Carousel

React Bootstrap 5 Carousel component

Responsive Carousel built with Bootstrap 5, React 18 and Material Design 2.0. Slider examples with indicators, captions, image and multiple item carousel.

A slideshow component for cycling through elements—images or slides of text—like a carousel.

Note: Read the API tab to find all available options and advanced customization

Basic example

First slide label

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Second slide label

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Third slide label

Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem, MDBCarouselCaption } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showIndicators showControls fade>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Slides/img%20(15).jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
        <MDBCarouselCaption>
          <h5>First slide label</h5>
          <p>Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.</p>
        </MDBCarouselCaption>
      </MDBCarouselItem>

      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Slides/img%20(22).jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
        <MDBCarouselCaption>
          <h5>Second slide label</h5>
          <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
        </MDBCarouselCaption>
      </MDBCarouselItem>

      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Slides/img%20(23).jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
        <MDBCarouselCaption>
          <h5>Third slide label</h5>
          <p>Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.</p>
        </MDBCarouselCaption>
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

How it works

The carousel is a slideshow for cycling through a series of content, built with CSS 3D transforms and a bit of JavaScript. It works with a series of images, text, or custom markup. It also includes support for previous/next controls and indicators.

In browsers where the Page Visibility API 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.).

Note: 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 MDBCarouselItem.

Variations

Slides only

Here’s a carousel with slides only.

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

With controls

Adding in the previous and next controls:

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

With indicators

You can also add the indicators to the carousel, alongside the controls, too.

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls showIndicators>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

With captions

Add captions to your slides easily with the MDBCarouselCaption element within any MDBCarouselItem. 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.

First slide label

Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.

Second slide label

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Third slide label

Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.

Show code

import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem, MDBCarouselCaption } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls showIndicators>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
        <MDBCarouselCaption>
          <h5>First slide label</h5>
          <p>Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.</p>
        </MDBCarouselCaption>
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />

        <MDBCarouselCaption>
          <h5>Second slide label</h5>
          <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
        </MDBCarouselCaption>
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
        <MDBCarouselCaption>
          <h5>Third slide label</h5>
          <p>Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.</p>
        </MDBCarouselCaption>
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

Crossfade

Add fade property to your carousel to animate slides with a fade transition instead of a slide.

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls fade>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

`MDBCarousel` interval

Add interval property to a MDBCarousel or MDBCarouselItem to change the amount of time to delay between automatically cycling to the next item.

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls interval={3000}>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1} interval={1000}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

Disable touch swiping

Swiping left/right on touchscreen devices can be disabled by setting the touch property to false.

First slide label

Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.

Second slide label

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Third slide label

Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.

Show code

import React from 'react';
import { MDBCarousel, MDBCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls showIndicators touch={false}>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={1}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/041.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={2}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/042.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem itemId={3}>
        <img src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/new/slides/043.jpg' className='d-block w-100' alt='...' />
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

Dark variant

Add dark property to the MDBCarousel for darker controls, indicators, and captions.

First slide label

Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.

Second slide label

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Third slide label

Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.

Show code

import React from 'react';
import {
  MDBCarousel,
  MDBCarouselItem,
} from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBCarousel showControls showIndicators dark fade>
      <MDBCarouselItem
        className='w-100 d-block'
        itemId={1}
        src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Slides/img%20(19).jpg'
        alt='...'
      >
        <h5>First slide label</h5>
        <p>Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.</p>
      </MDBCarouselItem>
      <MDBCarouselItem
        className='w-100 d-block'
        itemId={2}
        src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Slides/img%20(35).jpg'
        alt='...'
      >
        <h5>Second slide label</h5>
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
      </MDBCarouselItem>

      <MDBCarouselItem
        className='w-100 d-block'
        itemId={3}
        src='https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Slides/img%20(40).jpg'
        alt='...'
      >
        <h5>Third slide label</h5>
        <p>Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.</p>
      </MDBCarouselItem>
    </MDBCarousel>
  );
}

Multi-item carousel

A basic example of a multi carousel with the most common use case with 3 active items (default version).

If you need more advanced options and examples of multi-item carousel have a look at Multi-item Carousel Docs

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import React from 'react';
import { MDBMultiCarousel, MDBMultiCarouselItem } from 'mdb-react-multi-carousel';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <MDBMultiCarousel>
      <MDBMultiCarouselItem
        src='https://mdbcdn.b-cdn.net/img/Photos/Thumbnails/Slides/1.webp'
        alt='Table Full of Spices'
      />
      <MDBMultiCarouselItem
        src='https://mdbcdn.b-cdn.net/img/Photos/Thumbnails/Slides/2.webp'
        alt='Winter Landscape'
      />
      <MDBMultiCarouselItem
        src='https://mdbcdn.b-cdn.net/img/Photos/Thumbnails/Slides/3.webp'
        alt='View of the City in the Mountains'
      />
      <MDBMultiCarouselItem
        src='https://mdbcdn.b-cdn.net/img/Photos/Thumbnails/Slides/4.webp'
        alt='Place Royale Bruxelles'
      />
    </MDBMultiCarousel>
  );
}

Carousel - API

Import

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javascript

import {
  MDBCarousel,
  MDBCarouselItem,
} from 'mdb-react-ui-kit';

Properties

MDBCarousel

Name	Type	Default	Description	Example
`carouselInnerClassName`	string \| undefined	`undefined`	Add custom classes to the `carousel-inner`	`<MDBCarousel carouselInnerClassName="custom-class" />`
`dark`	boolean	`false`	Set dark theme.	`<MDBCarousel dark />`
`fade`	boolean	`false`	Changes the animation to fade.	`<MDBCarousel fade />`
`interval`	number	`5000`	The amount of time to delay between automatically cycling an item. If false, carousel will not automatically cycle.	`<MDBCarousel interval={10000} />`
`keyboard`	boolean	`false`	Whether the carousel should react to keyboard events.	`<MDBCarousel keyboard />`
`pause`	boolean	`true`	If set to `true`, pauses the cycling of the carousel on mouseenter and resumes the cycling of the carousel on mouseleave. If set to false, hovering over the carousel won't pause it.	`<MDBCarousel pause={false} />`
`showControls`	boolean	`false`	Adds the controls to the carousell.	`<MDBCarousel showControls />`
`showIndicators`	boolean	`false`	Adds the indicators to the carousel.	`<MDBCarousel showIndicators />`
`touch`	boolean	`true`	Whether the carousel should support left/right swipe interactions on touchscreen devices.	`<MDBCarousel touch={false} />`

MDBCarouselItem

Name	Type	Default	Description	Example
`itemId`	Number	`''`	Defines id of the `MDBCarouselItem`. It must start from 1.	`<MDBCarouselItem itemId={1} />`
`interval`	Number \| undefined	`undefined`	Defines individual interval time (ms)	`<MDBCarouselItem interval={5000} />`

Events

Name	Type	Description
`onSlide`	() => void	Fires immediately when the `onSlide` instance method is invoked and when the carousel has completed its slide transition.

CSS variables

As part of MDB’s evolving CSS variables approach, carousel now uses local CSS variables on .carousel-control-prev-icon, .carousel-control-next-icon for enhanced real-time customization. Values for the CSS variables are set via Sass, so Sass customization is still supported, too.

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--#{$prefix}carousel-control-icon-font-size: #{$carousel-control-icon-font-size};
--#{$prefix}carousel-control-icon-font-weight: #{$font-weight-bold};

SCSS variables

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SCSS

$carousel-control-color: $white;
$carousel-control-width: 15%;
$carousel-control-opacity: 0.5;
$carousel-control-hover-opacity: 0.9;
$carousel-control-transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
$carousel-indicator-width: 30px;
$carousel-indicator-height: 3px;
$carousel-indicator-hit-area-height: 10px;
$carousel-indicator-spacer: 3px;
$carousel-indicator-opacity: 0.5;
$carousel-indicator-active-bg: $white;
$carousel-indicator-active-opacity: 1;
$carousel-indicator-transition: opacity 0.6s ease;
$carousel-caption-width: 70%;
$carousel-caption-color: $white;
$carousel-caption-padding-y: 1.25rem;
$carousel-caption-spacer: 1.25rem;
$carousel-control-icon-width: 2rem;
$carousel-control-prev-icon-bg: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16' fill='#{$carousel-control-color}'><path d='M11.354 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708L5.707 8l5.647 5.646a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708l-6-6a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708l6-6a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0z'/></svg>");
$carousel-control-next-icon-bg: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16' fill='#{$carousel-control-color}'><path d='M4.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L10.293 8 4.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z'/></svg>");
$carousel-transition-duration: 0.6s;
$carousel-control-prev-icon-bg: none;
$carousel-control-next-icon-bg: none;
$carousel-control-icon-font-size: 1.7rem;
$carousel-transition: transform $carousel-transition-duration ease-in-out; // Define transform transition first if using multiple transitions (e.g., `transform 2s ease, opacity .5s ease-out`)
$carousel-dark-indicator-active-bg: $black;
$carousel-dark-caption-color: $black;
$carousel-dark-control-icon-filter: invert(1) grayscale(100);

Carousel

React Bootstrap 5 Carousel component

Basic example

First slide label

Second slide label

Third slide label

How it works

Variations

Slides only

With controls

With indicators

With captions

First slide label

Second slide label

Third slide label

Crossfade

MDBCarousel interval

Disable touch swiping

First slide label

Second slide label

Third slide label

Dark variant

First slide label

Second slide label

Third slide label

Multi-item carousel

Related resources

Carousel - API

Import

Properties

MDBCarousel

MDBCarouselItem

Events

CSS variables

SCSS variables

`MDBCarousel` interval