I would like to link the dots to the corresponding slide, but I have no idea how to do it with JavaScript.
The expected result: when the user click the dot, it will jump to the corresponding slide.
These code to create a slideshow is a tutorial from W3School, here.
Below is the code, please have a look and run it:
var slideIndex = 0;
showSlides();
function showSlides() {
var i;
var slides = document.getElementsByClassName("mySlides");
var dots = document.getElementsByClassName("dot");
for (i = 0; i < slides.length; i++) {
slides[i].style.display = "none";
}
slideIndex++;
if (slideIndex > slides.length) {slideIndex = 1}
for (i = 0; i < dots.length; i++) {
dots[i].className = dots[i].className.replace(" active", "");
}
slides[slideIndex-1].style.display = "block";
dots[slideIndex-1].className += " active";
setTimeout(showSlides, 2000);
}
.mySlides {
display: none;
background-color: green;
color: white;
width: 100%;
height: 20vh;
}
.slideshow-container {
max-width: 1000px;
position: relative;
margin: auto;
}
.dot {
height: 15px;
width: 15px;
margin: 0 2px;
background-color: #bbb;
border-radius: 50%;
display: inline-block;
transition: background-color 0.6s ease;
}
.active, .dot:hover {
background-color: #717171;
}
.fade {
-webkit-animation-name: fade;
-webkit-animation-duration: 1.5s;
animation-name: fade;
animation-duration: 1.5s;
}
@keyframes fade {
from {opacity: .4}
to {opacity: 1}
}
<div class="slideshow-container">
<div class="mySlides fade">
<div class="text">Caption Text</div>
</div>
<div class="mySlides fade">
<div class="text">Caption Two</div>
</div>
<div class="mySlides fade">
<div class="text">Caption Three</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align:center">
<span class="dot"></span>
<span class="dot"></span>
<span class="dot"></span>
</div>