element/examples/docs/en-US/carousel.md

Carousel

Loop a series of images or texts in a limited space

Basic usage

:::demo Combine el-carousel with el-carousel-item, and you'll get a carousel. Content of each slide is completely customizable, and you just need to place it inside el-carousel-item tag. By default the carousel switches when mouse hovers over an indicator. Set trigger to click, and the carousel switches only when an indicator is clicked.

<template>
  <div class="block">
    <span class="demonstration">Switch when indicator is hovered (default)</span>
    <el-carousel height="150px">
      <el-carousel-item v-for="item in 4" :key="item">
        <h3 class="small">{{ item }}</h3>
      </el-carousel-item>
    </el-carousel>
  </div>
  <div class="block">
    <span class="demonstration">Switch when indicator is clicked</span>
    <el-carousel trigger="click" height="150px">
      <el-carousel-item v-for="item in 4" :key="item">
        <h3 class="small">{{ item }}</h3>
      </el-carousel-item>
    </el-carousel>
  </div>
</template>

<style>
  .el-carousel__item h3 {
    color: #475669;
    font-size: 14px;
    opacity: 0.75;
    line-height: 150px;
    margin: 0;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n) {
    background-color: #99a9bf;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n+1) {
    background-color: #d3dce6;
  }
</style>

:::

Indicators

Indicators can be displayed outside the carousel

:::demo The indicator-position attribute determines where the indicators are located. By default they are inside the carousel, and setting indicator-position to outside moves them outside; setting indicator-position to none hides the indicators.

<template>
  <el-carousel indicator-position="outside">
    <el-carousel-item v-for="item in 4" :key="item">
      <h3>{{ item }}</h3>
    </el-carousel-item>
  </el-carousel>
</template>

<style>
  .el-carousel__item h3 {
    color: #475669;
    font-size: 18px;
    opacity: 0.75;
    line-height: 300px;
    margin: 0;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n) {
    background-color: #99a9bf;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n+1) {
    background-color: #d3dce6;
  }
</style>

:::

Arrows

You can define when arrows are displayed

:::demo The arrow attribute determines when arrows are displayed. By default they appear when mouse hovers over the carousel. Setting arrow to always or never shows/hides the arrows permanently.

<template>
  <el-carousel :interval="5000" arrow="always">
    <el-carousel-item v-for="item in 4" :key="item">
      <h3>{{ item }}</h3>
    </el-carousel-item>
  </el-carousel>
</template>

<style>
  .el-carousel__item h3 {
    color: #475669;
    font-size: 18px;
    opacity: 0.75;
    line-height: 300px;
    margin: 0;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n) {
    background-color: #99a9bf;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n+1) {
    background-color: #d3dce6;
  }
</style>

:::

Card mode

When a page is wide enough but has limited height, you can activate card mode for carousels

:::demo Setting type to card activates the card mode. Apart from the appearance, the biggest difference between card mode and common mode is that clicking the slides at both sides directly switches the carousel in card mode.

<template>
  <el-carousel :interval="4000" type="card" height="200px">
    <el-carousel-item v-for="item in 6" :key="item">
      <h3 class="medium">{{ item }}</h3>
    </el-carousel-item>
  </el-carousel>
</template>

<style>
  .el-carousel__item h3 {
    color: #475669;
    font-size: 14px;
    opacity: 0.75;
    line-height: 200px;
    margin: 0;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n) {
    background-color: #99a9bf;
  }

  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n+1) {
    background-color: #d3dce6;
  }
</style>

:::

By default, direction is horizontal. Let carousel be displayed in the vertical direction by setting direction to vertical.

:::demo

<template>
  <el-carousel height="200px" direction="vertical" :autoplay="false">
    <el-carousel-item v-for="item in 4" :key="item">
      <h3 class="medium">{{ item }}</h3>
    </el-carousel-item>
  </el-carousel>
</template>

<style>
  .el-carousel__item h3 {
    color: #475669;
    font-size: 14px;
    opacity: 0.75;
    line-height: 200px;
    margin: 0;
  }
  
  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n) {
    background-color: #99a9bf;
  }
  
  .el-carousel__item:nth-child(2n+1) {
    background-color: #d3dce6;
  }
</style>

:::

Carousel Attributes

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
height	height of the carousel	string	—	—
initial-index	index of the initially active slide (starting from 0)	number	—	0
trigger	how indicators are triggered	string	hover/click	hover
autoplay	whether automatically loop the slides	boolean	—	true
interval	interval of the auto loop, in milliseconds	number	—	3000
indicator-position	position of the indicators	string	outside/none	—
arrow	when arrows are shown	string	always/hover/never	hover
type	type of the Carousel	string	card	—
loop	display the items in loop	boolean	-	true
direction	display direction	string	horizontal/vertical	horizontal

Carousel Events

Event Name	Description	Parameters
change	triggers when the active slide switches	index of the new active slide, index of the old active slide

Carousel Methods

Method	Description	Parameters
setActiveItem	manually switch slide	index of the slide to be switched to, starting from 0; or the name of corresponding el-carousel-item
prev	switch to the previous slide	—
next	switch to the next slide	—

Carousel-Item Attributes

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
name	name of the item, can be used in setActiveItem	string	—	—
label	text content for the corresponding indicator	string	—	—