Author: Bartosz Wojciechowski
Description: jQuery Responsive Carousel - Owl Carusel
Keywords: HTML,CSS,JSON,JavaScript, jQuery, Responsive, Design, Owl, Carousel, Free

# OWL Carousel

### Touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create beautiful responsive carousel slider.

Download for FREE

Github / v1.3.2 / Changelog

New version 2.0.0-beta now available for testers. Check it

# Demo

### Touch

#### Can touch this

### Grab

#### Can grab this

### Responsive

#### Fully responsive!

### CSS3

#### 3D Acceleration.

### Multiply

#### Owls on page.

### Modern

#### Browsers Compatibility

### Zombie

#### Browsers Compatibility

### Take Control

#### The way you like

### Light

#### As a feather

### Tons

#### of options

# More Demos

## Awesome!

Check more demos here! See what Owl can do.

### Images

### Custom

### Custom 2

### One Slide

### JSON

### JSON Custom

### Lazy Load

### Auto Height

### Hey wanna see more demos?

- Click events inside items
- Randomize items and buttons outside slider.
- Navigation on top by custom events
- Navigation on top by afterInit callback
- Progress Bar
- CSS3 Transitions
- Content manipulations: destroy, reinit, addItem, removeItem
- Auto scale up comparsion demo
- Synced Owls
- How to retrieve basic information from plugin (current, prev, all items, visible items etc.)

# How To Use

## 1. Load jQuery and include Owl Carousel plugin files

To use Owl Carousel, you’ll need to make sure both the Owl and jQuery 1.7 or higher scripts are included.

    <!-- Important Owl stylesheet -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="owl-carousel/owl.carousel.css">

    <!-- Default Theme -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="owl-carousel/owl.theme.css">

    <!--  jQuery 1.7+  -->
    <script src="jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>

    <!-- Include js plugin -->
    <script src="assets/owl-carousel/owl.carousel.js"></script>

## 2. Set up your HTML

You don't need any special markup. All you need is to wrap your divs(owl works with any type element) inside the container element <div class="owl-carousel">. Class "owl-carousel" is mandatory to apply proper styles that come from owl.carousel.css file.

    <div id="owl-example" class="owl-carousel">
      <div> Your Content </div>
      <div> Your Content </div>
      <div> Your Content </div>
      <div> Your Content </div>
      <div> Your Content </div>
      <div> Your Content </div>
      <div> Your Content </div>
      ...
    </div>

## 3. Call the plugin

Now call the Owl initializer function and your carousel is ready.

    $(document).ready(function() {

      $("#owl-example").owlCarousel();

    });

# Customizing

## 1. Options

All of the options below are available to customize Owl Carousel.

Variable | Default | Type | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
items | 5 | int | This variable allows you to set the maximum amount of items displayed at a time with the widest browser width
itemsDesktop | [1199,4] | array | This allows you to preset the number of slides visible with a particular browser width. The format is [x,y] whereby x=browser width and y=number of slides displayed. For example [1199,4] means that if(window<=1199){ show 4 slides per page} Alternatively use `itemsDesktop: false` to override these settings. Check my Custom Demo
itemsDesktopSmall | [979,3] | array | As above.
itemsTablet | [768,2] | array | As above.
itemsTabletSmall | false | array | As above. Default value is disabled.
itemsMobile | [479,1] | array | As above
itemsCustom | false | array | This allow you to add custom variations of items depending from the width If this option is set, itemsDeskop, itemsDesktopSmall, itemsTablet, itemsMobile etc. are disabled For better preview, order the arrays by screen size, but it's not mandatory Don't forget to include the lowest available screen size, otherwise it will take the default one for screens lower than lowest available. Example: [[0, 2], [400, 4], [700, 6], [1000, 8], [1200, 10], [1600, 16]] For more information about structure of the internal arrays see itemsDesktop. Check my Custom Demo
singleItem | false | boolean | Display only one item. See demo
itemsScaleUp | false | boolean | Option to not stretch items when it is less than the supplied items. See demo
slideSpeed | 200 | int | Slide speed in milliseconds
paginationSpeed | 800 | int | Pagination speed in milliseconds
rewindSpeed | 1000 | int | Rewind speed in milliseconds
autoPlay | false | int/boolean | Change to any integrer for example `autoPlay : 5000` to play every 5 seconds. If you set `autoPlay: true` default speed will be 5 seconds.
stopOnHover | false | boolean | Stop autoplay on mouse hover
navigation | false | boolean | Display "next" and "prev" buttons.
navigationText | ["prev","next"] | array | You can cusomize your own text for navigation. To get empty buttons use `navigationText : false`. Also HTML can be used here
rewindNav | true | boolean | Slide to first item. Use `rewindSpeed` to change animation speed.
scrollPerPage | false | boolean | Scroll per page not per item. This affect next/prev buttons and mouse/touch dragging.
pagination | true | boolean | Show pagination.
paginationNumbers | false | boolean | Show numbers inside pagination buttons
responsive | true | boolean | You can use Owl Carousel on desktop-only websites too! Just change that to "false" to disable resposive capabilities
responsiveRefreshRate | 200 | int | Check window width changes every 200ms for responsive actions
responsiveBaseWidth | window | jQuery selector | Owl Carousel check window for browser width changes. You can use any other jQuery element to check width changes for example ".owl-demo". Owl will change only if ".owl-demo" get new width.
baseClass | "owl-carousel" | string | Automaticly added class for base CSS styles. Best not to change it if you don't need to.
theme | "owl-theme" | string | Default Owl CSS styles for navigation and buttons. Change it to match your own theme
lazyLoad | false | boolean | Delays loading of images. Images outside of viewport won't be loaded before user scrolls to them. Great for mobile devices to speed up page loadings. IMG need special markup `class="lazyOwl"` and `data-src="your img path"`. See example.
lazyFollow | true | boolean | When pagination used, it skips loading the images from pages that got skipped. It only loads the images that get displayed in viewport. If set to false, all images get loaded when pagination used. It is a sub setting of the lazy load function.
lazyEffect | "fade" | boolean / string | Default is fadeIn on 400ms speed. Use false to remove that effect.
autoHeight | false | boolean | Add height to owl-wrapper-outer so you can use diffrent heights on slides. Use it only for one item per page setting.
jsonPath | false | string | Allows you to load directly from a jSon file. The JSON structure you use needs to match the owl JSON structure used here. To use custom JSON structure see jsonSuccess option.
jsonSuccess | false | function | Success callback for $.getJSON build in into carousel. See demo with custom JSON structure here.
dragBeforeAnimFinish | true | boolean | Ignore whether a transition is done or not (only dragging).
mouseDrag | true | boolean | Turn off/on mouse events.
touchDrag | true | boolean | Turn off/on touch events.
addClassActive | false | boolean | Add "active" classes on visible items. Works with any numbers of items on screen.
transitionStyle | false | string | Add CSS3 transition style. Works only with one item on screen. See Demo

## 2. Callbacks

Variable | Default | Type | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
beforeUpdate | false | function | Before responsive update callback
afterUpdate | false | function | After responsive update callback
beforeInit | false | function | Before initialization callback
afterInit | false | function | After initialization callback
beforeMove | false | function | Before move callback
afterMove | false | function | After move callback
afterAction | false | function | After startup, move and update callback
startDragging | false | function | Call this function while dragging.
afterLazyLoad | false | function | Call this function after lazyLoad.

## 3. Defaults

Carousel default settings

    $("#owl-example").owlCarousel({

        // Most important owl features
        items : 5,
        itemsCustom : false,
        itemsDesktop : [1199,4],
        itemsDesktopSmall : [980,3],
        itemsTablet: [768,2],
        itemsTabletSmall: false,
        itemsMobile : [479,1],
        singleItem : false,
        itemsScaleUp : false,

        //Basic Speeds
        slideSpeed : 200,
        paginationSpeed : 800,
        rewindSpeed : 1000,

        //Autoplay
        autoPlay : false,
        stopOnHover : false,

        // Navigation
        navigation : false,
        navigationText : ["prev","next"],
        rewindNav : true,
        scrollPerPage : false,

        //Pagination
        pagination : true,
        paginationNumbers: false,

        // Responsive
        responsive: true,
        responsiveRefreshRate : 200,
        responsiveBaseWidth: window,

        // CSS Styles
        baseClass : "owl-carousel",
        theme : "owl-theme",

        //Lazy load
        lazyLoad : false,
        lazyFollow : true,
        lazyEffect : "fade",

        //Auto height
        autoHeight : false,

        //JSON
        jsonPath : false,
        jsonSuccess : false,

        //Mouse Events
        dragBeforeAnimFinish : true,
        mouseDrag : true,
        touchDrag : true,

        //Transitions
        transitionStyle : false,

        // Other
        addClassActive : false,

        //Callbacks
        beforeUpdate : false,
        afterUpdate : false,
        beforeInit: false,
        afterInit: false,
        beforeMove: false,
        afterMove: false,
        afterAction: false,
        startDragging : false
        afterLazyLoad : false

    })

## 4. Custom Events

Owl Carousel handles a few basic events. Mainly use them for custom navigation. See Demo

    "owl.prev" //Go to previous
    "owl.next" //Go to next
    "owl.play" //Autoplay, also this event accept autoPlay speed as second parameter
    "owl.stop" //Stop
    "owl.goTo" //goTo provided item
    "owl.jumpTo" //jumpTo provided item. Without slide animation.

## 5. Owl Data methods

To use Owl Carousel $.data use delegate function.

    //Initialize Plugin
    $(".owl-carousel").owlCarousel()

    //get carousel instance data and store it in variable owl
    var owl = $(".owl-carousel").data('owlCarousel');

    //Public methods
    owl.next()   // Go to next slide
    owl.prev()   // Go to previous slide
    owl.goTo(x)  // Go to x slide
    owl.jumpTo(x)  // Go to x slide without slide animation

    //Auto Play
    owl.play() // Autoplay
    owl.stop() // Autoplay Stop

    //Manipulation methods. See demo.
    owl.addItem(htmlString [,targetPosition])
    owl.removeItem(targetPosition)
    owl.destroy()
    owl.reinit(newOptions)

# FAQ

Can i use it for free?
  Yes!
Can i use it for ecommerce?
  Yes!
Has it any licence?
  MIT
Can i ask for a new functionality?
  Yes! Use Github
I need help!
  Send me an email, visit Github or add comment below.
  Don't forget to add link to your demo/example website!
Does it has infinity scroll/circle/loop slides?
  Sorry, no.
What's new in latest release?
  See Changelog

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