How do you add a carousel in featured collection

Topic summary

A user working with Shopify’s Dawn theme encountered issues enabling a carousel slider for their featured collection section. The initial problem was that the “Add carousel on Desktop” option didn’t work as expected, and the display showed unwanted “1/4” pagination indicators instead of slider navigation buttons.

Solutions provided:

  • Hide pagination counters: Add CSS to hide .slider-counter elements using display: none !important
  • Add navigation arrows: Multiple CSS snippets were shared to display and position slider buttons on desktop and mobile, including styling them as circular white buttons
  • Prevent conflicts: Scope CSS using #shopify-section-{{ section.id }} to avoid affecting other sliders on the site
  • Implementation location: Add the CSS directly to the featured-collection.liquid section file below the schema, rather than in global CSS files

Key challenges:

  • Navigation buttons initially appeared on unintended sections (like the homepage slideshow)
  • Mobile responsiveness required media queries to hide/show buttons appropriately
  • The user struggled with proper CSS placement until realizing it needed to go in the section-specific file

The discussion concluded with the user resolving most issues independently, though they requested additional help with desktop carousel functionality for the collection list. A video tutorial link was also shared as an alternative resource.

Summarized with AI on October 29. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Can you actually except the invite and add carousel for desktop & Mobile for collection list pls

I figured for mobile but can’t for desktop

We can add featured collection slider on any page of our store without using any App: