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6 Incredibly Easy Ways To Build A Carousel With Tailwind CSS Better While Spending Less

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What is Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that focuses on creating personalized user interfaces quickly. It can gives you all the building blocks you are able to create personalized designs without having to fight to override irritating opinionated styles. Also, Tailwind CSS is a highly configurable, low-level CSS framework.

Use this tailwind css carousel slider component from flowbite to create a collection of images that can be navigated between using the control buttons and indicators flowbite.com/docs/components/carousel/

  • It can make the building process of Carousel ui component faster and more easily.
  • Enables building complex responsive layouts and components freely.
  • Minimum lines of CSS code in Carousel component file.

Free download of the Carousel's source code

<!-- This is an example component -->
<div class="max-w-2xl mx-auto">

	<div id="default-carousel" class="relative" data-carousel="static">
        <!-- Carousel wrapper -->
        <div class="overflow-hidden relative h-56 rounded-lg sm:h-64 xl:h-80 2xl:h-96">
            <!-- Item 1 -->
            <div class="hidden duration-700 ease-in-out" data-carousel-item>
                <span class="absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 text-2xl font-semibold text-white -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 sm:text-3xl dark:text-gray-800">First Slide</span>
                <img src="https://flowbite.com/docs/images/carousel/carousel-1.svg" class="block absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 w-full -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" alt="...">
            </div>
            <!-- Item 2 -->
            <div class="hidden duration-700 ease-in-out" data-carousel-item>
                <img src="https://flowbite.com/docs/images/carousel/carousel-2.svg" class="block absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 w-full -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" alt="...">
            </div>
            <!-- Item 3 -->
            <div class="hidden duration-700 ease-in-out" data-carousel-item>
                <img src="https://flowbite.com/docs/images/carousel/carousel-3.svg" class="block absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 w-full -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" alt="...">
            </div>
        </div>
        <!-- Slider indicators -->
        <div class="flex absolute bottom-5 left-1/2 z-30 space-x-3 -translate-x-1/2">
            <button type="button" class="w-3 h-3 rounded-full" aria-current="false" aria-label="Slide 1" data-carousel-slide-to="0"></button>
            <button type="button" class="w-3 h-3 rounded-full" aria-current="false" aria-label="Slide 2" data-carousel-slide-to="1"></button>
            <button type="button" class="w-3 h-3 rounded-full" aria-current="false" aria-label="Slide 3" data-carousel-slide-to="2"></button>
        </div>
        <!-- Slider controls -->
        <button type="button" class="flex absolute top-0 left-0 z-30 justify-center items-center px-4 h-full cursor-pointer group focus:outline-none" data-carousel-prev>
            <span class="inline-flex justify-center items-center w-8 h-8 rounded-full sm:w-10 sm:h-10 bg-white/30 dark:bg-gray-800/30 group-hover:bg-white/50 dark:group-hover:bg-gray-800/60 group-focus:ring-4 group-focus:ring-white dark:group-focus:ring-gray-800/70 group-focus:outline-none">
                <svg class="w-5 h-5 text-white sm:w-6 sm:h-6 dark:text-gray-800" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M15 19l-7-7 7-7"></path></svg>
                <span class="hidden">Previous</span>
            </span>
        </button>
        <button type="button" class="flex absolute top-0 right-0 z-30 justify-center items-center px-4 h-full cursor-pointer group focus:outline-none" data-carousel-next>
            <span class="inline-flex justify-center items-center w-8 h-8 rounded-full sm:w-10 sm:h-10 bg-white/30 dark:bg-gray-800/30 group-hover:bg-white/50 dark:group-hover:bg-gray-800/60 group-focus:ring-4 group-focus:ring-white dark:group-focus:ring-gray-800/70 group-focus:outline-none">
                <svg class="w-5 h-5 text-white sm:w-6 sm:h-6 dark:text-gray-800" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M9 5l7 7-7 7"></path></svg>
                <span class="hidden">Next</span>
            </span>
        </button>
    </div>

	<p class="mt-5">This carousel slider component is part of a larger, open-source library of Tailwind CSS components. Learn
		more
		by going to the official <a class="text-blue-600 hover:underline"
			href="https://flowbite.com/docs/getting-started/introduction/" target="_blank">Flowbite Documentation</a>.
	</p>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/flowbite.js"></script>
</div>

Install tailwind css of verion 3.0.18

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 3.0.18

<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
  • max-w-2xl
  • mx-auto
  • relative
  • overflow-hidden
  • h-56
  • sm:h-64
  • xl:h-80
  • 2xl:h-96
  • hidden
  • absolute
  • top-1/2
  • left-1/2
  • text-2xl
  • text-white
  • sm:text-3xl
  • dark:text-gray-800
  • block
  • w-full
  • flex
  • bottom-5
  • z-30
  • w-3
  • h-3
  • top-0
  • left-0
  • px-4
  • h-full
  • inline-flex
  • w-8
  • h-8
  • sm:w-10
  • sm:h-10
  • bg-white/30
  • dark:bg-gray-800/30
  • group-hover:bg-white/50
  • w-5
  • h-5
  • sm:w-6
  • sm:h-6
  • right-0
  • mt-5
  • text-blue-600

  1. Set the maximum width/height of an element using the max-w-2xl utilities.

  2. Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the mx-auto utilities.

  3. Use relative to position an element according to the normal flow of the document.

  4. Use overflow-hidden to clip any content within an element that overflows the bounds of that element.

  5. Use h-56 to set an element to a fixed height(14rem).

  6. Use sm:h-64 to set an element to a fixed height(16rem) at only small screen sizes.

  7. Use xl:h-80 to set an element to a fixed height(20rem) at only extremely large screen sizes.

  8. Use 2xl:h-96 to set an element to a fixed height(24rem)undefined.

  9. Use hidden to set an element to display: none and remove it from the page layout.

  10. Use absolute to position an element outside of the normal flow of the document, causing neighboring elements to act as if the element doesn’t exist.

  11. Use the top-1/2 utilities to set the top position of a positioned element to 1/2.

  12. Use the left-1/2 utilities to set the left position of a positioned element to 1/2.

  13. Control the text color of an element to 2xl using the text-2xl utilities.

  14. Control the text color of an element to white using the text-white utilities.

  15. Control the text color of an element to 3xl at only small screen sizes using the sm:text-3xl utilities.

  16. Control the text color of an element to gray-800 in dark theme using the dark:text-gray-800 utilities.

  17. Use inline utilities to put the element on its own line and fill its parent.

  18. Use w-full to set an element to a 100% based width.

  19. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  20. Use the bottom-5 utilities to set the bottom position of a positioned element to 1.25rem.

  21. Control the stack order (or three-dimensional positioning) of an element to 30 in Tailwind, regardless of order it has been displayed, using the z-30 utilities.

  22. Use w-3 to set an element to a fixed width(0.75rem).

  23. Use h-3 to set an element to a fixed height(0.75rem).

  24. Use the top-0 utilities to set the top position of a positioned element to 0rem.

  25. Use the left-0 utilities to set the left position of a positioned element to 0rem.

  26. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 1rem using the px-4 utilities.

  27. Use h-full to set an element’s height to 100% of its parent, as long as the parent has a defined height.

  28. Use inline-flex to create an inline flex container that flows with text.

  29. Use w-8 to set an element to a fixed width(2rem).

  30. Use h-8 to set an element to a fixed height(2rem).

  31. Use sm:w-10 to set an element to a fixed width(2.5rem) at only small screen sizes.

  32. Use sm:h-10 to set an element to a fixed height(2.5rem) at only small screen sizes.

  33. Control the background color of an element to white/30 using the bg-white/30 utilities.

  34. Control the background color of an element to gray-800/30 using the dark:bg-gray-800/30 utilities in dark theme.

  35. Control the background color of an element to white/50 using the group-hover:bg-white/50 utilitiesundefined.

  36. Use w-5 to set an element to a fixed width(1.25rem).

  37. Use h-5 to set an element to a fixed height(1.25rem).

  38. Use sm:w-6 to set an element to a fixed width(1.5rem) at only small screen sizes.

  39. Use sm:h-6 to set an element to a fixed height(1.5rem) at only small screen sizes.

  40. Use the right-0 utilities to set the right position of a positioned element to 0rem.

  41. Control the margin on top side of an element to 1.25rem using the mt-5 utilities.

  42. Control the text color of an element to blue-600 using the text-blue-600 utilities.

Conclusion

The above is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Tailwind CSS to build a Carousel components, learn and follow along to implement your own components.