carousel-pagination.tsx

import {ChevronLeft, ChevronRight} from 'lucide-react';
import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';

export function Pagination({carousel}: {carousel: HTMLElement}) {
  // Scroll by 1 page in the given direction (-1 or +1).
  // This uses the width of the carousel minus the padding and gap between items.
  // Use behavior: 'smooth' and the browser will animate the scrolling.
  let scroll = (dir: number) => {
    let style = window.getComputedStyle(carousel);
    carousel.scrollBy({
      left: dir * (carousel.clientWidth - parseInt(style.paddingLeft, 10) - parseInt(style.paddingRight, 10) + parseInt(style.columnGap, 10)),
      behavior: 'smooth'
    });
  };

  let [isPrevDisabled, setPrevDisabled] = useState(true);
  let [isNextDisabled, setNextDisabled] = useState(false);

  // Use the scroll position to determine if we are at the start or end of the carousel.
  // This controls whether the previous and next buttons are enabled.
  useEffect(() => {
    let update = () => {
      setPrevDisabled(carousel.scrollLeft <= 0);
      setNextDisabled(carousel.scrollLeft >= carousel.scrollWidth - carousel.clientWidth);
    };

    update();

    // Use the scrollend event if supported for better perf, with fallback to regular scroll.
    if ('onscrollend' in document) {
      carousel.addEventListener('scrollend', update);
      return () => carousel.removeEventListener('scrollend', update);
    } else {
      carousel.addEventListener('scroll', update);
      return () => carousel.removeEventListener('scroll', update);
    }
  }, [carousel]);

  return (
    <div className="flex gap-2 justify-end">
      <button
        className="..."
        aria-label="Previous Page"
        disabled={isPrevDisabled}
        onClick={() => scroll(-1)}>
        <ChevronLeft className="w-5 h-5" />
      </button>
      <button
        className="..."
        aria-label="Next Page"
        disabled={isNextDisabled}
        onClick={() => scroll(1)}>
        <ChevronRight className="w-5 h-5" />
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

This is awesome, it would be good if you could tell me how to implement this :)