How to make Bootstrap carousel slider use mobile left/right swipe

Answer 1

Checked solution is not accurate, sometimes mouse-right-click triggers right-swipe. after trying different plugins for swipe i found an almost perfect one.

touchSwipe

i said "almost" because this plugin does not support future elements. so we would have to reinitialize the swipe call when the swipe content is changed by ajax or something. this plugin have lots of options to play with touch events like multi-finger-touch,pinch etc.

http://labs.rampinteractive.co.uk/touchSwipe/demos/index.html

solution 1 :

$("#myCarousel").swipe( {
            swipe:function(event, direction, distance, duration, fingerCount, fingerData) {

                if(direction=='left'){
                    $(this).carousel('next');
                }else if(direction=='right'){
                    $(this).carousel('prev');
                }

            }
        });

solution 2:(for future element case)

function addSwipeTo(selector){
            $(selector).swipe("destroy");
            $(selector).swipe( {
                swipe:function(event, direction, distance, duration, fingerCount, fingerData) {
                    if(direction=='left'){
                        $(this).carousel('next');
                    }else if(direction=='right'){
                        $(this).carousel('prev');
                    }
                }
            });
}
addSwipeTo("#myCarousel");