Progress bars and steps are a way to guide your users through an application process and keep them engaged with your app process. In this blog post, we will show you how to create a CSS and JavaScript progress bar and steps for your app.
The HTML to handle the displaying of the progress bar and steps
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" /> <title>Progress Steps</title> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <div class="progress-container"> <div class="progress" id="progress"></div> <div class="circle active">1</div> <div class="circle">2</div> <div class="circle">3</div> <div class="circle">4</div> </div> <button class="btn" id="prev" disabled>Prev</button> <button class="btn" id="next">Next</button> </div> <script src="script.js"></script> </body> </html> Footer © 2023 GitHub, Inc. Footer navigation Terms
The JS to manage the progress bar and setps logic
The progress steps are generated using the built-in iterator pattern in the DOM object. The active step is marked “active” and the html above, determines the number of steps.
const progress = document.getElementById('progress') const prev = document.getElementById('prev') const next = document.getElementById('next') const circles = document.querySelectorAll('.circle') let currentActive = 1 next.addEventListener('click', () => { currentActive++ if(currentActive > circles.length) { currentActive = circles.length } update() }) prev.addEventListener('click', () => { currentActive-- if(currentActive < 1) { currentActive = 1 } update() }) function update() { circles.forEach((circle, idx) => { if(idx < currentActive) { circle.classList.add('active') } else { circle.classList.remove('active') } }) const actives = document.querySelectorAll('.active') progress.style.width = (actives.length - 1) / (circles.length - 1) * 100 + '%' if(currentActive === 1) { prev.disabled = true } else if(currentActive === circles.length) { next.disabled = true } else { prev.disabled = false next.disabled = false } }
The CSS to style the progress steps
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli&display=swap'); :root { --line-border-fill: #3498db; --line-border-empty: #383838; } * { box-sizing: border-box; } body { background-color: #1f1f1f; font-family: 'Muli', sans-serif; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; height: 100vh; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; } .container { text-align: center; } .progress-container { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; position: relative; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; width: 350px; } .progress-container::before { content: ''; background-color: var(--line-border-empty); position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 0; transform: translateY(-50%); height: 4px; width: 100%; z-index: -1; } .progress { background-color: var(--line-border-fill); position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 0; transform: translateY(-50%); height: 4px; width: 0%; z-index: -1; transition: 0.4s ease; } .circle { background-color: #1f1f1f; color:#e2e2e2; border-radius: 50%; height: 30px; width: 30px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border: 3px solid var(--line-border-empty); transition: 0.4s ease; } .circle.active { border-color: var(--line-border-fill); } .btn { background-color: var(--line-border-fill); color: #fff; border: 0; border-radius: 6px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; padding: 8px 30px; margin: 5px; font-size: 14px; } .btn:active { transform: scale(0.98); } .btn:focus { outline: 0; } .btn:disabled { background-color: var(--line-border-empty); cursor: not-allowed; }
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