Bootstrap carousel

The Bootstrap carousel is a flexible, responsive way that is used to add a slider to your webpage. It is very responsive and flexible enough to allow, images, iframes, videos, or any other type of content that you want to add.

The Carousel Plugin:

The carousel plugin is a component for cycling through element, like a carousel. If you want to add plugin functionality individually, then you have to use carousel.js file or all at once (using "bootstrap.js" or "bootstrap.min.js").

Bootstrap carousel Example

Let's take a carousel example and see how to create a basic carousel.

 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
     <title>Bootstrap Carousel</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css"/>
  </head>
<style>
  .carousel-inner > .item > img,
  .carousel-inner > .item > a > img {
      width: 80%;
      margin: auto;
  }
</style>

  <body>

<div class="container">
  <h1>Carousel Example</h1>

<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
    <!-- Indicators -->
    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
      <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
      <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
      <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>

    <!-- Wrapper for slides -->
      <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">  
      <div class="item active">  
        <img src="https://picsum.photos/200/300" alt="jokes 1" >  
      </div>  
  
      <div class="item">  
        <img src=" https://picsum.photos/200/300" alt="jokes 2" >  
      </div>  
      
      <div class="item">  
        <img src=" https://picsum.photos/200/300" alt="jokes 3" >  
      </div>  
    </div>  


    <!-- Left and right controls -->
    <a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" role="button" data-slide="prev">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
    </a>
    <a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" role="button" data-slide="next">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Next</span>
    </a>
</div><!-- corousel end -->

</div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

Bootstrap carousel Example: add captions to slides

If you want to add captions to the slides, then you have to add <div class="carousel-caption"> within each <div class="item"> .

 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
     <title>Job</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css"/>
  </head>
<style>
  .carousel-inner > .item > img,
  .carousel-inner > .item > a > img {
      width: 80%;
      margin: auto;
  }
</style>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h1>Carousel Example</h1>

<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
    <!-- Indicators -->
    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
      <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
      <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
      <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>

    <!-- Wrapper for slides -->
    <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">  
      <div class="item active">  
        <img src=" https://picsum.photos/200/300" alt="jokes 1" >  
        <h3>Santa-Banta</h3>  
        <p>Read Santa-Banta jokes at javaTpoint.</p>  
      </div>  
  
      <div class="item">  
        <img src=" https://picsum.photos/200/300" alt="jokes 2" >  
         <h3>Santa-Banta</h3>  
        <p>Read Santa-Banta jokes at javaTpoint.</p>  
      </div>  
      
      <div class="item">  
        <img src=" https://picsum.photos/200/300" alt="jokes 3" >  
         <h3>Santa-Banta</h3>  
        <p>Read Santa-Banta jokes at javaTpoint.</p>  
      </div>  
    </div>  


    <!-- Left and right controls -->
    <a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" role="button" data-slide="prev">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
    </a>
    <a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" role="button" data-slide="next">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Next</span>
    </a>
</div><!-- corousel end -->

</div>
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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