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Flick Cards Slider

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Setup: External Scripts

HTML

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<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.15/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.15/dist/Draggable.min.js"></script>

Step 1: Add HTML

HTML

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<div data-flick-cards-init="" class="flick-group">
  <div class="flick-group__relative-object">
    <div class="flick-group__relative-object-before"></div>
  </div>
  <div data-flick-cards-collection="" class="flick-group__collection">
    <div data-flick-cards-list="" class="flick-group__list">
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b27e36f68b959afd96_slider-image-1.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">FX100</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b21d85143b1c286d20_slider-image-8.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">LX200</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b18ade0b890d5ab1fb_slider-image-5.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">TX5</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b263e10957f9c08e32_slider-image-4.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">NX400</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b288a95313e0dd5d6a_slider-image-2.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">TX9</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b2c53e6feaa864a913_slider-image-3.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">RX300</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b2527cd8ea76517edb_slider-image-7.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">KX120</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b2974f10a7083f8698_slider-image-6.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">MX60</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div data-flick-cards-item-status="" data-flick-cards-item="" class="flick-group__item">
        <div class="flick-card">
          <div class="flick-card__before"></div>
          <div class="flick-card__media">
            <img width="256" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/684ab5dddc581e3b1766332f/687df8b2617e89ca885628e5_slider-image-9.avif" class="cover-image">
            <a href="#" class="flick-card__btn"><span class="flick-card__btn-span">Get this product</span></a>
            <h3 class="flick-card__h3">ZV210</h3>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Step 2: Add CSS

CSS

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.flick-group {
  position: relative;
}

.flick-group__relative-object {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  width: 47em;
  position: relative;
}

.flick-group__relative-object-before {
  padding-top: 75%;
}

.flick-group__collection {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}

.flick-group__list{
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  position: relative;
}

.flick-group__item {
  position: absolute;
}

.flick-card {
  color: #fff;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
  background-color: #000;
  border-radius: 1em;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 23.5em;
  display: flex;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.flick-card__before {
  padding-top: 150%;
}

.flick-card__media {
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}

.cover-image {
  pointer-events: none;
  object-fit: cover;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: auto;
}

.flick-card__h3 {
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
  font-size: 4em;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1;
  position: absolute;
}

.flick-card__btn {
  background-color: #000;
  border-radius: .375em;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: calc(100% - 4em);
  height: 3.25em;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: flex;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 2em;
  left: 2em;
}

.flick-card__btn-span {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 1em;
  font-weight: 500;
}

[data-flick-cards-dragger] {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: auto;
  touch-action: pan-y;
}

/* Position Slides */
[data-flick-cards-item-status] .flick-card__media {
  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
  opacity: 0.5;
}

[data-flick-cards-item-status="2-before"] .flick-card__media,
[data-flick-cards-item-status="2-after"] .flick-card__media {
  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
  opacity: 0.75;
}

[data-flick-cards-item-status="active"] .flick-card__media {
  opacity: 1;
}

/* Animate Button */
[data-flick-cards-item-status] .flick-card__btn {
  transition: opacity 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.625, 0.05, 0, 1), 1s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translate(0%, 50%) rotate(0.001deg);
}

[data-flick-cards-item-status="active"] .flick-card__btn {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translate(0%, 0%) rotate(0.001deg);
}

Step 2: Add Javascript

Step 3: Add Javascript

Javascript

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gsap.registerPlugin(Draggable);

function initFlickCards() {
  const sliders = document.querySelectorAll('[data-flick-cards-init]');

  sliders.forEach(slider => {
    const list = slider.querySelector('[data-flick-cards-list]');
    const cards = Array.from(list.querySelectorAll('[data-flick-cards-item]'));
    const total = cards.length;
    let activeIndex = 0;

    const sliderWidth = slider.offsetWidth;
    const threshold = 0.1;

    // Generate draggers inside each card and store references
    const draggers = [];
    cards.forEach(card => {
      const dragger = document.createElement('div');
      dragger.setAttribute('data-flick-cards-dragger', '');
      card.appendChild(dragger);
      draggers.push(dragger);
    });

    // Set initial drag status
    slider.setAttribute('data-flick-drag-status', 'grab');

    function getConfig(i, currentIndex) {
      let diff = i - currentIndex;
      if (diff > total / 2) diff -= total;
      else if (diff < -total / 2) diff += total;

      switch (diff) {
        case  0: return { x: 0,   y: 0,   rot: 0,  s: 1,   o: 1, z: 5 };
        case  1: return { x: 25,  y: 1,   rot: 10, s: 0.9, o: 1, z: 4 };
        case -1: return { x: -25, y: 1,   rot: -10,s: 0.9, o: 1, z: 4 };
        case  2: return { x: 45,  y: 5,   rot: 15, s: 0.8, o: 1, z: 3 };
        case -2: return { x: -45, y: 5,   rot: -15,s: 0.8, o: 1, z: 3 };
        default:
          const dir = diff > 0 ? 1 : -1;
          return { x: 55 * dir, y: 5, rot: 20 * dir, s: 0.6, o: 0, z: 2 };
      }
    }

    function renderCards(currentIndex) {
      cards.forEach((card, i) => {
        const cfg = getConfig(i, currentIndex);
        let status;

        if (cfg.x === 0)        status = 'active';
        else if (cfg.x === 25)  status = '2-after';
        else if (cfg.x === -25) status = '2-before';
        else if (cfg.x === 45)  status = '3-after';
        else if (cfg.x === -45) status = '3-before';
        else                    status = 'hidden';

        card.setAttribute('data-flick-cards-item-status', status);
        card.style.zIndex = cfg.z;

        gsap.to(card, {
          duration: 0.6,
          ease: 'elastic.out(1.2, 1)',
          xPercent: cfg.x,
          yPercent: cfg.y,
          rotation: cfg.rot,
          scale: cfg.s,
          opacity: cfg.o
        });
      });
    }

    renderCards(activeIndex);

    if (total < 7) {
      console.log('Not minimum of 7 cards');
      return;
    }

    let pressClientX = 0;
    let pressClientY = 0;

    Draggable.create(draggers, {
      type: 'x',
      edgeResistance: 0.8,
      bounds: { minX: -sliderWidth / 2, maxX: sliderWidth / 2 },
      inertia: false,

      onPress() {
        pressClientX = this.pointerEvent.clientX;
        pressClientY = this.pointerEvent.clientY;
        slider.setAttribute('data-flick-drag-status', 'grabbing');
      },

      onDrag() {
        const rawProgress = this.x / sliderWidth;
        const progress = Math.min(1, Math.abs(rawProgress));
        const direction = rawProgress > 0 ? -1 : 1;
        const nextIndex = (activeIndex + direction + total) % total;

        cards.forEach((card, i) => {
          const from = getConfig(i, activeIndex);
          const to = getConfig(i, nextIndex);
          const mix = prop => from[prop] + (to[prop] - from[prop]) * progress;

          gsap.set(card, {
            xPercent: mix('x'),
            yPercent: mix('y'),
            rotation: mix('rot'),
            scale: mix('s'),
            opacity: mix('o')
          });
        });
      },

      onRelease() {
        slider.setAttribute('data-flick-drag-status', 'grab');

        const releaseClientX = this.pointerEvent.clientX;
        const releaseClientY = this.pointerEvent.clientY;
        const dragDistance = Math.hypot(releaseClientX - pressClientX, releaseClientY - pressClientY);

        const raw = this.x / sliderWidth;
        let shift = 0;
        if (raw > threshold) shift = -1;
        else if (raw < -threshold) shift = 1;

        if (shift !== 0) {
          activeIndex = (activeIndex + shift + total) % total;
          renderCards(activeIndex);
        }

        gsap.to(this.target, {
          x: 0,
          duration: 0.3,
          ease: 'power1.out'
        });

        if (dragDistance < 4) {
          // Temporarily allow clicks to pass through
          this.target.style.pointerEvents = 'none';

          // Allow the DOM to register pointer-through
          requestAnimationFrame(() => {
            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
              const el = document.elementFromPoint(releaseClientX, releaseClientY);
              if (el) {
                const evt = new MouseEvent('click', {
                  view: window,
                  bubbles: true,
                  cancelable: true
                });
                el.dispatchEvent(evt);
              }

              // Restore pointer events
              this.target.style.pointerEvents = 'auto';
            });
          });
        }
      }
    });
  });
}

// Initialize Flick Cards Slider
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
  initFlickCards();
});

Implementation

Container

Place the [data-flick-cards-init] attribute on the outermost wrapper (the “slider container”). The script will look for every element with this attribute and initialize a separate slider instance for each.

Note: Make sure to include at least 7 cards to enable drag interaction. Below 7, the cards will still position visually, but dragging will be disabled.

List

Add the [data-flick-cards-list] attribute to the element that contains all card items.

Item

Each individual card should use [data-flick-cards-item]. These cards will be transformed and get positioned based on their index.

On load they also receive a [data-flick-cards-item-status] attribute with one of the following values:

  • Layer 1: "active"
  • Layer 2: "2-before" / "2-after"
  • Layer 3: "3-before" / "3-after"
  • Hidden Cards: "hidden"

Use these status values to control visibility, pointer events, or z-index stacking in your CSS.

Drag Status

The root container will receive one of the following attributes during interaction. You can use this to change the cursor or visual state of the slider.

  • [data-flick-drag-status="grab"]
  • [data-flick-drag-status="grabbing"]

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  • Published

    July 21, 2025

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