Getting Started with Blazor Carousel Component

29 Jan 20246 minutes to read

This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor Carousel component in your Blazor Server App and Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio

You can create a Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion Blazor Extension.

Install Syncfusion Blazor Navigations and Themes NuGet in the App

To add Blazor Carousel component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search and install Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes. Alternatively, you can utilize the following package manager command to achieve the same.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -Version 27.2.2
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 27.2.2

NOTE

Syncfusion Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic for available NuGet packages list with component details.

Register Syncfusion Blazor Service

Open ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations namespace.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations

Now, register the Syncfusion Blazor Service in the ~/Program.cs file of your Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App.

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
builder.Services.AddServerSideBlazor();
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();

var app = builder.Build();
....
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");

builder.Services.AddScoped(serviceProvider => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });

builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
await builder.Build().RunAsync();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Reference the stylesheet and script in the <head> of the main page as follows:

  • For .NET 6 Blazor Server app, include it in ~/Pages/_Layout.cshtml file.

  • For .NET 7 Blazor Server app, include it in the ~/Pages/_Host.cshtml file.

  • For Blazor WebAssembly app, include it in the ~/index.html file.

<head>
    ....
    <link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in your Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your Blazor application.

Add the Syncfusion Blazor Carousel component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations

<div class="control-container">
    <SfCarousel>
        <CarouselItem>
            <figure class="img-container">
                <img src="images/carousel/bridge.png" alt="Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco" style="height:100%;width:100%;" />
                <figcaption class="img-caption">Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco</figcaption>
            </figure>
        </CarouselItem>
        <CarouselItem>
            <figure class="img-container">
                <img src="images/carousel/trees.png" alt="Spring Flower Trees" style="height:100%;width:100%;" />
                <figcaption class="img-caption">Spring Flower Trees</figcaption>
            </figure>
        </CarouselItem>
        <CarouselItem>
            <figure class="img-container">
                <img src="images/carousel/waterfall.png" alt="Oddadalen Waterfalls, Norway" style="height:100%;width:100%;" />
                <figcaption class="img-caption">Oddadalen Waterfalls, Norway</figcaption>
            </figure>
        </CarouselItem>
        <CarouselItem>
            <figure class="img-container">
                <img src="images/carousel/sea.png" alt="Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles" style="height:100%;width:100%;" />
                <figcaption class="img-caption">Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles</figcaption>
            </figure>
        </CarouselItem>
        <CarouselItem>
            <figure class="img-container">
                <img src="images/carousel/rocks.png" alt="Stonehenge, England" style="height:100%;width:100%;" />
                <figcaption class="img-caption">Stonehenge, England</figcaption>
            </figure>
        </CarouselItem>
    </SfCarousel>
</div>

<style>
    .control-container {
        background-color: #e5e5e5;
        height: 300px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        width: 500px;
    }

    .e-carousel .e-carousel-items .e-carousel-item .img-container {
        height: 100%;
    }

    .e-carousel .e-carousel-items .e-carousel-item .img-caption {
        bottom: 4em;
        color: #fff;
        font-size: 12pt;
        height: 2em;
        position: relative;
        padding: 0.3em 1em;
        text-align: center;
        width: 100%;
    }
</style>
Blazor Carousel Component.

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.