3D Coverflow Effect Slider with jQuery Flipster Carousel

Flipster is a multi purpose jQuery plugin that comes with 3 built in (coverflow | carousel | flat) modes / styles. It lets you to create touch-enabled 3D coverflow effect slider with jQuery Flipster plugin. It supports mouse wheel scrolling, keyboard arrow keys and touch swipe to navigate the carousel items.

Plugin Overview

Plugin: Flipster
Author: Adrien Delessert
Licence: MIT Licence
Published: January 17, 2024
Repository: Fork on GitHub
Dependencies: jQuery 1.3.1 or Latest version
File Type: zip archive (HTML, CSS & JavaScript )
Package Size: 46.7 KB

How to Make 3D Coverflow Effect Slider

1. Load the jQuery and Flipster Slider‘s CSS & JavaScript files into HTML document.

<!-- jQuery -->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>

<!-- Flipster CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/jquery.flipster.min.css">

<!-- Flipster Js -->
<script src="dist/jquery.flipster.min.js"></script>

2. Create markup structure for coverflow slider as follows and add your image links in it.

<div id="carousel">
        <ul class="flip-items">
            <li data-flip-title="Red">
                <img src="img/text1.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Razzmatazz" data-flip-category="Purples">
                <img src="img/text2.gif">
             </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Deep Lilac" data-flip-category="Purples">
                <img src="img/text3.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Daisy Bush" data-flip-category="Purples">
                <img src="img/text4.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Cerulean Blue" data-flip-category="Blues">
                <img src="img/text5.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Dodger Blue" data-flip-category="Blues">
                <img src="img/text6.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Cyan" data-flip-category="Blues">
                <img src="img/text7.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Robin's Egg" data-flip-category="Blues">
                <img src="img/text8.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Deep Sea" data-flip-category="Greens">
                <img src="img/text9.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Apple" data-flip-category="Greens">
                <img src="img/text10.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Pistachio" data-flip-category="Greens">
                <img src="img/text11.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Pear" data-flip-category="Greens">
                <img src="img/text12.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Bright Sun" data-flip-category="Yellows">
                <img src="img/text13.gif">
            </li>
            <li data-flip-title="Mikado" data-flip-category="Yellows">
                <img src="img/text14.gif">
            </li>
        </ul>
</div>

3. Finally, call the plugin in jQuery document ready function with the following syntax / settings.

$(document).ready(function(){
$("#carousel").flipster({
        style: 'carousel',
        spacing: -0.5,
        nav: true,
        buttons:   true,
   });
});

Advance Configuration Options for Flipster Slider

The following are some advance configuration options to create coverflow carousel slider.

Option Description, Default, Type
itemContainer

It define the selector for the container of flippin’ items. Default: ‘ul’, Type: String | Object.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   itemContainer: 'ul',
});
itemSelector

Selector for children of ‘itemContainer’ to flip. Default: ‘li’, Type: String | Oject.

$("#carousel").flipster({
    itemSelector: 'li',
});
style

Define the style mode for Flipster. Default: ‘coverflow’, Type: String.
Available options are: coverflow | carousel | flat

$("#carousel").flipster({
   style: 'coverflow',
});
buttons

Decide weather to insert SVG arrows based next and previous buttons. Default: false, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   buttons: true,
});
buttonNext & buttonPrev

Define the text for next and previous buttons. Default: ‘Next’ and ‘Previous’ respectively. Type: String.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   buttonNext: "Next",
   buttonPrev: "Previous",
});
start

Define the zero based index of the starting item. Use ‘center’ to start from the middle. Default: ‘center’, Type: Number.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   start: 'center',
});
fadeIn

Define the transition speed in milliseconds for sliding items. Default: 400, Type: Number.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   fadeIn: 500,
});
loop

Decide weather to start again sliding items after reaching at end. Default: false, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   loop: true,
});
autoplay

This option is useful to set auto play functionality in carousel. Default: false, Type: Boolean | Number.
Pass the number value as milliseconds as interval of auto play.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   autoplay: 3000,
});
pauseOnHover

Decide weather to pause the sliding items on mouse over (hover) the Flipster Carousel. Default: true, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
     pauseOnHover: true,
});
click

Switch to clicked item in Flipster Carousel. Default: true, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   click: true,
});
spacing

Space between items relative to each item’s width. Default: -0.6, Type: Number.
Available options are: number | 0 for no spacing | negative values to overlap

$("#carousel").flipster({
   spacing: -0.6,
});

3D Coverflow Effect Slider Navigation Options

nav

Decide to insert the navigation before the Flipster items. Default: false, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   nav: true,
});
keyboard

Allow / dissallow keyboard arrow keys navigation for Flipster items. Default: true, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   keyboard: true,
});
scrollwheel

Decide weather to enable / disable Flipster navigation on mouse wheel. Default: true, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
   scrollwheel: true,
});
touch

Enable / disable swipe navigation on touch devices. Default: true, Type: Boolean.

$("#carousel").flipster({
    touch: true,
});
onItemSwitch

Trigger the custom function on item switch. Default: false, Type: function.
Arguments received: [currentItem, previousItem]

$("#carousel").flipster({
    onItemSwitch: function{
	   // Code to execute 
	}
});

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