Demo 1 - Sliding by adding padding (transitions)

For more information on these, check this updated post: cross browser implementation.

Plan

1. Create a container with overflow set to hidden.
2. Inside that container, create another container with width equal to the width of all the images added together.
3. Inside that, float the images left with no padding or margin.
4. When clicking a control, change the left position of the second container to show the required image.

Demo

Image 1Image 2Image 3Image 4

Code

Firstly, the mark up:

<div id="slide1_container">
	<div id="slide1_images">
		<img src="/images/Cirques.jpg" />
		<img src="/images/Clown%20Fish.jpg" />
		<img src="/images/Stones.jpg" />
		<img src="/images/Summit.jpg" />		
	</div>
</div>
<p id="slide1_controls">
	<span id="slide1-1">Image 1</span>
	<span id="slide1-2">Image 2</span>
	<span id="slide1-3">Image 3</span>
	<span id="slide1-4">Image 4</span>
</p>	

The CSS:

#slide1_controls span {
	padding-right:2em;
	cursor:pointer;
}
#slide1_container {
	width:450px;
	height:281px;
	overflow:hidden;
	position:relative;
}
#slide1_images {
	position:absolute;
	left:0px;
	width:1800px;
	-webkit-transition:all 1.0s ease-in-out;
	-moz-transition:all 1.0s ease-in-out;
	-o-transition:all 1.0s ease-in-out;
	-ms-transition:all 1.0s ease-in-out;	
	transition:all 1.0s ease-in-out;
}
#slide1_images img {
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	float:left;
}

Again, I'm using javascript to bind events to the clickable controls. This time I'm adding the number of pixels to slide into the js, though I could have defined classes for this.

$(document).ready(function() {
	$("#slide1-1").click(function() {
		$("#slide1_images").css("left","0");
	});
	$("#slide1-2").click(function() {
		$("#slide1_images").css("left","-450px");
	});
	$("#slide1-3").click(function() {
		$("#slide1_images").css("left","-900px");
	});
	$("#slide1-4").click(function() {
		$("#slide1_images").css("left","-1350px");
	});
});

This code could be abstracted and improved, but we are looking to keep it simple here.

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Contents

1. How to use transitions
2. How to use transforms
3. How to use animations
4. Cross fading images
1. On hover
2. On button press
3. With timer
4. More than just fades
5. Animating the background-image property
5. Sliding content
1. Sliding by transitions
2. Sliding by transitions + translations
6. 3D Flipping content
7. Animated Accordions
8. Notes on browser support
9. How will it look in legacy browsers?
10. Further Reading