How to Use Material UI 5 Carousel Slider in React

In this tutorial, we’ll create carousel slider in React Material UI 5.

Install & Setup Vite + React + Typescript + MUI 5

To use a carousel slider in React MUI 5, you need to install react-material-ui-carousel.

npm install react-material-ui-carousel --save

Note: You will need to have Material UI installed, in order to use this library/component.

npm install @mui/material
npm install @mui/icons-material
npm install @mui/styles

We use Carousel from react-material-ui-carousel and style it with Paper. Item renders slide content, and we add a Learn More button for interaction.

import React from "react";
import { Paper, Box, Typography, Button } from "@mui/material";
import Carousel from "react-material-ui-carousel";

const exampleItems = [
  {
    name: "First Item",
    description: "Description for first item",
  },
  {
    name: "Second Item",
    description: "Description for second item",
  },
];

const ExampleCarousel = () => {
  return (
    <Carousel
      animation="slide"
      indicators={true}
      timeout={500}
      navButtonsAlwaysVisible={true}
      navButtonsAlwaysInvisible={false}
      cycleNavigation={true}
      fullHeightHover={false}
      sx={{
        maxWidth: "600px",
        flexGrow: 1,
        margin: "auto",
        mt: 5,
      }}
    >
      {exampleItems.map((item, i) => (
        <Item key={i} item={item} />
      ))}
    </Carousel>
  );
};

function Item(props) {
  return (
    <Paper
      sx={{
        position: "relative",
        backgroundColor: "grey.100",
        color: "#fff",
        backgroundSize: "cover",
        backgroundRepeat: "no-repeat",
        backgroundPosition: "center",
        justifyContent: "center",
        alignItems: "center",
        height: "300px",
        display: "flex",
        flexDirection: "column",
        borderRadius: "10px",
        p: 4,
      }}
      elevation={10}
    >
      <Typography variant="h4">{props.item.name}</Typography>
      <Typography>{props.item.description}</Typography>
      <Button
        variant="contained"
        color="primary"
        sx={{ mt: 2, alignSelf: "center" }}
      >
        Learn More
      </Button>
    </Paper>
  );
}

export default ExampleCarousel;

React Material UI 5 Image Gallery Carousel

Create a basic image gallery carousel slider with react-material-ui-carousel and react mui 5.

import React from 'react';
import Carousel from 'react-material-ui-carousel';
import { Paper, Box } from '@mui/material';

const images = [
  "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2023/10/02/14/51/flowers-8289321_640.png",
  "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2023/09/10/15/15/flowers-8245210_640.png",
  "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2023/09/04/17/04/saturn-8233220_640.png"
];

function ImageCarousel() {
  return (
    <Box sx={{ maxWidth: 800, flexGrow: 1, margin: 'auto', mt: 5 }}>
      <Carousel>
        {images.map((image, i) => (
          <Paper key={i} elevation={10}>
            <Box
              component="img"
              sx={{
                width: '100%',
                height: '500px',
                objectFit: 'cover'
              }}
              src={image}
              alt={`Slide ${i}`}
            />
          </Paper>
        ))}
      </Carousel>
    </Box>
  );
}

export default ImageCarousel;

React Material UI 5 Testimonials Carousel

We will create a React MUI 5 carousel that displays customer testimonials.

import React from 'react';
import Carousel from 'react-material-ui-carousel';
import { Paper, Typography, Avatar, Box } from '@mui/material';

const testimonials = [
    {
        avatar: "/user1.jpg",
        name: "John Doe",
        text: "The service was amazing and the staff was very friendly!"
    },
    {
        avatar: "/user2.jpg",
        name: "Jane Smith",
        text: "I had a great experience, and I would definitely come back again!"
    }
];

function TestimonialCarousel() {
    return (
        <Carousel autoPlay={false} animation="slide">
            {testimonials.map((testimonial, i) => (
                <Paper key={i} elevation={10} sx={{ padding: 4, margin: 'auto', maxWidth: 800 }}>
                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', flexDirection: 'column' }}>
                        <Avatar src={testimonial.avatar} alt={testimonial.name} sx={{ width: 90, height: 90, mb: 2 }} />
                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" component="h3" sx={{ fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
                            "{testimonial.text}"
                        </Typography>
                        <Typography variant="body2" component="p" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
                            - {testimonial.name}
                        </Typography>
                    </Box>
                </Paper>
            ))}
        </Carousel>
    );
}

export default TestimonialCarousel;

React Material UI 5 Image Gallery Carousel

React Material UI 5 Testimonials Carousel

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