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Feature Request FR-4389
Product Area Page Components
Status CLOSED

2 Voters

Native Image Carousel Item with SQL and BLOB Support

kaisousa13 Public · Apr 4 2025

Idea Summary
A native APEX item/component that allows developers to easily display a set of images as a carousel (slider), with options for auto-play, navigation arrows, dots, and captions.

Use Case
Displaying product images in e-commerce apps.

  • Showing image galleries for events, properties, or portfolios.
  • Highlighting featured content or promotions on a home page.
  • Building more visually dynamic and interactive user interfaces in APEX without needing plugins or heavy custom JS/CSS.

Preferred Solution (Optional)
Implement a new item/component type called Carousel Item (Image) that works similar to the existing List or Region Display Selector, but focused on displaying images in a horizontal slider format. Developers can:

  • Define a source (static or SQL query) returning image URLs, BLOBs, and optional captions.
  • Configure transitions (fade, slide), duration, autoplay, navigation style (dots/arrows), etc.
  • Optionally support:
    • Responsive design
    • Lazy loading
    • Touch gestures for mobile
    • Fullscreen preview
    • Alt text for accessibility
This request is likely a duplicate of FR-3370.

Comments

Comments

  • motasemnajeeb2222 OP 11 months ago

    Yeah that would be a game changer. I'm working on a platform that sells laptops and mobile phones and I the carousel region that's just use static values from application static files and it's really inefficient.