How to make Incremental and Decremental counter using HTML, CSS and JavaScript?

Last Updated : 26 Mar, 2021

While visiting different shopping websites like Flipkart and Amazon you have seen a counter on each product, that counter is used to specify the quantity of that product. Hence, counter is very useful part for many websites. In this article, we will design a counter using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

A sample image is provided to give you a more clear idea about the article.

Step by step implementation:

Step 1: First, we will design a simple button using HTML. Refer to the comments in the code.

index.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
  
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
        content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> 
      
</head> 
      
<body> 
  <!-- give a suitable heading using h1 tag-->
        <h1>Increment and Decrement counter</h1>
  
        <div="container">            
          <!-- adding button and heading to show the digits -->
          <!--increment() and decrement() functions on button click-->
            <button onclick="increment()">+</button>  
            <h2 id="counting"></h2>
            <button onclick="decrement()">-</button>         
        </div>
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Step 2: Next, we will use some CSS properties to design the button and use the hover class to get the animation effect when we hover the mouse over the button.

style.css

/*apply css properties to body tag*/
  
body {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0%;
    text-align: center;
}
  
/*apply css properties to container class*/
  
.container {
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    height: 100%;
    text-align: center;
}
  
/*apply css properties to button tag*/
  
button {
    width: 90px;
    height: 60px;
    font-size: 30px;
    background-color: green;
    color: honeydew;
}
  
/*apply hover effect to button tag*/
  
button:hover {
    background-color: greenyellow;
    color: grey;
}
  
/*apply css properties to h2 tag*/
  
h2 {
    color: black;
    margin: 0 50px;
    font-size: 45px;
}
  
/*apply css properties to h1 tag*/
  
h1 {
    font-size: 35px;
    color: green;
    text-align: center;
    padding-left: 10%;
}

Step 3: Now, we will add some JavaScript code to add functionality to the buttons which we have created earlier. Refer to the comments in the code for help.

index.js

//initialising a variable name data
  
var data = 0;
  
//printing default value of data that is 0 in h2 tag
document.getElementById("counting").innerText = data;
  
//creation of increment function
function increment() {
    data = data + 1;
    document.getElementById("counting").innerText = data;
}
//creation of decrement function
function decrement() {
    data = data - 1;
    document.getElementById("counting").innerText = data;
}

Complete Code: In this section, we will combine the above three sections to create a counter.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <!-- CSS code-->
  
        <style>
            /*apply css properties to body tag*/
  
            body {
                position: absolute;
                left: 0%;
                text-align: center;
            }
  
            /*apply css properties to container class*/
  
            .container {
                justify-content: center;
                align-items: center;
                display: flex;
                height: 100%;
                text-align: center;
            }
  
            /*apply css properties to button tag*/
  
            button {
                width: 90px;
                height: 60px;
                font-size: 30px;
                background-color: green;
                color: honeydew;
            }
  
            /*apply hover effect to button tag*/
  
            button:hover {
                background-color: greenyellow;
                color: grey;
            }
  
            /*apply css properties to h2 tag*/
  
            h2 {
                color: black;
                margin: 0 50px;
                font-size: 45px;
            }
            /*apply css properties to h1 tag*/
  
            h1 {
                font-size: 35px;
                color: green;
                text-align: center;
                padding-left: 10%;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
  
    <body>
        <!-- give a suitable heading using h1 tag-->
        <h1>Increment and Decrement counter</h1>
  
        <div ="container">
            <!-- adding button and heading to show the digits -->
            <!-- increment() and decrement() functions on button click-->
            <button onclick="increment()">+</button>
            <h2 id="counting"></h2>
            <button onclick="decrement()">-</button>
        </div>
        <!-- JavaScript code-->
        <script>
            //initialising a variable name data
            var data = 0;
  
            //printing default value of data that is 0 in h2 tag
            document.getElementById("counting").innerText = data;
  
            //creation of increment function
            function increment() {
                data = data + 1;
                document.getElementById("counting").innerText = data;
            }
            //creation of decrement function
            function decrement() {
                data = data - 1;
                document.getElementById("counting").innerText = data;
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Output:

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