What is react-swipeable-views?
The react-swipeable-views package allows you to create swipeable views in your React applications. It is particularly useful for implementing carousels, image galleries, and other swipeable interfaces.
What are react-swipeable-views's main functionalities?
Basic Swipeable View
This code demonstrates a basic swipeable view with three slides. Users can swipe left or right to navigate between the slides.
import React from 'react';
import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';
const BasicSwipeableView = () => (
<SwipeableViews>
<div>Slide 1</div>
<div>Slide 2</div>
<div>Slide 3</div>
</SwipeableViews>
);
export default BasicSwipeableView;
Auto Play Swipeable View
This code demonstrates an auto-playing swipeable view. The slides will automatically transition after a set interval.
import React from 'react';
import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';
import { autoPlay } from 'react-swipeable-views-utils';
const AutoPlaySwipeableViews = autoPlay(SwipeableViews);
const AutoPlayView = () => (
<AutoPlaySwipeableViews>
<div>Slide 1</div>
<div>Slide 2</div>
<div>Slide 3</div>
</AutoPlaySwipeableViews>
);
export default AutoPlayView;
Swipeable View with Indicators
This code demonstrates a swipeable view with pagination indicators. Users can see which slide they are on and navigate to a specific slide using the indicators.
import React from 'react';
import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';
import { virtualize } from 'react-swipeable-views-utils';
import { Pagination } from 'react-swipeable-views-utils';
const VirtualizeSwipeableViews = virtualize(SwipeableViews);
const SwipeableViewWithIndicators = () => {
const [index, setIndex] = React.useState(0);
const handleChangeIndex = (index) => {
setIndex(index);
};
return (
<div>
<VirtualizeSwipeableViews index={index} onChangeIndex={handleChangeIndex}>
<div>Slide 1</div>
<div>Slide 2</div>
<div>Slide 3</div>
</VirtualizeSwipeableViews>
<Pagination dots={3} index={index} onChangeIndex={handleChangeIndex} />
</div>
);
};
export default SwipeableViewWithIndicators;
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react-slick
react-slick is a carousel component built with React. It offers a wide range of features including lazy loading, autoplay, and custom navigation. Compared to react-swipeable-views, react-slick provides more customization options and is more feature-rich, but it may be more complex to set up.
react-carousel
react-carousel is a lightweight carousel component for React. It is easy to use and provides basic carousel functionality. While it is simpler than react-swipeable-views, it may lack some of the advanced features like virtualized slides and auto-play.
react-responsive-carousel
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