diff --git a/src/dots.ts b/src/dots.ts
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+import type { Carousel } from './index.ts';
+
+const NOOP = () => {};
+
+/**
+ * Wire the developer's existing dot elements to a carousel.
+ * Progressive fallback: no-ops where native ::scroll-marker is supported, so the
+ * native marker group is the sole control there (no double dots).
+ * @param c - carousel instance
+ * @param container - element whose children are the dot controls
+ * @returns cleanup function (a noop when native markers are used)
+ */
+export function dots(c: Carousel, container: HTMLElement): () => void {
+  // Native markers present → let CSS own the controls.
+  if (typeof CSS !== 'undefined' && CSS.supports('selector(::scroll-marker)')) {
+    return NOOP;
+  }
+
+  const items = Array.from(container.children) as HTMLElement[];
+
+  const handlers = items.map((el, i) => {
+    const h = () => c.scrollToIndex(i);
+    el.addEventListener('click', h);
+    return h;
+  });
+
+  function mark(active: number) {
+    items.forEach((el, i) => {
+      if (i === active) {
+        el.setAttribute('aria-current', 'true');
+        el.classList.add('active');
+      } else {
+        el.removeAttribute('aria-current');
+        el.classList.remove('active');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  mark(c.index);
+  const off = c.on('change', mark);
+
+  return () => {
+    off();
+    items.forEach((el, i) => {
+      el.removeEventListener('click', handlers[i]);
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/dots.test.ts b/tests/dots.test.ts
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+import { afterEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { dots } from '../src/dots.ts';
+
+function fakeCarousel() {
+  let cb: (i: number) => void = () => {};
+  return {
+    index: 0,
+    count: 3,
+    next: vi.fn(),
+    prev: vi.fn(),
+    scrollToIndex: vi.fn(),
+    on: (_e: string, fn: (i: number) => void) => {
+      cb = fn;
+      return () => {};
+    },
+    destroy: vi.fn(),
+    fire: (i: number) => cb(i),
+  };
+}
+
+function dotContainer() {
+  const el = document.createElement('div');
+  el.innerHTML = '<button></button><button></button><button></button>';
+  return el;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+test('clicking a dot scrolls to its index', () => {
+  const c = fakeCarousel();
+  const container = dotContainer();
+  dots(c as never, container);
+  (container.children[2] as HTMLButtonElement).click();
+  expect(c.scrollToIndex).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2);
+});
+
+test('change marks the active dot with aria-current', () => {
+  const c = fakeCarousel();
+  const container = dotContainer();
+  dots(c as never, container);
+  c.fire(1);
+  expect(container.children[1].getAttribute('aria-current')).toBe('true');
+  expect(container.children[0].hasAttribute('aria-current')).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('no-ops (no listeners wired) when native ::scroll-marker is supported', () => {
+  vi.stubGlobal('CSS', { supports: () => true }); // jsdom has no CSS global
+
+  const c = fakeCarousel();
+  const container = dotContainer();
+  const cleanup = dots(c as never, container);
+  (container.children[0] as HTMLButtonElement).click();
+  expect(c.scrollToIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  expect(typeof cleanup).toBe('function'); // noop cleanup, safe to call
+  cleanup();
+});