Can I display project titles below the carousel instead of on it ?
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Hello !
I'm considering purchasing LayTheme and the Carousel Addon. I have a question about caption positioning.
I want to display the project title BELOW the carousel image (like https://weberruss.com/en), not overlaid on top of the image (like https://andreaguccini.com/).
Does the Carousel Addon's "below Carousel" setting place the caption :
- Outside/below the image (vertically separated from the carousel) (what I want)
- OR just at the bottom but still overlaid on the image?
Is this possible with the Carousel Addon?
Thanks for your help !
Bastien -
hey!
yes you can do that. actually thats the default way captions are placed.
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when u use these settings in a carousel, the captions can even be under each slide:
the placement of the captions is done in:

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and with the default settings enabled, the caption is just under a slide like so:

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Perfect, thank you for confirming !
One more question: when the caption is positioned below the carousel, are both the image AND the caption/title clickable to open the project ?
Or is only the image clickable ?
Thanks again ! -
by default, only the image is clickable.
however, when u edit the carousel, you can click on the image:

then click "edit caption"
and in here, you can link the text using the link button when u select the text

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Thanks! That's perfect :)
I have juste another question about the carousel setup
I would like three click zones : (see attached images)-
Center zone (blue): Click on the carousel center OR on the title below → opens the project
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Left zone (green): Click → show previous slide
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Right zone (red): Click → show next slide
Cursor: Use mouse cursor as navigation arrows (previous/next)
Is this possible with the Carousel Addon settings? Can I define custom click zones like this, or would I need custom CSS/JavaScript?
If this isn't possible, I'll use the navigation buttons instead.
Thanks again for your help!

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looking at your design, lets first talk about the sizing and placement of the carousel.
i would suggest you set the page's frame top space to 0:
this way you have no space between the top of the browser and the carousel.
when creating the carousel use a fixed height setting like this:

it will make sure your carousel is browser height (100svh) minus a pixel value.
this pixel value will be the white bar at the bottom where your caption is (under the image)then u might also want to choose "fill slides"

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ok now about your click zones and mouse cursor.
mouse cursor:
in lay options -> carousel addonyou can set the mouse cursor:

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click zones: theres no such thing, but we have buttons:

and then use css like
.flickity-prev-next-button.next{ height: 100%; width: 20%; right: 0!important; cursor: e-resize!important; } .flickity-prev-next-button.next svg{ display: none; } .flickity-prev-next-button.previous{ height: 100%; width: 20%; left: 0!important; cursor: w-resize!important; } .flickity-prev-next-button.previous svg{ display: none; }in add this in:
lay options -> custom css & html -> custom cssi added the cursor css, cause when i think about it, this mouse cursor setting

wont do anything cause when you have images that are links to a project, it wont show those mouse cursors but just a pointer instead, indicating that it is a clickable link
but with my css above, at least the prev / next areas will have cursors
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