Hero Carousel

A simple hero carousel I made for myself to re-use parts of and customise for client sites. Has keyboard navigation support and basic swipe handling. Pretty customisable through the HTML markup and CSS. My base setup is noted below.

Change things up however you like, suggestions/contributions welcome.

Demo

https://hero-carousel.netlify.app/

Installation

1. npm install hero-carousel

Usage

Javascript

import Carousel from "hero-carousel";

new Carousel(document.querySelector(".carousel"), 5000);

HTML

<div class="carousel">
  <div class="carousel__slides" tabindex="0">
    <div class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__slide-content">
        <h2 class="carousel__slide-title">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</h2>
        <p class="carousel__slide-description">
          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec odio.
          Quisque volutpat mattis eros. Nullam malesuada erat ut turpis.
          Suspendisse urna nibh, viverra non, semper suscipit, posuere a, pede.
        </p>
        <a href="#0" class="carousel__slide-button">Find out more</a>
      </div>
      <img
        src="https://picsum.photos/1400/900"
        class="carousel__slide-image"
        alt="Image"
      />
    </div>
    <div class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__slide-content">
        <h2 class="carousel__slide-title">
          Donec odio. Quisque volutpat mattis eros.
        </h2>
        <p class="carousel__slide-description">
          Donec nec justo eget felis facilisis fermentum. Aliquam porttitor
          mauris sit amet orci. Aenean dignissim pellentesque felis.
        </p>
        <a href="#0" class="carousel__slide-button">Find out more</a>
      </div>
      <img
        src="https://picsum.photos/1400/900"
        class="carousel__slide-image"
        alt="Image"
      />
    </div>
    <div class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__slide-content">
        <h2 class="carousel__slide-title">
          Nullam malesuada erat ut turpis.
        </h2>
        <p class="carousel__slide-description">
          Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas
          auguae, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam
          dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus.
        </p>
        <a href="#0" class="carousel__slide-button">Find out more</a>
      </div>
      <img
        src="https://picsum.photos/1400/900"
        class="carousel__slide-image"
        alt="Image"
      />
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="carousel__controls"></div>
</div>

CSS

.carousel {
  min-height: 100vh;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  position: relative;
  background: #000;
}

.carousel__slide {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  background: #000;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.carousel__slide--current {
  opacity: 1;
  pointer-events: all;
}

.carousel__slide-image {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  opacity: 0.5;
}

.carousel__slide-content {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

.carousel__slide-title {
  font-size: 48px;
  line-height: 1.1;
  max-width: 1000px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.carousel__slide-description {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 1.5rem auto 0;
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.carousel__slide-button {
  background: none;
  color: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding: 1rem 2rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  max-width: 210px;
  margin: 2rem auto 0;
  transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

.carousel__slide-button:hover {
  background: #fff;
  color: #000;
}

.carousel__controls {
  display: flex;
  position: relative;
  margin-top: auto;
  margin-bottom: 3rem;
  z-index: 5;
}

.carousel__control {
  opacity: 0.3;
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  border: none;
  margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.carousel__control:last-child {
  margin-right: 0;
}

.carousel__control--current {
  opacity: 1;
}

.carousel__control:hover {
  opacity: 1;
  cursor: pointer;
}