How do you create a slideshow using jQuery?

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Aryan Kumar · Answer

To create a slideshow using jQuery, you can use a combination of CSS and JavaScript to create a carousel effect. Here's an example of how to create a simple slideshow using jQuery:
andlt;div class="slideshow">
 andlt;img src="image1.jpg" alt="Slide 1">
 andlt;img src="image2.jpg" alt="Slide 2">
 andlt;img src="image3.jpg" alt="Slide 3">
andlt;/div>
.slideshow {
 position: relative;
 height: 300px;
 overflow: hidden;
}
.slideshow img {
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 left: 0;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 opacity: 0;
 transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
}
.slideshow img.active {
 opacity: 1;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
 var $slides = $('.slideshow img');
 var currentSlide = 0;
 var slideInterval = setInterval(nextSlide, 2000);
 function nextSlide() {
   $slides.eq(currentSlide).removeClass('active');
   currentSlide = (currentSlide + 1) % $slides.length;
   $slides.eq(currentSlide).addClass('active');
 }
});
In this example, we create a container with the class slideshow and a set of
andlt;img> tags for each slide. We use CSS to position the images absolutely within the container and set their opacity to 0. We also define a
.active class to set the opacity of the active slide to 1.
In the JavaScript, we use jQuery to select the images and create a variable to track the current slide. We use the
setInterval() function to advance to the next slide every 2 seconds. In the
nextSlide() function, we remove the .active class from the current slide, calculate the index of the next slide using the modulo operator, and add the
.active class to the next slide.
You can customize this code to add navigation controls, captions, or other features to your slideshow.

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