Carousel

1 Introduction

The Carousel widget displays images in a carousel.

1.1 Features

• Supports different data sources:
  • Set static images in Studio Pro
  • Retrieve images from the database via XPath
  • Retrieve images via a microflow
• Use images from System.Images or from a URL
• Navigate to the next or previous image
• Execute a microflow or nanoflow or open a page when an image is clicked
• Swipe through images on mobile devices

1.3 Demo App Project

For a demo app project that has been deployed with this widget, see here.

2 Usage

The widget requires a context configured on the Data Source tab. The possible data sources are described below.

2.1 Static Data Source

When this option is selected, do the following:

• In the Static images section, click New to add static images from Studio Pro and also configure an on-click action
• On the On click action tab of the Edit Static Images Item dialog box, configure only one of option:: Microflow, Nanoflow, or Page

2.2 Database Data Source

When this option is selected, do the following:

• Specify the Images entity and the XPath constraint (if any)
• On the Behavior tab, configure the On click behavior
  • For the Call microflow, Call nanoflow, and Show page options, specify the respective microflow, nanoflow, or page
• Specifying a URL attribute will make the value of the URL attribute the priority

2.3 Microflow Data Source

When this option is selected, do the following:

• Specify the Images entity and the Microflow from which the carousel images will be retrieved (both are required)
• On the Behavior tab, configure the On click behavior
  • For the Call microflow, Call nanoflow, and Show page options, specify the respective microflow, nanoflow, or page
• Specifying a URL attribute will make the value of the URL attribute the priority

3 Developing This App Store Component

To contribute to the development of this widget, follow these steps:

1. Install the following:
   • Git
   • npm
   • webpack-cli
   • grunt-cli
   • karma-cli
2. Fork and clone the mendixlabs/carousel repository. The code is in Typescript.
3. Set up the development environment by running npm install.
4. Create a folder named dist in the project root.
5. Create a Mendix test project in the dist folder and rename its root folder to dist/MxTestProject, or get the test project from mendixlabs/carousel. Changes to the widget code will be automatically pushed to this test project.
6. To automatically compile, bundle, and push code changes to the running test project, run grunt.
7. To run the project unit tests with code coverage (results can be found at dist/testresults/coverage/index.html), run: npm test.
8. Run the unit test continuously during development via karma start.

We are actively maintaining this widget. Please report any issues or suggestions for improvement at mendixlabs/carousel.