Tailwind CSS Carousel - React

Use our Tailwind CSS carousel using swiper for your website for sliding through multiple elements or images.

See below our beautiful carousel examples that you can use in your Tailwind CSS and React project. The examples below are using swiper library, make sure to install it before using the example.

Install Required Dependency

We're using swiper library for making carousel components. Make sure to install it before using the example.

npm install swiper
npm install swiper

Carousel Demo

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"use client";

import "swiper/css";
import "swiper/css/navigation";
import "swiper/css/pagination";

import * as React from "react";
import { Navigation, Pagination } from "swiper/modules";
import { IconButton } from "@material-tailwind/react";
import { NavArrowRight, NavArrowLeft } from "iconoir-react";
import { Swiper, SwiperSlide, useSwiper } from "swiper/react";

function CustomNavigation() {
  const swiper = useSwiper();

  return (
    <>
      <IconButton
        isCircular
        size="lg"
        variant="ghost"
        color="secondary"
        onClick={() => swiper.slidePrev()}
        className="dark !absolute left-2 top-1/2 z-10 -translate-y-1/2"
      >
        <NavArrowLeft className="h-7 w-7 -translate-x-0.5 stroke-2" />
      </IconButton>
      <IconButton
        isCircular
        size="lg"
        variant="ghost"
        color="secondary"
        onClick={() => swiper.slideNext()}
        className="dark !absolute right-2 top-1/2 z-10 -translate-y-1/2"
      >
        <NavArrowRight className="h-7 w-7 translate-x-px stroke-2" />
      </IconButton>
    </>
  );
}

function customPagination(_, className) {
  return `<span class="${className} w-4 h-4 [&.swiper-pagination-bullet-active]:!opacity-100 [&.swiper-pagination-bullet-active]:[background:rgb(var(--color-background))] !opacity-50 ![background:rgb(var(--color-background))]"></span>`;
}

export function CarouselDemo() {
  return (
    <div className="max-w-[686px]">
      <Swiper
        pagination={{
          enabled: true,
          clickable: true,
          dynamicBullets: true,
          renderBullet: customPagination,
        }}
        modules={[Navigation, Pagination]}
        className="relative rounded-lg [&_div.swiper-button-next]:text-background [&_div.swiper-button-prev]:text-background"
      >
        {[
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1470813740244-df37b8c1edcb?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8NHx8bmF0dXJlfGVufDB8MHwwfHx8MA%3D%3D",
          "https://plus.unsplash.com/premium_photo-1673603988651-99f79e4ae7d3?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8OXx8bmF0dXJlfGVufDB8MHwwfHx8MA%3D%3D",
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1465189684280-6a8fa9b19a7a?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8MTZ8fG5hdHVyZXxlbnwwfDB8MHx8fDA%3D",
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1458668383970-8ddd3927deed?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8N3x8bmF0dXJlfGVufDB8MHwwfHx8MA%3D%3D",
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506744038136-46273834b3fb?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8MTJ8fG5hdHVyZXxlbnwwfDB8MHx8fDA%3D",
        ].map((img, index) => (
          <SwiperSlide key={index} className="select-none">
            <img
              src={img}
              alt={`image-${index}`}
              className="h-[28rem] w-full object-cover"
            />
          </SwiperSlide>
        ))}
        <CustomNavigation />
      </Swiper>
    </div>
  );
}
"use client";

import "swiper/css";
import "swiper/css/navigation";
import "swiper/css/pagination";

import * as React from "react";
import { Navigation, Pagination } from "swiper/modules";
import { IconButton } from "@material-tailwind/react";
import { NavArrowRight, NavArrowLeft } from "iconoir-react";
import { Swiper, SwiperSlide, useSwiper } from "swiper/react";

function CustomNavigation() {
  const swiper = useSwiper();

  return (
    <>
      <IconButton
        isCircular
        size="lg"
        variant="ghost"
        color="secondary"
        onClick={() => swiper.slidePrev()}
        className="dark !absolute left-2 top-1/2 z-10 -translate-y-1/2"
      >
        <NavArrowLeft className="h-7 w-7 -translate-x-0.5 stroke-2" />
      </IconButton>
      <IconButton
        isCircular
        size="lg"
        variant="ghost"
        color="secondary"
        onClick={() => swiper.slideNext()}
        className="dark !absolute right-2 top-1/2 z-10 -translate-y-1/2"
      >
        <NavArrowRight className="h-7 w-7 translate-x-px stroke-2" />
      </IconButton>
    </>
  );
}

function customPagination(_, className) {
  return `<span class="${className} w-4 h-4 [&.swiper-pagination-bullet-active]:!opacity-100 [&.swiper-pagination-bullet-active]:[background:rgb(var(--color-background))] !opacity-50 ![background:rgb(var(--color-background))]"></span>`;
}

export function CarouselDemo() {
  return (
    <div className="max-w-[686px]">
      <Swiper
        pagination={{
          enabled: true,
          clickable: true,
          dynamicBullets: true,
          renderBullet: customPagination,
        }}
        modules={[Navigation, Pagination]}
        className="relative rounded-lg [&_div.swiper-button-next]:text-background [&_div.swiper-button-prev]:text-background"
      >
        {[
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1470813740244-df37b8c1edcb?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8NHx8bmF0dXJlfGVufDB8MHwwfHx8MA%3D%3D",
          "https://plus.unsplash.com/premium_photo-1673603988651-99f79e4ae7d3?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8OXx8bmF0dXJlfGVufDB8MHwwfHx8MA%3D%3D",
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1465189684280-6a8fa9b19a7a?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8MTZ8fG5hdHVyZXxlbnwwfDB8MHx8fDA%3D",
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1458668383970-8ddd3927deed?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8N3x8bmF0dXJlfGVufDB8MHwwfHx8MA%3D%3D",
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506744038136-46273834b3fb?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=80&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8MTJ8fG5hdHVyZXxlbnwwfDB8MHx8fDA%3D",
        ].map((img, index) => (
          <SwiperSlide key={index} className="select-none">
            <img
              src={img}
              alt={`image-${index}`}
              className="h-[28rem] w-full object-cover"
            />
          </SwiperSlide>
        ))}
        <CustomNavigation />
      </Swiper>
    </div>
  );
}