In this blog post, you will learn how to design a traffic light simulator using only Html and CSS. 
Traffic lights or traffic signals are lights used to control the movement of the traffic. They are placed on the roads at intersections and crossings.
Do you know who invented the traffic light? – Garrett Morgan was the inventor of the first traffic lights.
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Traffic Light simulator using only Html and CSS
This is a web-based online traffic lights control simulation, developed using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Find the source code below:-
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" > <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Traffic Light Simulator</title> <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.10.2/css/all.min.css'><link rel="stylesheet" href="./style.css"> </head> <body> <!-- partial:index.partial.html --> <div class="container"> <div class="circle red" color="red"></div> <div class="circle" color="yellow"></div> <div class="circle" color="green"></div> </div> <!-- partial --> <script src="./script.js"></script> </body> </html>
Style.Css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli&display=swap');
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
background-color: #1abc9c;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
min-height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
}
.container {
background-color: #2c3e50;
border-radius: 50px;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
padding: 15px 0;
height: 200px;
width: 70px;
}
.circle {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
border-radius: 100%;
position: relative;
height: 40px;
width: 40px;
}
.circle::after {
border-right: 4px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
border-radius: 100%;
content: ' ';
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
left: 0px;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
}
.circle.red {
background-color: #c0392b;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px #c0392b;
}
.circle.yellow {
background-color: #f1c40f;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px #f1c40f;
}
.circle.green {
background-color: #2ecc71;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px #2ecc71;
}
Script.js
const circles = document.querySelectorAll('.circle')
let activeLight = 0;
setInterval(() => {
changeLight();
}, 1000);
function changeLight() {
circles[activeLight].className = 'circle';
activeLight++;
if(activeLight > 2) {
activeLight = 0;
}
const currentLight = circles[activeLight]
currentLight.classList.add(currentLight.getAttribute('color'));
}
Conclusion
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