Bootstrap Carousel Plugin
Bootstrap Carousel is a slideshow component for cycling through images, text, or custom content. It supports sliding animations, indicators, captions, and controls.
Works in Bootstrap 3, 4, and 5 with slightly different class names and data attributes.
✅ Basic Carousel
Key Points:
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carousel slide→ Carousel with sliding animation. -
data-ride="carousel"→ Starts the carousel automatically. -
.carousel-inner→ Contains.itemslides. -
.item.active→ Shows the first slide initially. -
.carousel-caption→ Optional caption over slides. -
Controls:
.left.carousel-control&.right.carousel-controlfor navigation arrows.
🔹 Carousel with Indicators Only
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Indicators are small dots that allow users to jump to a specific slide.
🔹 Carousel with Captions
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.carousel-captionoverlays text on images.
🔹 Carousel with Fade Effect (Bootstrap 4/5)
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.carousel-fade→ Smooth fade transition instead of sliding.
✔ Summary of Carousel Features
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Auto-sliding images | ✔️ |
| Indicators (dots) | ✔️ |
| Navigation controls | ✔️ |
| Captions over slides | ✔️ |
| Fade animation (Bootstrap 4/5) | ✔️ |
| Custom HTML content inside slides | ✔️ |
