Animations and Transitions in React Carousel

04 Sep 202624 minutes to read

Animations

Fade animation

In React Carousel, two built-in animations are provided for slide transitions. You can disable animation using the animationEffect property. By default, Slide animation is applied for the transition between slides.

The following demo depicts the example for fade animation.

import { CarouselComponent, CarouselItemsDirective, CarouselItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations";
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
const App = () => {
    return (<div className='control-container'>
      <CarouselComponent animationEffect="Fade">
        <CarouselItemsDirective>
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/cardinal.png" alt="cardinal" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Cardinal</figcaption></figure>'/>
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/hunei.png" alt="kingfisher" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Kingfisher</figcaption></figure>'/>
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/costa-rica.png" alt="keel-billed-toucan" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Keel-billed-toucan</figcaption></figure>'/>
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/kaohsiung.png" alt="yellow-warbler" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Yellow-warbler</figcaption></figure>'/>
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/bee-eater.png" alt="bee-eater" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Bee-eater</figcaption></figure>'/>
        </CarouselItemsDirective>
      </CarouselComponent>
    </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('element'));
root.render(<App />);
import { CarouselComponent, CarouselItemsDirective, CarouselItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations";
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

 const App = () => {
  return (
    <div className='control-container'>
      <CarouselComponent animationEffect="Fade">
        <CarouselItemsDirective>
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/cardinal.png" alt="cardinal" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Cardinal</figcaption></figure>' />
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/hunei.png" alt="kingfisher" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Kingfisher</figcaption></figure>' />
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/costa-rica.png" alt="keel-billed-toucan" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Keel-billed-toucan</figcaption></figure>' />
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/kaohsiung.png" alt="yellow-warbler" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Yellow-warbler</figcaption></figure>' />
          <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/bee-eater.png" alt="bee-eater" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Bee-eater</figcaption></figure>' />
        </CarouselItemsDirective>
      </CarouselComponent>
    </div>
  );
}

const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('element'));
root.render(<App />);

Custom animation

In React Carousel, you can use customized animation effects for slide transitions using the Custom option of the animationEffect property and apply custom animation css via cssClass property.

The following demo depicts the example for parallax custom animation.

import { CarouselComponent, CarouselItemsDirective, CarouselItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations";
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
const App = () => {
    return (<div className='control-container'>
        <CarouselComponent animationEffect="Custom" cssClass="parallax">
          <CarouselItemsDirective>
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/cardinal.png" alt="cardinal" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Cardinal</figcaption></figure>'/>
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/hunei.png" alt="kingfisher" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Kingfisher</figcaption></figure>'/>
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/costa-rica.png" alt="keel-billed-toucan" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Keel-billed-toucan</figcaption></figure>'/>
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/kaohsiung.png" alt="yellow-warbler" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Yellow-warbler</figcaption></figure>'/>
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/bee-eater.png" alt="bee-eater" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Bee-eater</figcaption></figure>'/>
          </CarouselItemsDirective>
        </CarouselComponent>
      </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('element'));
root.render(<App />);
import { CarouselComponent, CarouselItemsDirective, CarouselItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations";
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

 const App = () => {
    return (
      <div className='control-container'>
        <CarouselComponent animationEffect="Custom" cssClass="parallax">
          <CarouselItemsDirective>
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/cardinal.png" alt="cardinal" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Cardinal</figcaption></figure>' />
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/hunei.png" alt="kingfisher" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Kingfisher</figcaption></figure>' />
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/costa-rica.png" alt="keel-billed-toucan" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Keel-billed-toucan</figcaption></figure>' />
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/kaohsiung.png" alt="yellow-warbler" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Yellow-warbler</figcaption></figure>' />
            <CarouselItemDirective template='<figure class="img-container"><img src="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/products/images/carousel/bee-eater.png" alt="bee-eater" style="height:100%;width:100%;" /><figcaption class="img-caption">Bee-eater</figcaption></figure>' />
          </CarouselItemsDirective>
        </CarouselComponent>
      </div>
    );
}

const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('element'));
root.render(<App />);
.control-container {
	height: 360px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width: 600px;
}

.img-container {
	height: 100%;
	margin: 0;
}

.img-caption {
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 1rem;
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 3rem;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
}

/* Parallax animation */
.parallax .e-carousel-item {
	transition: transform 1s ease-in-out;
}

.parallax .e-carousel-item.e-next {
	animation: ParallaxIn 1s ease-in-out;
}

.parallax .e-carousel-item.e-prev {
	animation: ParallaxOut 1s ease-in-out;
}

@keyframes ParallaxIn {
	from {
		opacity: 0