.carousel {
  position: relative;
}

.carousel.pointer-event {
  touch-action: pan-y;
}

.carousel-inner {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 350px; /* Fixed height for carousel */
  overflow: hidden;
}

.carousel-item img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; /* Ensures images cover the carousel area */
  border-radius: 5px;
}

.carousel-item {
  display: none;
  position: relative;
  height: 100%;
  transition: transform 0.6s ease-in-out;
}

.carousel-item.active {
  display: block;
}

.carousel-caption {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 15%;
  right: 15%;
  color: #fff !important; /* Ensure text is white */
  text-align: center;
  z-index: 10;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  padding-top: 1.25rem;
  padding-bottom: 1.25rem;
}

.carousel-caption h1 {
  color: #fff; /* Ensure heading is white */
}

.carousel-control-prev,
.carousel-control-next {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 15%;
  padding: 0;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
  background: 0 0;
  border: 0;
  opacity: 0.5;
  transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
}

.carousel-control-prev:focus,
.carousel-control-next:focus,
.carousel-control-prev:hover,
.carousel-control-next:hover {
  opacity: 0.9;
}

.carousel-control-prev {
  left: 0;
}

.carousel-control-next {
  right: 0;
}

.carousel-control-prev-icon,
.carousel-control-next-icon {
  width: 2rem;
  height: 2rem;
  background-size: 100% 100%;
}

.carousel-control-prev-icon {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16' fill='%23fff'%3e%3cpath d='M11.354 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708L5.707 8l5.647 5.646a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708l-6-6a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708l6-6a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
}

.carousel-control-next-icon {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16' fill='%23fff'%3e%3cpath d='M4.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L10.293 8 4.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
}

.carousel-indicators {
  display: none; /* Hide the indicators */
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 0;
  margin-right: 15%;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  margin-left: 15%;
  list-style: none;
}

.carousel-indicators [data-bs-target] {
  box-sizing: content-box;
  flex: 0 1 auto;
  width: 30px;
  height: 3px;
  padding: 0;
  margin-right: 3px;
  margin-left: 3px;
  text-indent: -999px;
  cursor: pointer;
  background-color: #fff;
  background-clip: padding-box;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 10px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 10px solid transparent;
  opacity: 0.5;
  transition: opacity 0.6s ease;
}

.carousel-indicators .active {
  opacity: 0;
}
.carousel-indicators {
  visibility: hidden; /* Hide the indicators but keep them in the DOM */
}

.carousel-dark .carousel-control-next-icon,
.carousel-dark .carousel-control-prev-icon {
  filter: invert(1) grayscale(100);
}

.carousel-dark .carousel-indicators [data-bs-target] {
  background-color: #000;
}

.carousel-dark .carousel-caption {
  color: #000;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .carousel-control-next,
  .carousel-control-prev {
    transition: none;
  }

  .carousel-indicators [data-bs-target] {
    transition: none;
  }

  .carousel-fade .active.carousel-item-end,
  .carousel-fade .active.carousel-item-start {
    transition: none;
  }
}