improves usability compared to traditional JavaScript-based solutions.
- ▪The author replaced a 14KB JavaScript carousel with approximately 40 lines of CSS.
- ▪CSS features like scroll-snap and pseudo-elements allow for the creation of accessible carousels without JavaScript.
- ▪The new patterns include dot navigation and previous/next buttons that are automatically generated by the browser.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3848289) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } RAXXO Studios Posted on May 27 • Originally published at raxxo.shop CSS Carousels With Zero JavaScript: 5 Patterns #ai #productivity #claudecode #automation A scroll-snap track plus the new pseudo-elements replaced a 14KB carousel dependency in my UI. scroll-marker-group and ::scroll-marker render the dot navigation with no script and free keyboard support. ::scroll-button() draws working previous and next buttons that disable themselves at each end.
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