React-Bootstrap Carousel Component

React-Bootstrap is a front-end framework that was designed keeping react in mind. Carousel Component provides a way to create a slideshow for our images or text slides with a present full manner in a cyclic way. We can use the following approach in ReactJS to use the react-bootstrap Carousel Component.

Carousel Props:

• activeIndex: It is used to control the current active visible slide.
• as: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
• controls: These are used to show the next/previous button in the carousel.
• defaultActiveIndex: It is the default active index which is 0.
• fade: It is used to add a fade animation between slides while movement.
• indicators: It is used to show a set of slide position indicators.
• interval: It is used to delay time between automatically cycling movement.
• keyboard: It is used to indicate whether the carousel should react to the keyboard event or not.
• nextIcon: It is used to override the default next icon.
• nextLabel: It can be used to show the next element in the carousel, and it is a type of label that is only shown to screen readers.
• onSelect: It is a callback that is triggered when the active item changes.
• onSlid: It is a callback that is triggered when a slide transition ends.
• onSlide: It is a callback that is triggered when a slide transition starts.
• pause: It is used to pause the slide based on different mouse events.
• prevIcon: It is used to override the default previous icon.
• prevLabel: It can be used to show the previous element in the carousel, and it is a type of label that is only shown to screen readers.
• ref: It is used to provide the ref attribute for this element.
• slide: It is used to enable the animation between slides.
• touch: It is used on touchscreen devices to indicate whether it should support left/right swipe interactions.
• wrap: It indicates whether the carousel should have a hard stop or cycle continuously.
• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Carousel.Item Props:

• as: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
• interval: It is used to delay time between automatically cycling movement for these items.
• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Carousel.Caption Props:

• as: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

• Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

  npx create-react-app foldername

• Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:

  cd foldername

• Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

  npm install react-bootstrap 
  npm install bootstrap

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

Example: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:

Reference: https://react-bootstrap.github.io/components/carousel/