Full-featured Slider/Carousel Plugin – Splide

Splide is a lightweight, responsive, accessible, mobile-friendly, full-featured slider/carousel plugin implemented in pure JavaScript and CSS/CSS3.

More features:

• Touch-enabled. Supports both touch swipe and mouse drag.
• Smooth slide & fade transitions based on CSS3.
• Image lazy loading.
• Supports nested sliders.
• Supports HTML video, YouTube or Vimeo videos.
• Allows multiple items on a slide.
• Autoplay.
• URL hash change.
• RTL mode.
• Horizontal and vertical directions.

Basic usage:

Install and import the Splide library.

# Core
$ npm install @splidejs/splide --save
# Video Extension
$ npm install @splidejs/splide-extension-video --save
# URL Hash Change Extension
$ npm install @splidejs/splide-extension-url-hash --save

// Core
import splide from '@splidejs/splide';
// Video Extension
import Video from '@splidejs/splide-extension-video';
// URL Hash Change Extension
import URLHash from '@splidejs/splide-extension-url-hash';

Alternatively, you can directly load the necessary JavaScript and CSS files in the document.

<!-- Core -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/css/splide.min.css">
<script src="dist/js/splide.min.js"></script>
<!-- Video Extension -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="splide-extension-video/dist/css/splide-extension-video.min.css">
<script src="splide-extension-video/dist/js/splide-extension-video.min.js"></script>
<!-- URL Hash Change Extension -->
<script src="splide-extension-url-hash/dist/js/splide-extension-url-hash.min.js"></script>

Insert any content as slides to the slider.

<div class="splide">
  <div class="splide__track">
    <ul class="splide__list">
      <li class="splide__slide">Slide 01</li>
      <li class="splide__slide">Slide 02</li>
      <li class="splide__slide">Slide 03</li>
      <li class="splide__slide">Slide 04</li>
      <li class="splide__slide">Slide 05</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="splide">
  <div class="splide__track">
    <ul class="splide__list">
      <li class="splide__slide">
        <div class="splide__slide__container">
          <img src="1.jpg">
        </div>
        Slide 1
      </li>
      <li class="splide__slide">
        <div class="splide__slide__container">
          <img src="2.jpg">
        </div>
        Slide 2
      </li>
      <li class="splide__slide">
        <div class="splide__slide__container">
          <img src="3.jpg">
        </div>
        Slide 3
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

You might need a progress bar on the Autoplay mode that indicates the time to wait before transitioning to the next slide.

<div class="splide__progress">
  <div class="splide__progress__bar">
  </div>
</div>

Invoke the slider plugin with default options. That’s it.

new Splide( '.splide' ).mount();

Create a video carousel using the Video extension.

<div class="splide">
  <div class="splide__track">
    <ul class="splide__list">
      <li class="splide__slide" data-splide-youtube="YOUTUBE VIDEO URL">
        <img src="cover.jpg">
      </li>
      <li class="splide__slide" data-splide-vimeo="VIMEO VIDEO URL">
        <img src="cover.jpg">
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

new Splide( '#splide', {
    video: {
      // options here
    },
}).mount(window.splide.Extensions);

Enable the URL hash change extension.

<div class="splide">
  <div class="splide__track">
    <ul class="splide__list">
      <li class="splide__slide" data-splide-hash="slide01"></li>
      <li class="splide__slide" data-splide-hash="slide02"></li>
      <li class="splide__slide" data-splide-hash="slide03"></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

new Splide( '#splide' ).mount(window.splide.Extensions);

All possible options to customize the slider.

new Splide( '.splide' , {
    /**
     * The type of the slider.
     * - 'slide': A slider with the slide transition
     * - 'loop' : A carousel slider
     * - 'fade' : A slider with the fade transition. This does not support the perPage option.
     */
    type?: string;
    /**
     * Determines whether to disable any actions while the slider is transitioning.
     * Even if `false`, the slider forcibly waits for transition on the loop points.
     */
    waitForTransition?: boolean;
    /**
     * If `true`, the width of slides are determined by their width.
     * The `perPage` and `perMove` options should be `1`.
     */
    autoWidth?: boolean;
    /**
     * If `true`, the height of slides are determined by their height.
     * The `perPage` and `perMove` options should be `1`.
     */
    autoHeight?: boolean;
    /**
     * The start index.
     */
    start?: number;
    /**
     * Changes the arrow SVG path, like 'm7.61 0.807-2.12...'.
     */
    arrowPath?: string;
    /**
     * Determines whether to activate autoplay or not.
     * If `paused`, it will not begin when the slider becomes active.
     * You need to provided play/pause buttons or manually start it by `Autoplay#play()`.
     */
    autoplay?: boolean | 'pause';
    /**
     * The autoplay interval in milliseconds.
     */
    interval?: number;
    /**
     * Determines whether to pause autoplay on mouseover.
     */
    pauseOnHover?: boolean;
    /**
     * Determines whether to pause autoplay when the slider contains the active element (focused element).
     * This should be `true` for accessibility.
     */
    pauseOnFocus?: boolean;
    /**
     * Determines whether to reset the autoplay progress when it is requested to start again.
     */
    resetProgress?: boolean;
    /**
     * Enables lazy loading.
     * Provide the `src` by the `data-splide-lazy` or the `srcset` by the `data-splide-lazy-srcset`.
     * You may also provide `src` for the placeholder, but the value must be different with the data.
     *
     * - `false`: Disables lazy loading
     * - `'nearby'`: Starts loading only images around the active slide (page)
     * - `'sequential'`: Loads images sequentially
     */
    lazyLoad?: boolean | 'nearby' | 'sequential';
    /**
     * Determine how many pages (not slides) around the active slide should be loaded beforehand.
     * This only works when the `lazyLoad` option is `'nearby'`.
     */
    preloadPages?: number;
    /**
     * Determines whether to enable keyboard shortcuts or not.
     * - `true` or `'global'`: Listens to the `keydown` event of the document.
     * - 'focused': Listens to the `keydown` event of the slider root element with adding `tabindex="0"` to it.
     * - `false`: Disables keyboard shortcuts.
     */
    keyboard?: boolean | string;
    /**
     * Enables navigation by the mouse wheel.
     * The `waitForTransition` option should be `true`.
     */
    wheel?: boolean;
    /**
     * Determines whether to release the wheel event when the slider reaches the first or last slide
     */
    releaseWheel?: boolean;
    /**
     * The direction of the slider.
     * - 'ltr': Left to right
     * - 'rtl': Right to left
     * - 'ttb': Top to bottom
     */
    direction?: 'ltr' | 'rtl' | 'ttb';
    /**
     * Converts the image `src` to the css `background-image` URL of the parent element.
     * This requires `fixedHeight` or `heightRatio` option.
     */
    cover?: boolean;
    /**
     * Determines whether to add `tabindex="0"` to visible slides or not.
     */
    slideFocus?: boolean;
    /**
     * If `true`, the slider makes slides clickable to navigate another slider.
     * Use `Splide#sync()` to sync multiple sliders.
     */
    isNavigation?: boolean;
    /**
     * Determines whether to trim spaces before/after the slider if the `focus` option is available.
     * - `true`: Trims spaces. The slider may stay on the same location even when requested to move.
     * - `'move'`: Trims spaces and focuses to move the slider when requested.
     */
    trimSpace?: boolean | 'move';
    /**
     * Updates the `is-active` status of slides just before moving the slider.
     */
    updateOnMove?: boolean;
    /**
     * If `true` and the `focus` option is available:
     * - Disables the next arrow when a carousel reaches the last page even if the active slide is not the last slide.
     * - Omits redundant pagination dots which just change the active slide and do not move a carousel.
     */
    omitEnd?: boolean;
    /**
     * If `min`, the media query for breakpoints will be `min-width`, or otherwise, `max-width`.
     */
    mediaQuery?: 'min' | 'max';
    /**
     * The selector to get focusable elements
     * where `tabindex="-1"` will be assigned when their ascendant slide is hidden.
     */
    focusableNodes?: string,
    /**
     * Determines whether to use the Transition component or not.
     */
    useScroll?: boolean;
    /**
     * Options for specific breakpoints.
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * {
     *   1000: {
     *     perPage: 3,
     *     gap    : 20
     *   },
     *   600: {
     *     perPage: 1,
     *     gap    : 5,
     *   },
     * }
     * ```
     */
    breakpoints?: Record,
    /**
     * The collection of class names.
     */
    classes?: Record<string, string>;
    /**
     * The collection of i18n strings.
     */
    i18n?: Record<string, string>;
    }
    /**
    * The interface for options that can correspond with breakpoints.
    *
    * @since 3.0.0
    */
    export interface ResponsiveOptions {
    /**
     * Accepts arbitrary properties for extensions, although it's not ideal typing.
     */
    [ key: string ]: any;
    /**
     * Determines whether to rewind the slider or not.
     */
    rewind?: boolean;
    /**
     * The transition speed in milliseconds.
     */
    speed?: number;
    /**
     * The transition speed on rewind in milliseconds.
     */
    rewindSpeed?: number;
    /**
     * Defines the slider max width, accepting the CSS format such as 10em, 80vw.
     */
    width?: number | string;
    /**
     * Defines the slider height, accepting the CSS format.
     */
    height?: number | string;
    /**
     * Fixes width of slides, accepting the CSS format.
     * The slider will ignore the `perPage` option if you provide this value.
     */
    fixedWidth?: number | string;
    /**
     * Fixes height of slides, accepting the CSS format.
     * The slider will ignore the `heightRatio` option if you provide this value.
     */
    fixedHeight?: number | string;
    /**
     * Determines height of slides by the ratio to the slider width.
     * For example, when the slider width is `1000` and the ratio is `0.5`, the height will be `500`.
     */
    heightRatio?: number;
    /**
     * Determines the number of slides to display in a page.
     */
    perPage?: number;
    /**
     * Determines the number of slides to move at once.
     */
    perMove?: number;
    /**
     * Determine the number of clones on each side of the slider.
     * In most cases, you don't need to provide this value.
     */
    clones?: number;
    /**
     * Determines which slide should be active if there are multiple slides in a page.
     * Numbers and `'center'` are acceptable.
     */
    focus?: number | 'center';
    /**
     * The gap between slides. The CSS format is acceptable, such as `1em`.
     */
    gap?: number | string;
    /**
     * Sets padding left/right or top/bottom of the slider.
     * The CSS format is acceptable, such as `1em`.
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * // By number
     * padding: 10,
     *
     * // By the CSS format
     * padding: '1rem',
     *
     * // Specifies each value for a horizontal slider
     * padding: { left: 10, right: 20 },
     * padding: { left: '1rem', right: '2rem' },
     *
     * // Specified each value for a vertical slider
     * padding: { top: 10, bottom: 20 },
     * ```
     */
    padding?:
      | number
      | string
      | { left?: number | string, right?: number | string }
      | { top?: number | string, bottom?: number | string };
    /**
     * Determines whether to create/find arrows or not.
     */
    arrows?: boolean | 'slider';
    /**
     * Determines whether to create pagination (indicator dots) or not.
     */
    pagination?: boolean | 'slider';
    /**
     * The timing function for the CSS transition. For example, `linear`, ease or `cubic-bezier()`.
     */
    easing?: string;
    /**
     * The easing function for the drag free mode.
     * The default function is the `easeOutQuart` interpolation.
     */
    easingFunc?: ( t: number ) => number;
    /**
     * Determines whether to allow to drag the slider or not.
     * If `free`, the slider does not snap to a slide after drag.
     */
    drag?: boolean | 'free';
    /**
     * The selector for nodes that cannot be dragged
     */
    noDrag?: selector;
    /**
     * The required distance to start moving the slider by the touch action.
     * If you want to define the threshold for the mouse, provide an object.
     */
    dragMinThreshold?: number | { mouse: number, touch: number };
    /**
     * Determine the power of "flick". The larger number this is, the farther the slider runs.
     * Around 500 is recommended.
     */
    flickPower?: number;
    /**
     * Limies the number of pages to move by "flick".
     */
    flickMaxPages?: number;
    /**
     * Destroys the slider.
     */
    destroy?: boolean | 'completely';
}).mount();

Possible options for the video extension.

new Splide( '.splide' , {
    video: {
      /**
       * Whether to play the video automatically.
       *
       * @type {boolean}
       */
      autoplay: false,
      /**
       * Hide the video control UI.
       *
       * @type {boolean}
       */
      hideControls: false,
      /**
       * Hide full screen button.
       * Only for YouTube.
       *
       * @type {boolean}
       */
      disableFullScreen: false,
      /**
       * Loop the video.
       *
       * @type {boolean}
       */
      loop: false,
      /**
       * Mute the video.
       *
       * @type {boolean}
       */
      mute: false,
      /**
       * Default volume(0.0-1.0).
       *
       * @type {number}
       */
      volume: 0.2
  }
})

You can also pass the options via HTML data attributes as follows:

<div class="splide" data-splide="{OPTIONS HERE}">
</div>

Event listeners.

instance.on( 'mounted', function () {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'updated', function (OPTIONS) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'move', function (newIndex, oldIndex, destIndex) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'moved', function (newIndex, oldIndex, destIndex) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'drag', function (info) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'dragged', function (info) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'visible', function (slideObject) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'hidden', function (slideObject) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'active', function (slideObject) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'inactive', function (slideObject) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'click', function (slideObject) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'arrows:mounted', function (prev, next) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'arrows:updated', function (prev, next, prevIndex, nextIndex) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'pagination:mounted', function (data, activeItem:) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'pagination:updated', function (data, prevItem, nextItem) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'navigation:mounted', function (Splide) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'autoplay:play', function () {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'autoplay:pause', function () {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'autoplay:playing', function () {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'lazyload:loaded', function () {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'video:play', function (player) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'video:paused', function (player) {
  // do something
});
instance.on( 'video:ended', function (player) {
  // do something
});

Properties.

// root element
splide.root
// zero-based active index
splide.index
// options
splide.options
// the number of slides
splide.length
// a collection of CSS classes
splide.classes
// i18n
splide.i18n
// an object containing all components
splide.Components
// set/get state
// CREATED = 1: Splide instance has just been created.
// MOUNTED = 2: All components have been mounted.
// IDLE = 3: Idling.
// MOVING = 4: The slider is moving.
splide.State.is( 4 )
splide.State.set( 2 )

API methods.

// go to a specific slide
// {number}: Go to slide specified by {number}.
// '+','+{number}': Increase active slide index.
// '-','-{number}': Decrease active slide index.
// '>','>{number}': Go to next page or the page specified by {number}. For example, '>2' moves a slider to page 2.
// '<','<{number}': Go to previous page or the page specified by {number}.
splide.go(0);
// check the slider type
// SLIDE = 'slide'
// LOOP = 'loop'
// FADE = 'fade'
splide.is( 'loop' );
// register a Splide instance for sync
// must be called before mount().
splide.sync( splide );
// add a new slide
splide.add( slide, index );
// remove a slide
splide.remove( index );
// refresh the slider
splide.refresh();
// destroy the slider
splide.destroy();

Changelog:

v4.1.3 (09/22/2022)

• Make Splide work with elements that come from other realms, such as an iframe

v4.1.2 (09/22/2022)

• Fix typing for general components since they do not always exis

v4.1.1 (09/20/2022)

• Check whether the total width of slides is enough wide for a carousel. When detecting the status change, toggle the new is-overflow class on the root element and emits the overflow event. This also allows you to center contents when there are not enough slides. Visit this page for more details.
• Add the omitEnd option that omits some pagination dots that do not move a carousel but just change the active slide. Also, it disables the next arrow when a carousel reaches the last page. Visit this page for more details.
• Use the height of the tallest slide in the fade type for consistency with other types
• Bugfixes

v4.0.14 (09/04/2022)

• Bugfixes

v4.0.13 (09/03/2022)

• Bugfixes

v4.0.7 (06/11/2022)

• Bugfixes

v4.0.3 (05/26/2022)

• Bugfixes

v4.0.2 (05/14/2022)

• Bugfixes

v4.0.1 (04/07/2022)

• Performance optimization. Keep user options after breakpoints hit.

v4.0.0 (04/05/2022)

• Add the “svelte” field. Export some constants.

v3.6.14 (02/23/2022)

• Refactoring the Drag component with changedTouches. Disable `touch-callout` by default if the drag is enabled.

v3.6.13 (02/22/2022)

• Bug Fix: Need to hide custom arrows on initialization if available

v3.6.12 (01/27/2022)

• Bugfix

v3.6.9 (12/04/2021)

• Bugfix

v3.6.8 (12/01/2021)

• Adjust loading spinner and focus styles.

v3.6.4 (11/23/2021)

• Performance optimization.

v3.6.1(11/22/2021)

• Add the disable method to the Keyboard component
• Bug Fix

v3.5.8 (11/18/2021)

• Some bug fixes related with the “drag free” mode.

v3.5.4 (11/18/2021)

• Add the is-active class to clones.

v3.5.0 (11/16/2021)

• Add data-splide-interval to override the autoplay interval for the specific slide.

v3.4.2 (11/16/2021)

• Add the releaseWheel option that releases the wheel event when the slider reaches the first or last slide so that the user can keep scrolling the page.

v3.3.0 (11/11/2021)

• Revise the sync process
• Delete the force “waiting” point
• Bug Fix

v3.2.6 (11/06/2021)

• Bugfix: Failed to sync indices in the loop mode when using arrow keys

v3.2.5 (11/05/2021)

• Bugfix: The target slide index is incorrect in the loop mode when going back from the page that does not have enough slides

v3.2.2 (11/03/2021)

• Fix the padding bug
• Add the noDrag option

v3.1.2 (10/09/2021)

• Bug Fix: Should not remove predefined inline styles of slides.

v3.1.1 (10/07/2021)

• The dragMinThreshold option accepts an object to define the value for mouse drag.

v3.0.8 (10/07/2021)

• Bug Fix: addEventListenerOptions should be same among all drag handlers.

v3.0.7 (10/07/2021)

• Bugfix and improve performance

v3.0.2 (10/06/2021)

• Rewrite all scripts by TypeScript
• Reduce the code size (29KB → 26KB), keeping all features of the v2
• Add 300+ test cases to make the library more stable
• Implement the free drag mode
• Implement the simple mouse wheel navigation for a vertical slider
• Support sync with multiple sliders
• Support the min-width media query for breakpoints
• Handle passive event listeners where Lighthouse complains
• Solve the window reference error for SSR
• Assign is-prev to a previous slide and is-next to a next one

v2.4.24 (08/13/2021)

• Bug Fix

v2.4.21 (12/01/2020)

• Bug Fix

v2.4.20 (11/22/2020)

• Fixed: The last image missed is-visible class on zoom

v2.4.19 (11/21/2020)

• Fixed: is-visible class was sometimes not updated correctly

v2.4.18 (11/20/2020)

• Fixed: Autoplay progress was not reset when arrows were click
• Fixed: add() and remove() didn’t work correctly in loop mode

v2.4.15/16 (11/19/2020)

• Fixed: Minute drag prevents other child event listeners from firing

v2.4.14 (11/17/2020)

• Update dependencies.

v2.4.13 (08/30/2020)

• Bug Fix: Prevent click while dragging the slider in fade mode

v2.4.12 (08/24/2020)

• Fixed: Autoplay was not properly resumed on blur.

v2.4.11 (08/17/2020)

• Fixed: The track position was wrong in RTL mode.
• Fixed the invalid CSS property name.

v2.4.10 (07/30/2020)

• Fixed: Relative units(em, rem, etc) for the fixedWidth/fixedHeight option didn’t work.

v2.4.8 (07/26/2020)

• Bug Fix: mount() was called twice when destroy() and mount() were called manually, because of the breakpoint component.

v2.4.8 (07/17/2020)

• The Lazyload component accepts a srcset attribute

v2.4.6 (07/14/2020)

• Fixed Padding became undefined when the Splide instance was converted to JSON by JSON.stringify.
• Fixed Padding and gap were not updated correctly on resize if they were described by % or vw.

v2.4.4 (06/23/2020)

• Bugfix: Drag/swipe didn’t work correctly.
• Bugfix: Transition animation was skipped only in the first page of a RTL slider.

v2.4.3 (06/21/2020)

• Can select the target of the keyboard event from the document or the root element.
• Can remove tab indices from slides by slideFocus option.
• Can determine whether to prevent any actions while transitioning or not by the waitForTransition option.
• Change the way of the Layout calculation.
• Merge the horizontal and vertical sub components into the Track component.

v2.4.1 (06/20/2020)

• Optimization. Remove horizontal and vertical directions of the Track component.

v2.4.0 (06/17/2020)

• Support drag for the fade type.

v2.3.8 (06/05/2020)

• The number of clones can be determined by options.
• Fixed: Loop didn’t work well when fixedWidth is provided and number of slides is not enough to fill the view port.

v2.3.6 (05/31/2020)

• Fixed: invalid realIndex was assigned to a slide when the length of slides were less than perPage.
• Emit click event when a slide is clicked.
• All components will be evaluated again when the Splide is remounted.

v2.3.5 (05/29/2020)

• Bug Fix: Invalid realIndex was assigned to a slide when the length of slides were less than perPage.

v2.3.2 (05/28/2020)

• Bug Fix: perMove didn’t work properly with autoplay

v2.3.1 (05/21/2020)

• Bug Fix: The “is-active” class was not inserted the active slide when the updateOnMove option was true

v2.2.7 (05/17/2020)

• Breakpoints support “drag” and “pagination”.
• Throttle duration for the resize event can be changed through options.

v2.2.7 (05/05/2020)

• Bug Fix: Slide width was wrong when the window scrollbar was made hidden by the Layout component.

v2.2.6 (05/04/2020)

• Resolve a conflict with prototype.js.

v2.2.5 (04/30/2020)

• Support a hierarchical selector for initialization: new Splide(".container .splide-container .splide");
• Fixed an error occurred when “destroy” was true and “arrows” was false.

v2.2.4 (04/15/2020)

• You can config the Thresholds for drag angle and swipe distance
• Remove the difference between splide.js and splide.min.js

v2.2.3 (03/25/2020)

• Added type="button" attribute to buttons of pagination and arrows

v2.2.1 (02/16/2020)

• Bug Fix: Window location was changed only in Safari when arrows or thumbnails were clicked

v2.2.0 (02/14/2020)

• Add some themes to change slider appearance.

v2.1.0 (02/13/2020)

• Bug Fix: Hide broken image icons.

v2.0.1 (02/07/2020)

• Auto Width is implemented. Each slide can have its own width.
• Breakpoints accept ‘destroy’ option.
• Merge Slides component to Elements.

v1.4.1 (02/01/2020)

• Splide can be destroyed.
• Add/remove slides dynamically by API.

v1.3.4 (01/12/2020)

• Expose state constants to access them from other scripts.

v1.3.3 (01/09/2020)

• Fixed: perMove was not updated according to the breakpoints option.

v1.3.2 (01/08/2020)

• Fixed version number
• Updated package.

v1.3.1 (12/20/2019)

• Add the updateOnMove option which changes the update timing of adding is-active/is-visible classes.

v1.2.7 (11/28/2019)

• Bug Fix: Arrows were not shown in fade mode because of z-index.

v1.2.5 (11/25/2019)

• Prevent propagation of click events during drag/swipe, even if listeners are added by script.
• Disable dragging anchors.

v1.2.4 (11/24/2019)

• Prevent dragging an image itself inside a slide.
• Add Links component that prevents clicking links(anchors) while a slide is dragged/swiped.

v1.2.3 (11/24/2019)

• Fix wrong comments(data-splide-src -> data-splide-lazy).