Bootstrap 3.0 Carousel with Pause and Play

by Kyle Mitofsky

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<!-- Carousel -->
<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide">

  <!-- Menu -->
  <ol class="carousel-indicators">
    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
  </ol>
    
  <!-- Items -->
  <div class="carousel-inner">
      
      <!-- Item 1 -->
    <div class="item active">
        <img src="https://picsum.photos/1500/600/?image=1"/>
      <div class="container">
        <div class="carousel-caption">
          <h1>Bootstrap 3 Carousel Layout</h1>
          <p>This is an example layout with carousel that uses the Bootstrap 3 styles.</p>
          <p><a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="http://getbootstrap.com">Learn More</a>
        </p></div>
      </div>
    </div>
      
      <!-- Item 2 -->
    <div class="item">
        <img src="https://picsum.photos/1500/600/?image=2"/>
      <div class="container">
        <div class="carousel-caption">
          <h1>Changes to the Grid</h1>
          <p>Bootstrap 3 still features a 12-column grid, but many of the CSS class names have completely changed.</p>
          <p><a class="btn btn-large btn-primary" href="#">Learn more</a></p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
      
      <!-- Item 3 -->
    <div class="item">
        <img src="https://picsum.photos/1500/600/?image=3" />
      <div class="container">
        <div class="carousel-caption">
          <h1>Percentage-based sizing</h1>
          <p>With "mobile-first" there is now only one percentage-based...

CSS

#carouselButtons {
    margin-left: 100px;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0px;
}

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $('#myCarousel').carousel({
        interval:2000,
        pause: "false"
    });
    
    $('#playButton').click(function () {
        $('#myCarousel').carousel('cycle');
    });
    $('#pauseButton').click(function () {
        $('#myCarousel').carousel('pause');
    });
});