Build a slider

The Slider block turns any group of blocks into slides. Banners make hero sliders, images make carousels, and testimonials or product cards work just as well. Nothing is limited to images.

Add a slider

  1. Insert the Slider block and pick a starting point: Slider, Hero Banners, Image Carousel, or Testimonials.
  2. Each direct child of the Viewport is one slide. Add Banner, Image, Row, or Section blocks to add slides, and duplicate a slide to keep its design.
  3. Set a Height on the Viewport per breakpoint, or leave it to size by content.
Flatsome Builder with the Slider variations panel open and the Hero Banners option highlighted

Slider settings

  • Type: Slide or Fade.
  • Autoplay → Delay: milliseconds between slides, up to 10 seconds. Pause on Hover stops it while the pointer is over the slider.
  • Loop and Draggable: wrap around at the end and allow swiping.
  • Style: Container keeps slides inside the content width; Focus dims the slides beside the active one.
  • Free scroll for a more editorial feel.
Slider settings in the Flatsome Builder with the Autoplay delay control highlighted, next to a hero slider on the canvas

Several slides at once

For a carousel, set Slide width on the Viewport, for example 33% on desktop and 80% on phones, and add a Gap. Slide alignment, in the Slide panel of the Slider block, decides whether the active slide sits at the start, center, or end.

Viewport settings with Slide width set to 25 percent, showing four product images side by side in the carousel

Arrows and dots

Arrows and dots are blocks inside the slider, so you place and style them yourself. Add two Slider Button blocks with Direction set to Previous and Next, choose a Style (Circle, Simple, or Reveal) and a Position, and set Show to On hover to keep them out of the way. The Dots block works the same way with Circle, Dashes, Simple, or Square styles.

Next Button settings with Show set to On hover, and circle arrows visible on the hero slider

Gallery, Posts, Products, and Instagram blocks have a built-in slider mode with the same arrow and dot options under Layout → Type → Slider, so you do not need a separate Slider block for those.