Shadcn Carousel Thumbnail Strip

Carousel with thumbnail navigation. Built with the Carousel component. Uses cn alongside the shadcn primitives. A free, open source shadcn carousel example you can install with npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-9 and edit as your own code.

Carousel with thumbnail navigation

For AI Agents

Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Free to install.

Best for: A main slide above a free scrolling strip of 10 thumbnails that outlines the active one and jumps on click

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

Thumbnails laid over the lower edge of the main image on a dark fade: use the Carousel Overlay Thumbnails example
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

Each thumbnail is a CarouselItem div with an onClick that takes no focus, so a keyboard user cannot pick a slide; render a button inside it
Both carousels map ITEMS_COUNT slides by index, so feed them from one shared array to keep each thumbnail on its slide
Every slide is a picsum.photos placeholder built with Array.from; map your own images and alt text from a real array
Where CarouselPrevious and CarouselNext are placed, they sit 3rem outside the slides at either end, so leave room or move them through className
Carousel reacts only to ArrowLeft and ArrowRight, 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

Markdownhttps://reui.io/components/carousel/c-carousel-9.md

MCPget_example("c-carousel-9")

Installnpx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-9

Full index for agents:llms.txtReUI MCP setup

Shadcn Components in Carousel Thumbnail Strip

Carousel

Dependencies

About Shadcn Carousel Thumbnail Strip

What You Can Build With Shadcn Carousel Thumbnail Strip

Composes Carousel, so it drops into any project already using those components.
Install it with the shadcn CLI: npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-9
Open source and free, with the full source on this page to copy or adapt.

More Shadcn Carousel Examples

Basic Basic carousel with single item
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
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 Thumbnail Strip?

Use it for a main slide above a free scrolling strip of 10 thumbnails that outlines the active one and jumps on click.

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 thumbnails laid over the lower edge of the main image on a dark fade, use the Carousel Overlay Thumbnails example. 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 Thumbnail Strip?

Run npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-carousel-9. The CLI copies the source into your project, so you own the code and can edit it freely.

Is Shadcn Carousel Thumbnail Strip free to use?

Yes. Every ReUI component example is open source and free for personal and commercial projects.

Which components does Shadcn Carousel Thumbnail Strip use?

It composes Carousel. The shadcn CLI installs those alongside the example.

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