/*
* Sliders CSS
*/

/* Homepage Banner Slider
-------------------------------------------- */
.banner-area {
  max-width: 1700px;
  position: relative;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  max-height: 480px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.banner-area img {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  float: none;
  height: auto;
  max-width: unset;
}

.banner-area .banner-image,
.banner-area .views_slideshow_cycle_main {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.banner-area .views_slideshow_cycle_main .views_slideshow_slide {
  width: 100% !important;
  height: auto;	
}

.banner-area .views_slideshow_cycle_main .slider-image {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 100%;
}

.banner-area .banner-overlay {
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  position: absolute;
  /* background: #0000003b; */
  background: #ffffffb8;
  /* background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.231); */
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.721);
  background: #fff;
  z-index: 10;
}

.banner-area .banner-caption {
  /* left: 0; */
  /* bottom: 0; */
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1000px;
  /* position: absolute; */
  position: relative;
  margin-right: auto;
  margin-left: auto;
  display: block;
  /* padding: 30px 35em 0px 5em; */
  padding: 6em 0px;
  text-align: center;
  /* background: #d3af35c7; */
  /* background: rgba(211, 175, 53, 0.782); */
}

.banner-area:after {
  content: '';
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  height: 40%;
  position: absolute;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0), white);
}

.banner-area .banner-title {
  line-height: 1;
  font-weight: 800;
  /* color: var(--color-secondary); */
}

.banner-area .banner-texts {
  /* color: var(--border); */
  /* line-height: 1.4; */
}

/* research Projects Slider pager bullets CSS */
.research-projects .views-slideshow-controls-bottom {
  z-index: 13;
  right: 8px;
  /* bottom: 20px; */
  width: 100%;
  position: absolute;
}

.views-slideshow-controls-bottom .views-slideshow-pager-bullets {
  float: right;
  
}

.research-projects .views-slideshow-controls-bottom .views-slideshow-pager-bullets li {
  margin: 0 3px;
  width: 25px;
  height: 15px;
  display: inline-block;
  border-radius: 45%;
  background: var(--color-primary);
  border: 2px solid var(--color-primary);
  text-indent: -100240px;
}

.research-projects .views-slideshow-controls-bottom .views-slideshow-pager-bullets li:hover,
.research-projects .views-slideshow-controls-bottom .views-slideshow-pager-bullets li.active {
  background: var(--color-secondary-light);
}

.research-projects .views-slideshow-controls-bottom .views-slideshow-pager-bullets li:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
}
/*-end custom pager-*/

/* Success Stories Slider
-------------------------------------------- */