Carousels
A carousel enables a user to cycle through a queue of related images, cards or other items. The experience is generally more consumable and engaging, and less intimidating, because only one item from the set is in view at a time.
Coded Components
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Redlines: We don't include redline comps because it's always more accurate to use developer tools to inspect the coded components, or a plugin such as the Prism Redline Tool.
Banner Carousel with Auto-Rotate
Banner Carousel with Buttons
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Filmstrip Carousel - Single Advance
Filmstrip Carousel - Page Advance
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Heading
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Usage
Banner Carousels
Banner carousels are used for displaying a collection of banners or images one at a time through either auto-rotation or user interaction. The order of items should be based on priority, with the most important item in position one or two.
- Maximum 3 total images in the carousel.
- Previous/Next arrows are optional.
- Auto-rotation behavior is optional. Auto-rotation is suspended, until the page is reloaded, when the user interacts with any carousel control.
- A row of either buttons or carousel indicators, beneath the image area, is recommended to assist the user with understanding how much content is in the collection while also providing a means to cycle the content.
- Image heights, from one carousel slide to the next, should be consistent to avoid undesired "position jumping" during a slide transition.
See the Banners page for more information about banner creation.
Filmstrip Carousels
See product stacks for more information about product stack carousels.
Used for a collection of content with varying dimensions, such as cards with different content length.
Several items are shown at once on larger breakpoints, while only one is shown at a time on smaller breakpoints.
Items are cycled using chevron < > buttons at either end of the component, either one item at a time, or one "page" worth of items at a time.
UX best practices still recommend a maximum of 8 items in the collection because users generally don't consider options sets larger than this.
If there are more than 8 items in the carousel, display text above the carousel (right-aligned) that indicates the visible set in relation to the total number in the collection (e.g. "Viewing 5-8 of 12").
Touchscreen Interaction
Swipe to the left across the carousel content in order to cycle to the next item/set, and swipe to the right to cycle to the previous item/set.
Do's and Don'ts
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Common Button Labels and Usage
Title case, 2-3 words maximum.
Do not combine actions in a label (exception:
"Customize & Buy").
If standard labels don't fit the button's
purpose, align label with the task the user is attempting.
Please refer to the
Dell Technologies branding website, https://brand.delltechnologies.com/faq/#voice, for further information
regarding call-to-action labels and usage.
Button
Label:
Corresponding Action:
Add to
Cart
Search
Cancel
Save
Edit
Delete
Continue
Next/Previous
Submit
Select
Sign
In/Sign Out
View
Details
Ok/Cancel
Learn
More
Close
Takes
users to Cart page, with item added
Used
for search buttons
Takes
users back to entry point for a task
Used to
save an item
Navigates users to change an item
Deletes
an item on the page, usually with a verification step
Used as
progression
Used
as forward and backward navigation (Next is primary, Previous is secondary)
Used
to submit a task or info
Used
for choosing items in a task flow
Authentication standard, for consistency do not use Log In/Log Out or Signin/Signout
Used
instead of “Select” in cases of product details or within learn content
For
use in modal verification steps when more specific CTAs will not fit due to space
Used
to link users to more learning content or contextual help
Used
within modal windows
Accessibility
Carousel content most often consists of banners, cards and product stacks.
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility.
Please follow the best practices for carousels from WAI-ARIA authoring practices 1.1.
You may refer to this example of an auto-rotating image carousel from WAI-ARIA practices 1.1.
You may also refer to these tutorials for carousels from Web Accessibility Tutorials.