Twitter Bootstrap Carousel Full Markup Example

I really like Twitter Bootstrap but I’ve noticed that their example page only shows minimal markup for some of the more exciting features, leaving out little details like the “carousel-caption” class that I had to use view source to find.

If you were looking for how they do their clever captions at the bottom of each carousel image, look no further.

Since the carousel may or may not play automatically I recommend triggering it with Javascript, live example here.

Below is the full markup of a Twitter Bootstrap Carousel

<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="span12">
            
            <div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide">
                <ol class="carousel-indicators">
                    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class=""></li>
                    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="1" class=""></li>
                    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="2" class="active"></li>
                </ol>
                <div class="carousel-inner">
                    <div class="item active">
                        <img src="http://mattlockyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Example8-720.jpg" alt="http://www.mattlockyer.com">
                        <div class="carousel-caption">
                             <h4>First Thumbnail label</h4>

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                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="item">
                        <img src="http://mattlockyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Desktop2.jpg" alt="http://www.mattlockyer.com">
                        <div class="carousel-caption">
                             <h4>Second Thumbnail label</h4>

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                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="item">
                        <img src="http://mattlockyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tree.jpg" alt="http://www.mattlockyer.com">
                        <div class="carousel-caption">
                             <h4>Third Thumbnail label</h4>

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                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="prev">‹</a>
                <a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="next">›</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Enjoy!