Slider Buttons - Need Aligned Properly!

Topic summary

A store owner is experiencing alignment issues with slider navigation buttons on their e-commerce site (mankave.store). They set a 1990px max-width for performance reasons and want the slider buttons positioned on the left and right sides of the product grid while remaining centered on larger screens.

Problem Details:

  • Buttons need proper positioning relative to .product-grid
  • Content should stay centered when zoomed or on wider displays
  • The user has been troubleshooting the component.slider.liquid CSS file

Solution Provided:
A community member offered CSS code to resolve the issue:

  • Add position: relative to slider-component
  • Position .slider-buttons absolutely at 41% from top with full width
  • Set specific left/right positioning (25px) for prev/next buttons
  • Hide the slider counter display

The solution was accepted and successfully resolved the alignment problem. The fix involves adding the CSS rules to the existing slider stylesheet and saving the file.

Summarized with AI on November 8. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hello, I wanted to limit my site to 1990px max-width because I was concerned about page speed. I want these slider buttons to be on the left and right side of the .product-grid, and I want them to stay centered if its on a larger screen, or scrolled out using ‘control + mouse wheel’ (which I’ve been generally using margin: 0 auto; to center my content).

My website is: https://mankave.store

and this is the CSS code for this section “component.slider.liquid” - I only changed the bottom part of the code: (It is sloppy because I’ve been messing with it for a while)

slider-component {
  --desktop-margin-left-first-item: max(
    5rem,
    calc((100vw - var(--page-width) + 10rem - var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing)) / 2)
  );
  position: relative;
  display: block;
}

slider-component.slider-component-full-width {
  --desktop-margin-left-first-item: 1.5rem;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 749px) {
  slider-component.page-width {
    padding: 0 1.5rem;
  }
}

@media screen and (min-width: 749px) and (max-width: 990px) {
  slider-component.page-width {
    padding: 0 5rem;
  }
}

.slider__slide {
  --focus-outline-padding: 0.5rem;
  --shadow-padding-top: calc((var(--shadow-vertical-offset) * -1 + var(--shadow-blur-radius)) * var(--shadow-visible));
  --shadow-padding-bottom: calc((var(--shadow-vertical-offset) + var(--shadow-blur-radius)) * var(--shadow-visible));
  scroll-snap-align: start;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 749px) {
  .slider.slider--mobile {
    position: relative;
    flex-wrap: inherit;
    overflow-x: auto;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
    scroll-behavior: smooth;
    scroll-padding-left: 1.5rem;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
  }

  /* Fix to show some space at the end of our sliders in all browsers */
  .slider--mobile:after {
    content: '';
    width: 0;
    padding-left: 1.5rem;
  }

  .slider.slider--mobile .slider__slide {
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding-top: max(var(--focus-outline-padding), var(--shadow-padding-top));
    padding-bottom: max(var(--focus-outline-padding), var(--shadow-padding-bottom));
  }

  .slider.slider--mobile.contains-card--standard .slider__slide:not(.collection-list__item--no-media) {
    padding-bottom: var(--focus-outline-padding);
  }

  .slider.slider--mobile.contains-content-container .slider__slide {
    --focus-outline-padding: 0rem;
  }
}

@media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
  .slider.slider--tablet-up {
    position: relative;
    flex-wrap: inherit;
    overflow-x: auto;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
    scroll-behavior: smooth;
    scroll-padding-left: 1rem;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  }

  .slider.slider--tablet-up .slider__slide {
    margin-bottom: 0;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 989px) {
  .slider.slider--tablet {
    position: relative;
    flex-wrap: inherit;
    overflow-x: auto;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
    scroll-behavior: smooth;
    scroll-padding-left: 1.5rem;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
  }

  /* Fix to show some space at the end of our sliders in all browsers */
  .slider--tablet:after {
    content: '';
    width: 0;
    padding-left: 1.5rem;
    margin-left: calc(-1 * var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing));
  }

  .slider.slider--tablet .slider__slide {
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding-top: max(var(--focus-outline-padding), var(--shadow-padding-top));
    padding-bottom: max(var(--focus-outline-padding), var(--shadow-padding-bottom));
  }

  .slider.slider--tablet.contains-card--standard .slider__slide:not(.collection-list__item--no-media) {
    padding-bottom: var(--focus-outline-padding);
  }

  .slider.slider--tablet.contains-content-container .slider__slide {
    --focus-outline-padding: 0rem;
  }
}

.slider--everywhere {
  position: relative;
  flex-wrap: inherit;
  overflow-x: auto;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

.slider.slider--everywhere .slider__slide {
  margin-bottom: 0;
  scroll-snap-align: center;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 990px) {
  .slider-component-desktop.page-width {
    max-width: none;
  }

  .slider--desktop {
    position: relative;
    flex-wrap: inherit;
    overflow-x: auto;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
    scroll-behavior: smooth;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    scroll-padding-left: var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item);
  }

  /* Fix to show some space at the end of our sliders in all browsers */
  .slider--desktop:after {
    content: '';
    width: 0;
    padding-left: 5rem;
    margin-left: calc(-1 * var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing));
  }

  .slider.slider--desktop .slider__slide {
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding-top: max(var(--focus-outline-padding), var(--shadow-padding-top));
    padding-bottom: max(var(--focus-outline-padding), var(--shadow-padding-bottom));
  }

  .slider--desktop .slider__slide:first-child {
    margin-left: var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item);
    scroll-margin-left: var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item);
  }

  .slider-component-full-width .slider--desktop {
    scroll-padding-left: 1.5rem;
  }

  .slider-component-full-width .slider--desktop .slider__slide:first-child {
    margin-left: 1.5rem;
    scroll-margin-left: 1.5rem;
  }

  /* Fix to show some space at the end of our sliders in all browsers */
  .slider-component-full-width .slider--desktop:after {
    padding-left: 1.5rem;
  }

  .slider--desktop.grid--5-col-desktop .grid__item {
    width: calc((100% - var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item)) / 5 - var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing) * 2);
  }

  .slider--desktop.grid--4-col-desktop .grid__item {
    width: calc((100% - var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item)) / 4 - var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing) * 3);
  }

  .slider--desktop.grid--3-col-desktop .grid__item {
    width: calc((100% - var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item)) / 3 - var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing) * 4);
  }

  .slider--desktop.grid--2-col-desktop .grid__item {
    width: calc((100% - var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item)) / 2 - var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing) * 5);
  }

  .slider--desktop.grid--1-col-desktop .grid__item {
    width: calc((100% - var(--desktop-margin-left-first-item)) - var(--grid-desktop-horizontal-spacing) * 9);
  }

  .slider.slider--desktop.contains-card--standard .slider__slide:not(.collection-list__item--no-media) {
    padding-bottom: var(--focus-outline-padding);
  }

  .slider.slider--desktop.contains-content-container .slider__slide {
    --focus-outline-padding: 0rem;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion) {
  .slider {
    scroll-behavior: auto;
  }
}

/* Scrollbar */

.slider {
  scrollbar-color: rgb(var(--color-foreground)) rgba(var(--color-foreground), 0.04);
  -ms-overflow-style: none;
  scrollbar-width: none;
}

.slider::-webkit-scrollbar {
  height: 0.4rem;
  width: 0.4rem;
  display: none;
}

.slider::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background-color: rgb(var(--color-foreground));
  border-radius: 0.4rem;
  border: 0;
}

.slider::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background: rgba(var(--color-foreground), 0.04);
  border-radius: 0.4rem;
}

.slider-counter {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  min-width: 4.4rem;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
  .slider-counter--dots {
    margin: 0 1.2rem;
  }
}

.slider-counter__link {
  padding: 1rem;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 749px) {
  .slider-counter__link {
    padding: 0.7rem;
  }
}

.slider-counter__link--dots .dot {
  width: 1rem;
  height: 1rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 0.1rem solid rgba(var(--color-foreground), 0.5);
  padding: 0;
  display: block;
}

.slider-counter__link--active.slider-counter__link--dots .dot {
  background-color: rgb(var(--color-foreground));
}

@media screen and (forced-colors: active) {
  .slider-counter__link--active.slider-counter__link--dots .dot {
    background-color: CanvasText;
  }
}

.slider-counter__link--dots:not(.slider-counter__link--active):hover .dot {
  border-color: rgb(var(--color-foreground));
}

.slider-counter__link--dots .dot,
.slider-counter__link--numbers {
  transition: transform 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

.slider-counter__link--active.slider-counter__link--numbers,
.slider-counter__link--dots:not(.slider-counter__link--active):hover .dot,
.slider-counter__link--numbers:hover {
  transform: scale(1.1);
}

.slider-counter__link--numbers {
  color: rgba(var(--color-foreground), 0.5);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.slider-counter__link--numbers:hover {
  color: rgb(var(--color-foreground));
}

.slider-counter__link--active.slider-counter__link--numbers {
  text-decoration: underline;
  color: rgb(var(--color-foreground));
}

.slider-buttons {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 990px) {
  .slider:not(.slider--everywhere):not(.slider--desktop) + .slider-buttons {
    display: none;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 989px) {
  .slider--desktop:not(.slider--tablet) + .slider-buttons {
    display: none;
  }
}

@media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
  .slider--mobile + .slider-buttons {
    display: none;
  }
}

.slider-button {
  color: rgba(var(--color-foreground), 0.75);
  background: transparent;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

.slider-button:not([disabled]):hover {
  color: rgb(var(--color-foreground));
}

.slider-button .icon {
  height: 0.6rem;
}

.slider-button[disabled] .icon {
  color: rgba(var(--color-foreground), 0.3);
  cursor: not-allowed;
}

.slider-button--next .icon {
  transform: rotate(-90deg);
}

.slider-button--prev .icon {
  transform: rotate(90deg);
}

.slider-button--next:not([disabled]):hover .icon {
  transform: rotate(-90deg) scale(1.1);
}
.slider-button--prev:not([disabled]):hover .icon {
  transform: rotate(90deg) scale(1.1);
}
.slider-counter {
  display: none !important;
}
.product-grid {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1990px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.slider-mobile-gutter .slider-buttons {
  position: absolute;
  top: 20%;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  transform: translateX(-20%);
  max-width: 1990px;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 1 auto;
}
.slider-mobile-gutter .slider-buttons button {
  color: red;
  border: none;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.slider-button {
  max-width: 80px;
  height: 180px;
  color: red;
  background: #171414;
  border-radius: 25%;
  opacity: 0.7;
}
.slider-button:hover {
  opacity: 0.9;
}
.slider-buttons {
  width: 100vw;
  max-width: 1990px !important;
}

Hello @ManKaveStore

To center the slider arrows on both side of the screen, i’ve found the solution for it.

You just need to follow below steps:

  1. Go to admin > Online store > edit code.

  2. In code directory, open the file where the CSS for slider is situated which you were mentioned above.

  3. Copy below CSS rules and paste it at the end where above CSS ends.

slider-component {
 position: relative;
}
slider-component .slider-buttons {
  position: absolute;
  top: 41%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  width: 100%;
  background: transparent;
}
slider-component .slider-buttons .slider-counter {
 display: none;
}
slider-component .slider-buttons .slider-button {
 position: absolute;
 margin: 0;
}
slider-component .slider-buttons .slider-button.slider-button--prev {
 left: 25px;
}
slider-component .slider-buttons .slider-button.slider-button--next {
 right: 25px;
}
  1. Make sure that you added this CSS rules at right place and save the file.

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Thank you for the help!

@ManKaveStore

I’m so glad you liked it!

Always ready to help.