.cards-process {
    position: relative;
}

.cards-process .process-steps {
    margin-bottom: 60px;
}

/* Equal-height cards across the slick track */
.cards-process .process-steps .slick-track {
    display: flex !important;
}

.cards-process .process-steps .slick-slide {
    height: inherit !important;
    display: flex !important;
}

.cards-process .process-step {
    display: flex;
    align-items: stretch;
    width: 100%;
}

.cards-process .process-card {
    position: relative;
    flex: 1;
    min-width: 0;
    padding: 20px;
    background-color: #175eaa;
}

.cards-process .process-number[class] {
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    letter-spacing: 1.2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--white);
    margin: 0;
}

.cards-process .process-title {
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 24px;
    line-height: 1.36;
    letter-spacing: -0.48px;
    color: var(--white);
    margin: 28px 0 0;
}

.cards-process .process-content {
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--white);
    margin-top: 10px;
}

.cards-process .process-content p {
    margin: 0 0 1em;
}

.cards-process .process-content p:last-child {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}

/* Dotted rule with a square node, sitting in the gap between cards */
.cards-process .process-connector {
    position: relative;
    flex: 0 0 45px;
    align-self: stretch;
}

.cards-process .process-connector::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    border-top: 2px dotted var(--blue-500);
    transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.cards-process .process-connector::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    width: 10px;
    height: 10px;
    background-color: var(--blue-500);
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

/* Pager */
.cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots {
    position: static;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    width: auto;
    gap: 51px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style: none;
}

.cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 14px;
    height: 14px;
    margin: 0;
}

.cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li button {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 14px;
    height: 14px;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 0;
    line-height: 0;
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li button:before {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    /* slick-theme pins this pseudo element to the top-left with position:absolute */
    position: static;
    width: 14px;
    height: 14px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background-color: #d9d9d9;
    opacity: 1;
}

.cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li.slick-active button:before {
    background-color: var(--orange);
}

/* Mobile: one card per view, with smaller dots spread across the full width */
@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
    .cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots {
        gap: 39px;
    }

    .cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li,
    .cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li button,
    .cards-process .process-dots .slick-dots li button:before {
        width: 10.5px;
        height: 10.5px;
    }
}