Card Stack

`<pura-card-stack>` lays its slotted children out as a pile: each depth steps down by `offset` px and loses `scale` per level, with the resting layout painted by static nth-child CSS so SSR shows the finished pile. The top card can be dragged (Pointer Events): past `threshold` px of projected travel it flies out with inertia and tucks behind the pile while the rest FLIP into their new depth with the chosen `spring` preset; below the threshold it springs back. `autoplay` cycles the stack every `interval` ms and pauses on hover and drag. The stack is focusable; ArrowLeft / ArrowRight swipe the top card. It fires `swipe` (detail `{ direction, index }`) when a swipe is committed and `change` (detail `{ index }`) when a new card reaches the top. Tokens: `--pura-card-stack-offset`, `--pura-card-stack-scale`, `--pura-card-stack-radius`. Reduced motion: no autoplay, no WAAPI; swipes and cycles reorder instantly. Each instance registers in `window.__puraCardStacks` by `data-pura-id` with `{ next, swipe, el }`; `data-pura-stack-top` / `-count` / `-dragging` / `-autoplay` mirror state.

Preview

Attributes

AttributeTypeDefaultDescription
visible number 3 How many depths show behind the top card, 1..6.
offset number 14 Pixels each depth steps down.
scale number 0.05 Scale lost per depth, 0..0.2.
autoplay boolean false Cycle the stack automatically.
interval number 4000 Autoplay period in ms, min 800.
threshold number 80 Horizontal travel in px, after inertia projection, that commits a swipe.
spring "gentle" | "wobbly" | "stiff" | "slow" | "snappy" | "default" snappy Spring preset for the return and the FLIP re-rank.

Installation

pura is copy-paste and dependency-free. Load the whole library, or just this component.

HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/pura/tokens.css">
<script type="module" src="/pura/lib/card-stack.js"></script>
JavaScript
import "./pura/lib/card-stack.js";

Slots

default

Events

swipechange
esc
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