Bootstrap Carousel showing next and previous image

Question

Is the bootstrap carousel extendible to show the next and previous images in the slider?

    <div id="carousel-example-generic" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="false">
      <!-- Indicators -->
      <ol class="carousel-indicators">
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="1"></li>
      </ol>

      <!-- Wrapper for slides -->
      <div class="carousel-inner">
        <div class="item active">
          <img src="img/bike.png" alt="...">
          <div class="carousel-caption">
            ...
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="item">
          <img src="img/bike2.png" alt="...">
          <div class="carousel-caption">
            ...
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>

      <!-- Controls -->
      <a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide="prev">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left"></span>
      </a>
      <a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide="next">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right"></span>
      </a>
    </div> 

My carousel looks like this at the moment, how can i add in the previous and next images to the currently active slide?

Solution 1

Bootstrap 5 (update 2021)

jQuery is no longer required for Bootstrap 5 so the cloning of the slides (needed for partial reveal of prev and next slide) can be done using vanilla JS.

slides.forEach((el) => {
    // number of slides per carousel-item
    const minPerSlide = slides.length
    let next = el.nextElementSibling
    for (var i=1; i<minPerSlide; i++) {
        if (!next) {
            // wrap carousel by using first child
            next = slides[0]
        }
        let cloneChild = next.cloneNode(true)
        el.appendChild(cloneChild.children[0])
        next = next.nextElementSibling
    }
})

Bootstrap 5 partial reveal carousel demo

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Bootstrap 4 (update 2019)

Another variation is only reveal a portion of the next and previous slides. This can be done by placing an absolute position overlay over the left and right side of the carousel-inner..

.carousel-inner:before {
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 82%;
    left: 0;
    content:"";
    display:block;
    background-color: #fff;
    z-index: 2;
}
.carousel-inner:after {
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
    bottom:0;
    right: 0;
    left: 82%;
    content:"";
    display:block;
    background-color:#fff;
    z-index: 2;
}

Bootstrap 4 partial carousel
Bootstrap 4 partial carousel (alternate)

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Bootstrap 3 (original answer)

It is possible with Bootstrap, but requires some customizations...

See this example on Bootply: http://bootply.com/94444

You have to customize the position of the slides using CSS and jQuery..

.carousel-inner .active.left { left: -33%; }
.carousel-inner .next        { left:  33%; }
.carousel-inner .prev        { left: -33%; }

Solution 2

The solution for Bootstrap 4

Captions are visible on screens 768px wide or more.

https://codepen.io/glebkema/pen/daLzpL

$('.carousel-item', '.multi-item-carousel').each(function(){
  var next = $(this).next();
  if (! next.length) {
    next = $(this).siblings(':first');
  }
  next.children(':first-child').clone().appendTo($(this));
}).each(function(){
  var prev = $(this).prev();
  if (! prev.length) {
    prev = $(this).siblings(':last');
  }
  prev.children(':nth-last-child(2)').clone().prependTo($(this));
});

.multi-item-carousel {
  overflow: hidden;
}
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-indicators {
  margin-right: 25%;
  margin-left: 25%;
}
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-control-prev,
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-control-next {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
  width: 25%;
  z-index: 11; /* .carousel-caption has z-index 10 */
}
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-inner {
  width: 150%;
  left: -25%;
}
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-item-next:not(.carousel-item-left),
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-item-right.active {
  -webkit-transform: translate3d(33%, 0, 0);
  transform: translate3d(33%, 0, 0);
}
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-item-prev:not(.carousel-item-right),
.multi-item-carousel .carousel-item-left.active {
  -webkit-transform: translate3d(-33%, 0, 0);
  transform: translate3d(-33%, 0, 0);
}
.multi-item-carousel .item__third {
  float: left;
  position: relative;
  width: 33.33333333%;
}

<div class="bd-example">
  <div id="carouselExampleCaptions" class="carousel slide multi-item-carousel" data-ride="carousel">

    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
      <li data-target="#carouselExampleCaptions" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
      <li data-target="#carouselExampleCaptions" data-slide-to="1"></li>
      <li data-target="#carouselExampleCaptions" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>

    <div class="carousel-inner">
      <div class="carousel-item active">
        <div class="item__third">
          <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/900x300/c69/f9c/?text=1" class="d-block w-100" alt="">
          <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
            <h5>First slide label</h5>
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          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="carousel-item">
        <div class="item__third">
          <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/900x300/9c6/cf9/?text=2" class="d-block w-100" alt="">
          <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
            <h5>Second slide label</h5>
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          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="carousel-item">
        <div class="item__third">
          <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/900x300/69c/9cf/?text=3" class="d-block w-100" alt="">
          <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
            <h5>Third slide label</h5>
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          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleCaptions" role="button" data-slide="prev">
      <span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
    </a>
    <a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleCaptions" role="button" data-slide="next">
      <span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Next</span>
    </a>

  </div>
</div>

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Comments

[Giorgio25b]

@user667430 this answer should be now the accepted answer. Thank you Gleb user6263942 Its code base, approach and example are the most up-to-date to modern standards and totally supported in BootStrap 4.x