Pure Html / CSS Responsive Carousel – Cari

Cari is a pure HTML / CSS solution to make a responsive content carousel slider without the need of any JavaScript.

How to use it:

Build the mark structure to create a container carousel with next / prev navigation.

<div class="carousel-wrapper">
  <span id="target-item-1"></span>
  <span id="target-item-2"></span>
  <span id="target-item-3"></span>
  <div class="carousel-item item-1">
    <h2>Item 1</h2>
    <p>Content goes here.</p>
    <a class="arrow arrow-prev" href="#target-item-3"></a>
    <a class="arrow arrow-next" href="#target-item-2"></a>
  </div>
  <div class="carousel-item item-2 light">
    <h2>Item 2</h2>
    <p>Content goes here.</p>
    <a class="arrow arrow-prev" href="#target-item-1"></a>
    <a class="arrow arrow-next" href="#target-item-3"></a>
  </div>
  <div class="carousel-item item-3">
    <h2>Item 3</h2>
    <p>Content goes here.</p>
    <a class="arrow arrow-prev" href="#target-item-2"></a>
    <a class="arrow arrow-next" href="#target-item-1"></a>
  </div>
</div>

The core CSS styles to enable the carousel.

.carousel-wrapper { position: relative; }
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  padding: 25px 50px;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
}
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item .arrow {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  display: block;
  width: 50px;
  height: 100%;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
  background: url("../arrow.png") 50% 50%/20px no-repeat;
}
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item .arrow.arrow-prev { left: 0; }
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item .arrow.arrow-next {
  right: 0;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
  transform: rotate(180deg);
}
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item.light { color: white; }
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item.light .arrow { background: url("../arrow.png") 50% 50%/20px no-repeat; }
.carousel-wrapper [id^="target-item"] { display: none; }
.carousel-wrapper .item-1 {
  z-index: 2;
  opacity: 1;
  background-color: #009CE0;
}
.carousel-wrapper .item-2 { background-color: #0277BD; }
.carousel-wrapper .item-3 {
  background: url("../blurry.jpg") no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
}
.carousel-wrapper *:target ~ .item-1 { opacity: 0; }
.carousel-wrapper #target-item-1:target ~ .item-1 { opacity: 1; }
.carousel-wrapper #target-item-2:target ~ .item-2,
.carousel-wrapper #target-item-3:target ~ .item-3 {
  z-index: 3;
  opacity: 1;
}

Make the carousel responsive using CSS3 media queries.

@media (max-width: 480px) {
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item .arrow,
.carousel-wrapper .carousel-item.light .arrow {
  background-size: 10px;
  background-position: 10px 50%;
}
}