ng-smooth-carousel

A smooth, customizable carousel component for Angular, supporting both vertical and horizontal orientations.

Features

🎯 Smooth scrolling animation ✅
🔄 Flexible orientation support (vertical & horizontal) ✅
🎨 Highly customizable navigation buttons and styling ✅
📱 Responsive design ✅
🎮 Multiple navigation options ✅
🎯 Custom item templates ✅
🔄 Auto-play support ✅
🔄 Full-width single item support ✅
🎨 Custom empty state templates ✅
🎯 Customizable navigation button positions ✅

Coming Soon

🔍 Enhanced search filtering with advanced options ❌
⚡ Click-hold-swap interaction for improved user experience ❌
🔄 Loop functionality ❌

Installation

For Angular 14:

npm install ng-smooth-carousel@14.1.2

Or with yarn:

yarn add ng-smooth-carousel@14.1.2

Usage

Import the NgSmoothCarouselModule in your module:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { NgSmoothCarouselModule } from 'ng-smooth-carousel';

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    NgSmoothCarouselModule
  ],
  // ...
})
export class YourModule {}

For standalone components:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NgSmoothCarouselModule } from 'ng-smooth-carousel';

@Component({
  // ...
  standalone: true,
  imports: [NgSmoothCarouselModule]
})
export class YourComponent {}

Use in your template:

<!-- Horizontal Carousel (Default) -->
<nsc [items]="items" [config]="carouselConfig">
  <ng-template #carouselItem let-item>
    <div class="custom-item">
      {{ item.title }}
    </div>
  </ng-template>
</nsc>

<!-- Vertical Carousel -->
<nsc [items]="items" [config]="{ orientation: 'vertical' }">
  <ng-template #carouselItem let-item>
    <div class="custom-item">
      {{ item.title }}
    </div>
  </ng-template>
</nsc>

Configure in your component:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { CarouselConfig } from 'ng-smooth-carousel';

@Component({
  // ...
})
export class YourComponent {
  items = [
    { title: 'Item 1' },
    { title: 'Item 2' },
    // ...
  ];

  carouselConfigs: CarouselConfig = {
    containerWidth: '100%',
    containerHeight: '350px',
    itemWidth: '465px',
    itemHeight: '100%',
    itemGap: '24px',
    scrollSize: '10xl',
    navigationStyle: {
      buttonShape: 'circle',
      nextButton: {
        backgroundColor: '#fff',
        color: '#333',
        boxShadow: '0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.25)',
        border: '1px solid #333',
        zIndex: '9999',
        position: 'absolute',
        top: '75%',
        right: '10px',
        width: '40px',
        height: '40px',
        transform: 'translateY(-50%)'
      },
      prevButton: {
        backgroundColor: '#fff',
        color: '#333',
        boxShadow: '0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.25)',
        zIndex: '9999',
        position: 'absolute',
        top: '75%',
        left: '10px',
        width: '40px',
        height: '40px',
        transform: 'translateY(-50%)'
      }
    }
  }
}

Basic Carousel

carouselConfig: CarouselConfig = {
  containerWidth: '100%',
  containerHeight: '300px',
  itemWidth: '400px',
  itemHeight: '100%',
  itemGap: '24px',
  navigationStyle: {
    buttonShape: 'rounded',
  },
};

Example with Custom Empty State Template

<nsc [items]="products" [config]="carouselConfig">
  <!-- Regular item template -->
  <ng-template #carouselItem let-item>
    <div class="custom-item">
      <h3>{{ item.title }}</h3>
      <p>{{ item.description }}</p>
      <button>View Details</button>
    </div>
  </ng-template>

  <!-- Custom empty state template -->
  <ng-template #emptyState>
    <div class="custom-empty-state">
      <h3>No Products Available</h3>
      <p>Please check back later or try a different search.</p>
      <button>Browse All Categories</button>
    </div>
  </ng-template>
</nsc>

The carousel component will use your custom empty state template when there are no items to display, such as when filtering returns no results or when the provided items array is empty.

Configuration Options

Basic Configuration

Property	Type	Default	Description
`containerWidth`	string	'100%'	Width of the carousel container
`containerHeight`	string	'auto'	Height of the carousel container
`itemWidth`	string	'200px'	Width of each carousel item
`itemHeight`	string	'100%'	Height of each carousel item
`itemGap`	string	'0px'	Gap between carousel items
`showNavigation`	boolean	true	Show/hide navigation buttons
`orientation`	'horizontal' \| 'vertical'	'horizontal'	Carousel orientation
`animationDuration`	string	'300ms'	Duration of scroll animation
`animationTiming`	string	'ease'	Timing function for animation
`contentPadding`	string	'10px'	Padding for the content area
`navigationSize`	string	'60px'	Size of navigation areas
`navigationPadding`	string	'10px'	Padding for navigation areas
`ctaPosition`	string	'bottom-right'	Position of navigation controls

Advanced Features

Property	Type	Default	Description
`autoplay`	boolean	false	Enable autoplay ✅
`autoplayDelay`	string	'3000ms'	Delay between autoplay slides ✅
`loop`	boolean	false	Enable infinite loop ❌
`enableSearch`	boolean	false	Enable search functionality
`searchPlaceholder`	string	'Search...'	Placeholder text for search input ❌
`searchModalTitle`	string	'Search Items'	Title for search modal ❌
`enableOneItemScroll`	boolean	false	Enable scrolling one item at a time ✅

Full-Width Single Item Carousel

To create a carousel that displays and scrolls through one full-width item at a time (common for hero sliders or product showcases), use the following configuration:

carouselConfig: CarouselConfig = {
  containerWidth: '100%',
  containerHeight: '350px',
  itemWidth: '100%',
  itemHeight: '100%',
  enableOneItemScroll: true,
  navigationStyle: {
    buttonShape: 'rounded',
    nextButton: {
      backgroundColor: '#fff',
      color: '#333',
      boxShadow: '0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.25)',
      top: '75%',
      right: '-2px',
      width: '40px',
      height: '60px',
      transform: 'translateY(-50%)'
    },
    prevButton: {
      backgroundColor: '#fff',
      color: '#333',
      boxShadow: '0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.25)',
      top: '75%',
      left: '-2px',
      width: '40px',
      height: '60px',
      transform: 'translateY(-50%)'
    }
  }
}

This configuration creates a clean, full-width carousel where each item takes up the entire container width and scrolls individually.

Scroll Sizes

The scrollSize property accepts the following values, each moving by a specific number of pixels:

type ScrollSize = 
  | 'xs'   // 50px
  | 'sm'   // 100px
  | 'md'   // 150px
  | 'lg'   // 200px
  | 'xl'   // 250px
  | '2xl'  // 300px
  | '3xl'  // 350px
  | '4xl'  // 400px
  | '5xl'  // 450px
  | '6xl'  // 500px
  | '7xl'  // 550px
  | '8xl'  // 600px
  | '9xl'  // 650px
  | '10xl' // 700px

Button Shapes

The buttonShape property in navigationStyle accepts:

type NavButtonShape = 'circle' | 'rounded' | 'square';

NavigationStyle Interface

interface NavigationStyle {
  nextButton?: Record<string, string> | ButtonStyle;
  prevButton?: Record<string, string> | ButtonStyle;
  buttonShape?: NavButtonShape;
  icons?: {
    next?: string;
    prev?: string;
    search?: string;
    vertical?: {
      next?: string;
      prev?: string;
    };
  };
}

ButtonStyle Interface

interface ButtonStyle {
  backgroundColor?: string;
  color?: string;
  borderRadius?: string;
  padding?: string;
  fontSize?: string;
  border?: string;
  boxShadow?: string;
  top?: string;
  bottom?: string;
  left?: string;
  right?: string;
  zIndex?: string;
  transform?: string;
  position?: string;
}

SearchStyle Interface

interface SearchStyle {
  button?: Record<string, string>;
  modal?: Record<string, string>;
}

Angular Version Compatibility

Angular Version	Package Version
Angular 14	14.1.0
Angular 17+	Coming soon

Demo

Horizontal

Vertical

Browser Support

Chrome (latest)
Firefox (latest)
Safari (latest)
Edge (latest)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

For support, please create an issue in the GitHub repository.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a list of changes and updates.