As a beginner in the world of jQuery, I am eager to create a slider for my website. My goal is to design a slideshow that can loop infinitely with simplicity. Should I manually count the number of <li> elements or images, calculate their width, and then append the first one to the end? Or is there a more efficient method using a cloning function? Below is the current code I have implemented. It successfully transitions through the images, but the loop is not seamless. I anticipate that additional jQuery modifications will be required.
The CSS
*{margin:0;padding:0;}
#wrap{
margin:50px auto;
position: relative;
width:400px;
height:400px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul{ width:1600px;
position:absolute;
left:0px;}
li{float:left;}
The HTML
<div id="wrap">
<span class="prev">PREV</span>
<span class="next">NEXT</span>
<ul>
<li><img src="1.jpg" alt="image1"></li>
<li><img src="2.jpg" alt="image2"></li>
<li><img src="3.jpg" alt="image3"></li>
<li><img src="4.jpg" alt="image4"></li>
</ul>
</div>
The jQuery
$('.next').on('click', function () {$('ul').animate({left: '-=400'})});
$('.prev').on('click', function () {$('ul').animate({left: '+=400'})});