What does 'name' attribute in "input" tag has to do with image slider?

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I was trying to make an image slider. After two days of headache, I found that I was missing 'name' attribute from input tag in html. what does it has to do with the whole slider? It just gives name to the input tag. OR is it something else? I tried to google it but couldn't find an appropriate answer.

I have provided both html and CSS. Just remove the name attribute below and please tell me more about this.

What I have tried:

HTML

<!doctype html>
<html lang="">

<head>
    <title>levore2</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="levore2.css">
</head>

<body>

    <div id="landing_page">

        <nav>
            <a><img src="Levore images/levore-web.png"></a>

            <ul>
                <li><a href="">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="">Products</a></li>
                <li><a href="">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
                <li><a href="" id="account_a">Account</a></li>
            </ul>
        </nav>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="slider">

                <input type="radio" name="r" id="r1" checked>
                <input type="radio" name="r" id="r2">
                <input type="radio" name="r" id="r3">

                <!-- slider 1 -->
                <div class="slide" id="slide1">
                    <img src="image/1.jpg">
                </div>

                <!-- slider 2 -->
                <div class="slide" id="slide2">
                    <img src="image/2.jpg">
                </div>

                <!-- slider 3 -->
                <div class="slide" id="slide3">
                    <img src="image/3.jpg">
                </div>
                
            </div>
            <div class="sliding_buttons">
                <label for="r1"></label>
                <label for="r2"></label>
                <label for="r3"></label>
            </div>
        </div>

    </div>
</body>

</html>

CSS

@font-face {
  font-family: HelveticaNeue-lightweight;
  src: url(Fonts/Helvetica_Neue_LT_55_Roman.ttf);
  font-weight: 100px;
  font-style: lightweight;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: HelveticaNeue;
  src: url(fonts/HelveticaNeue-Medium.otf);
  font-weight: 200px;
}

* {
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
}
.Landing_Page {
  display: flex;
  height: 100vh;
  width: 100%;
}
nav {
  height: 5.5vh;
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  position: fixed;

  background-color: black;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

/* Logo */
nav a {
  display: inline-flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100%;
  padding-left: 5%;
}
nav a img {
  height: 80%;
}

/* navigation tabs */
ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  padding-right: 5%;
}
ul li {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 0px 20px;
}
ul li a {
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: HelveticaNeue-lightweight;
  font-size: 19px;
}
#account_a {
  padding-right: 0px;
}

/* slider */
.container {
  top: 7.5vh;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 93%;
  height: 90vh;
  border: 10px solid green;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

input {
  display: none;
}

.slider {
  height: 100%;
  width: 300%;
  display: flex;
  border: 10px solid red;
}
.slide {
  width: 33.34%;
  transition: 0.6s;
}
.slide img {
  width: 100%;
}
.sliding_buttons {
  width: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  bottom: 0%;
  top: 30%;
}
.sliding_buttons label {
  height: 3%;
  width: 7%;
  margin: 10%;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.507);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.sliding_buttons label:hover {
  background-color: rgb(165, 138, 138);
}

#r1:checked ~ #slide1 {
  margin-left: 0%;
}
#r2:checked ~ #slide1 {
  margin-left: -33.34%;
}
#r3:checked ~ #slide1 {
  margin-left: -66.67%;
}

Posted 16-Jul-21 2:34am

Arslan Anjum 2021

Updated 16-Jul-21 2:44am

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-16T02:41:00

Solution 1

The answer depends on your Javascript, which you haven't shown.

But since you're using <input type="radio">, you need to give them a name to group them - only one radio with a particular name can be checked at once.

<input type="radio"> - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN[^]

Posted 16-Jul-21 2:41am

Richard Deeming

TheRealSteveJudge · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-16T02:44:00

Solution 2

Have a look here: HTML input type="radio"[^]

There it is said:

The radio group must share the same name (the value of the name attribute) to be treated as a group.

Posted 16-Jul-21 2:44am

TheRealSteveJudge