In browsers where the is supported, the carousel will avoid sliding when the webpage is not visible to the user (such as when the browser tab is inactive, the browser window is minimized, etc.).
The animation effect of this component is dependent on the prefers-reduced-motion
media query. See the reduced motion section of our accessibility documentation.
Please be aware that nested carousels are not supported, and carousels are generally not compliant with accessibility standards.
Carousels don’t automatically normalize slide dimensions. As such, you may need to use additional utilities or custom styles to appropriately size content. While carousels support previous/next controls and indicators, they’re not explicitly required. Add and customize as you see fit.
The .active
class needs to be added to one of the slides otherwise the carousel will not be visible. Also be sure to set a unique id on the .carousel
for optional controls, especially if you’re using multiple carousels on a single page. Control and indicator elements must have a data-bs-target
attribute (or href
for links) that matches the id of the .carousel
element.
Here’s a carousel with slides only. Note the presence of the .d-block
and .w-100
on carousel images to prevent browser default image alignment.
With controls
Adding in the previous and next controls:
<div id="carouselExampleControls" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="carousel">
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-bs-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleControls" role="button" data-bs-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
With indicators
<div id="carouselExampleIndicators" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="carousel">
<li data-bs-target="#carouselExampleIndicators" data-bs-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
<li data-bs-target="#carouselExampleIndicators" data-bs-slide-to="1"></li>
<li data-bs-target="#carouselExampleIndicators" data-bs-slide-to="2"></li>
</ol>
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleIndicators" role="button" data-bs-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleIndicators" role="button" data-bs-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
With captions
Add captions to your slides easily with the element within any .carousel-item
. They can be easily hidden on smaller viewports, as shown below, with optional display utilities. We hide them initially with .d-none
and bring them back on medium-sized devices with .d-md-block
.
Add .carousel-fade
to your carousel to animate slides with a fade transition instead of a slide.
<div id="carouselExampleFade" class="carousel slide carousel-fade" data-bs-ride="carousel">
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleFade" role="button" data-bs-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleFade" role="button" data-bs-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
Individual .carousel-item
interval
Add data-bs-interval=""
to a .carousel-item
to change the amount of time to delay between automatically cycling to the next item.
<div id="carouselExampleInterval" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="carousel">
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active" data-bs-interval="10000">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item" data-bs-interval="2000">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="..." class="d-block w-100" alt="...">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleInterval" role="button" data-bs-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleInterval" role="button" data-bs-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="visually-hidden">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
Add .carousel-dark
to the .carousel
for darker controls, indicators, and captions. Controls have been inverted from their default white fill with the filter
CSS property. Captions and controls have additional Sass variables that customize the color
and background-color
.
Via data attributes
The data-bs-ride="carousel"
attribute is used to mark a carousel as animating starting at page load. If you don’t use data-bs-ride="carousel"
to initialize your carousel, you have to initialize it yourself. It cannot be used in combination with (redundant and unnecessary) explicit JavaScript initialization of the same carousel.
Via JavaScript
Call carousel manually with:
var myCarousel = document.querySelector('#myCarousel')
var carousel = new bootstrap.Carousel(myCarousel)
Options can be passed via data attributes or JavaScript. For data attributes, append the option name to data-bs-
, as in data-bs-interval=""
.
Methods
Asynchronous methods and transitions
All API methods are asynchronous and start a transition. They return to the caller as soon as the transition is started but before it ends. In addition, a method call on a transitioning component will be ignored.
See our JavaScript documentation for more information.
You can create a carousel instance with the carousel constructor, for example, to initialize with additional options and start cycling through items:
var myCarousel = document.querySelector('#myCarousel')
var carousel = new bootstrap.Carousel(myCarousel, {
interval: 2000,
wrap: false
})
Events
Bootstrap’s carousel class exposes two events for hooking into carousel functionality. Both events have the following additional properties:
direction
: The direction in which the carousel is sliding (either"left"
or"right"
).relatedTarget
: The DOM element that is being slid into place as the active item.from
: The index of the current itemto
: The index of the next item
Change transition duration
The transition duration of .carousel-item
can be changed with the Sass variable before compiling or custom styles if you’re using the compiled CSS. If multiple transitions are applied, make sure the transform transition is defined first (eg. transition: transform 2s ease, opacity .5s ease-out
).