.slider_ci.swiper-slide {
    height: auto; 
    transition-property: background-color, color, border-color !important; 
    
    /* Hardware acceleration to stop flicker */
    -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
    backface-visibility: hidden;
    -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }

  /* Focus-next opacity states */
  .swiper.focus-next .swiper-slide {
    opacity: 0.5;
    transition: opacity 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.165, 0.84, 0.44, 1);
  }

  .swiper.focus-next .swiper-slide.focus-next-active {
    opacity: 1 !important;
  }

  .swiper.focus-next .swiper-slide.focus-next-next {
    opacity: 0.5 !important;
  }

  .swiper.focus-next .swiper-slide:not(.focus-next-active):not(.focus-next-next) {
    opacity: 0.35 !important;
  }

  /* Fallback opacity styling when focus-next is not present on the slider container */
  .section-2.is-slider.swiper .swiper-slide-active {
    opacity: 1 !important;
  }

  .section-2.is-slider.swiper .swiper-slide-next {
    opacity: 0.5 !important;
  }

  .section-2.is-slider.swiper .swiper-slide:not(.swiper-slide-active):not(.swiper-slide-next) {
    opacity: 0.35 !important;
  }