Carousel

The “Carousel” element is a rotating banner or slideshow that displays the content in a navigated slides or banners. It allows you to manually slide through the images or slides of text, or it plays them automatically.

You can use the carousel element to display images, products, and promotions on the home page. You can configure the carousel to display items horizontally or vertically. In a carousel, you can implement images or slides as clickable items so that when the user clicks an image or slide, the application displays the related content or page.

Usage

When to Use

Use the Carousel element when: a. A group of content is at the same level b. The space is a constraint; it can be used to display the important information in form of a revolving door c. You want to display the same type of pictures, images, and products

Carousel Configuration

The “Carousel” element consists of the following properties:

• UI Configuration

UI Configuration

For the “Carousel” element, you can configure the following properties:

Tab	Property Name	Description	Mandatory	New Default Values	Visibility Rules
Basic	Reference Name	Specifies a unique name of the element. At the application level, an element is identified and managed by the reference name.	Yes	Carousel_xxxxx
Basic	Input Source	This property allows you to configure the source location from where the application fetches the data and then displays it on the card. You can click one of the following tabs to configure the input source: 1) Data Store:- If you select this tab, the Input Value box appears. Click in the Input Value box and then select an entity. After you select an entity, the application will fetch the data (image or content) from the entity and then display it on the card. 2) Static:- If you select this tab, the Input Value box appears. In the Input Value box, enter a value. When the application loads the related page, it will display this static value on the card.	Yes	Data Store
Basic	Axis	Allows you to define the alignment of the carousel’s content as follows: i. Vertical:- If you select this tab, the application will display the carousel and its content vertically aligned. ii. Horizontal:- If you select this tab, the application will display the carousel and its content horizontally aligned.	No	Horizontal
Basic	Pagination Type	Allows you to define the pagination indicators in the carousel by providing the following options: i. None ii. Circle iii. Round If you select the None option, the pagination indicators will not be available with the carousel. The pagination indicators primarily provide information about the number of slides in the carousel. By seeing the pagination indicator, the user can determine which slide he is seeing and the sequence number of the slide.	No	Circle
Basic	Autoplay	By default this property is selected. If this property is selected, the carousel automatically moves the slides to display the content.	No	Selected
Basic	Delay (Ms)	In this box, enter a numeric value (for example:- 1500) in milliseconds. This property allows you to define the time to delay the automatic movement of slides in the carousel.	Yes	Null
Basic	Infinite Loop	If you select this property, carousel will automatically redisplay the first slide after the user slides past the last slide.	No	Selected
Basic	Pause On Hover	This property allows you to configure the movement control of the carousel. If you select this property, the application stops the slides’ movement when the user taps a specific slide to view it.	No	Selected
Basic	Visible	Allows you to configure the visibility of the element.	No	Selected
Basic	Business Rule	Click this list and then select a pre-defined business rule that will determine the element’s visibility. If the user’s action satisfies the condition in the business rule, the application will display or hide the element. To define the business rule, access the Business Rule Manager module.	No
Basic	Enable	Allows you to configure the user-action on the element. If this property is selected, the user can perform the function on the element.	No	Selected
Basic	Business Rule	Click this list and then select a business rule to make the element active or inactive. If the user’s action satisfies the condition in the business rule, the application will make the element active or inactive in the application. To define the business rule, access the Business Rule Manager module.	No
UI Properties-Style	Styles	Allows you to select a specific style for the element from the list of pre-defined styles. The vDesigner module offers pre-defined styles that you can apply to the element.	No	Default
UI Properties-Background	Pagination Active Color	Allows to configure the color of the active pagination indicator. The pagination indicator becomes active when the related slide comes into view on the screen.	No	#0F61FE
UI Properties-Background	Pagination Inactive Color	Allows to configure the color of the inactive pagination indicator. The pagination indicator remains inactive until the related slide comes into view on the screen.	No	#E0E0E0
UI Properties-Alignment and Spacing	Padding	This property allows you to define padding around each side of the icon. It provides four different boxes to define the padding around the right, left, top, and bottom side of the element.	No	Based on current position of the element on the canvas
UI Properties-Alignment and Spacing	Margin	Allows you to desirably define margin around each side of the element. It provides four different boxes to define the margin outside the right, left, top, and bottom border of the element.	No	Based on current position of the element on the canvas
UI Properties-Alignment and Spacing	Component’s Alignment	This property contains three tabs. You can use these tabs as follows: 1. Left:- By default, this tab is selected. It aligns the element to the left of the page. 2. Center:- If you select this tab, it aligns the element at the center of the page. 3. Right:- If you select this tab, it aligns the element to the right of the page.	No	Left
UI Properties-Shape and Decoration	Type	Under the Shape and Decoration section, this property has the two following options: i. Auto Fill:- If you select this option, the element will occupy the available space of the parent layout. ii. Manual:- If you select this option, you can define a specific size of the element.	No	Manual
UI Properties-Shape and Decoration	Width Value	Enter the width of the element in the pixel or percentage unit.	No	Disabled/Inactive
UI Properties-Shape and Decoration	Height Value	Enter the height of the element in the pixel unit.	No	Disabled/Inactive
UI Properties-Shape and Decoration	X	Allows you to move the element along the X-axis; when the value increases, the element moves from left to right.	No	Current X axis Co-ordinate
UI Properties-Shape and Decoration	Y	Allows you to move the element along the Y-axis; when the value increases, the element moves from top to bottom.	No	Current X axis Co-ordinate