Articles Tagged carousel

Have you ever clicked on an image on a webpage that opens up a larger version of the image with navigation to view other photos?

Some folks call it a pop-up. Others call it a lightbox. Bootstrap calls it a modal. I mention Bootstrap because I want to use it to make the same sort of thing. So, let’s call it a modal from here on out.

Why Bootstrap? you might ask. Well, a few reasons:

• I’m already using Bootstrap

It’s kind of amazing how far HTML and CSS will take you when building a carousel/slideshow.

1. Setting some boxes in a horizontal row with flexbox is easy.
2. Showing only one box at a time with overflow and making it swipable with -webkit-overflow-scrolling is easy.
3. You can make the “slides” line up nicely with scroll-snap-type.
4. A couple of #jump-links is all you need to make navigation for it, which you can make all nice and smooth with scroll-behavior.