simple-slideshow

Simple slideshow library. Uses CSS3 transformations for animation. Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE 10+.

No dependencies, written in VanillaJS.

See the demo.

Install

npm install simple-slideshow

Include the script and stylesheet in your web page:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/simple-slideshow/src/slideshow.css">
 
<script src="node_modules/simple-slideshow/src/slideshow.js"></script>

Usage

Create a list of images, and the title and alt texts will be used as captions. You can also wrap them in a link to make them clickable.

<ul class="slideshow">
  <li><a href="test1.html"><img src="test1.jpg" title="Test 1" alt="Description for image 1"></a></li>
  <li><a href="test2.html"><img src="test2.jpg" title="Test 2" alt="Description for image 2"></a></li>
  <li><a href="test3.html"><img src="test3.jpg" title="Test 3" alt="Description for image 3"></a></li>
</ul>

Initialize the slideshow:

const slideshow = new SlideShow('.slideshow', { timeout: 5000 });

The optional setting timeout defines how many miliseconds to wait between slides.

You can get a reference to the target element by the property slsh.element.

If used in an single-page app you can release all resources by calling slsh.destroy().

Styling

You should set a default size for the slideshow that matches your images. You can do this in CSS:

<style>
  .slideshow {
      width: 1024px;
      height: 768px;
  }
</style>