Basic carousel with single item
For AI Agents
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Best for: The minimal setup with no options: 5 square photos one per view, arrow buttons shown from the sm breakpoint up
When to use
- Photo galleries and featured slides shown one at a time, moved by swipe, arrow buttons or a timer
- Rows or columns of cards with several in view, sized per breakpoint or peeking at the next one
- Media viewers where a thumbnail strip or a row of dots tracks the current slide and jumps to any one
When not to use
- Several photos side by side in view at once: use the Carousel Multiple Items example
- A static list row with media, a title and actions that never slides: use the Item component
- A rotating set of customer testimonials with star ratings and avatars: use the Review blocks
- A shop page pairing a photo gallery with a buy box and size and color pickers: use the Product Detail blocks
- A storefront section of shop collections with hover browse buttons: use the Category Card blocks
Agent notes
- Every slide is a
picsum.photosplaceholder built withArray.from; map your own images and alt text from a real array - Where
CarouselPreviousandCarouselNextare placed, they sit 3rem outside the slides at either end, so leave room or move them throughclassName Carouselreacts only toArrowLeftandArrowRight, vertical ones included, and only while focus sits on a control inside it
Third-party API docs
- Embla Carousel v8: API reference, docs, through shadcn Carousel
https://reui.io/components/carousel/c-carousel-1.mdget_example("c-carousel-1")npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-1About Shadcn Carousel Basic
Basic carousel with single item. Built by composing Card, Carousel. A free, open source shadcn carousel example you can install with npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-1 and edit as your own code.
What You Can Build With Shadcn Carousel Basic
- Composes Card, Carousel, so it drops into any project already using those components.
- Install it with the shadcn CLI: npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-1
- Open source and free, with the full source on this page to copy or adapt.
More Shadcn Carousel Examples
- Vertical Vertical carousel orientation
- Multiple Items Carousel with multiple items visible
- Responsive Basis Carousel with responsive basis
- Autoplay Carousel with autoplay plugin
- Centered Alignment Carousel with centered slide alignment
- Custom Spacing Carousel with custom spacing
- Image Overlays Carousel with images and overlays
- Thumbnail Strip Carousel with thumbnail navigation
- Overlay Thumbnails Carousel with overlay thumbnail navigation
- Dots Navigation Carousel with dots navigation and content overlays
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Frequently Asked Questions
When should I use Shadcn Carousel Basic?
Use it for the minimal setup with no options: 5 square photos one per view, arrow buttons shown from the sm breakpoint up.
Shadcn Carousel as a whole fits:
- Photo galleries and featured slides shown one at a time, moved by swipe, arrow buttons or a timer
- Rows or columns of cards with several in view, sized per breakpoint or peeking at the next one
- Media viewers where a thumbnail strip or a row of dots tracks the current slide and jumps to any one
For several photos side by side in view at once, use the Carousel Multiple Items example. For a static list row with media, a title and actions that never slides, use the Item component. For a rotating set of customer testimonials with star ratings and avatars, use the Review blocks. For a shop page pairing a photo gallery with a buy box and size and color pickers, use the Product Detail blocks. For a storefront section of shop collections with hover browse buttons, use the Category Card blocks.
How do I install Shadcn Carousel Basic?
Is Shadcn Carousel Basic free to use?
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