Bootstrap 3 Carousel fading to new slide instead of sliding to new slide

Question

I am using Bootstrap 3, unmodified.

Here's

<!-- Carousel
================================================== -->
<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide">
  <!-- Indicators -->
  <ol class="carousel-indicators">
    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
    <li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
  </ol>
  <div class="carousel-inner">
    <div class="item active carousel-1">
      <div class="container">
        <div class="carousel-caption">
          <h1>Example headline.</h1>
          <p>Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit.</p>
          <p><a class="btn btn-large btn-primary" href="#">Sign up today</a></p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="item carousel-2">
      <div class="container">
        <div class="carousel-caption">
          <h1>Another example headline.</h1>
          <p>Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit.</p>
          <p><a class="btn btn-large btn-primary" href="#">Learn more</a></p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

  </div>
  <a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="prev"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left"></span></a>
  <a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="next"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right"></span></a>
</div><!-- /.carousel -->

default css from bootstrap 3:

.carousel {
  position: relative;
}

.carousel-inner {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.carousel-inner > .item {
  position: relative;
  display: none;
  -webkit-transition: 0.6s ease-in-out left;
          transition: 0.6s ease-in-out left;
}

.carousel-inner > .item > img,
.carousel-inner > .item > a > img {
  display: block;
  height: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  line-height: 1;
}

.carousel-inner > .active,
.carousel-inner > .next,
.carousel-inner > .prev {
  display: block;
}

.carousel-inner > .active {
  left: 0;
}

.carousel-inner > .next,
.carousel-inner > .prev {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.carousel-inner > .next {
  left: 100%;
}

.carousel-inner > .prev {
  left: -100%;
}

.carousel-inner > .next.left,
.carousel-inner > .prev.right {
  left: 0;
}

.carousel-inner > .active.left {
  left: -100%;
}

.carousel-inner > .active.right {
  left: 100%;
}

.carousel-control {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 15%;
  font-size: 20px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
  opacity: 0.5;
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
}

.carousel-control.left {
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 top, 100% top, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001)));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0), color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100%));
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100%);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#80000000', endColorstr='#00000000', GradientType=1);
}

.carousel-control.right {
  right: 0;
  left: auto;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 top, 100% top, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 0), color-stop(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 100%));
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 100%);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#00000000', endColorstr='#80000000', GradientType=1);
}

.carousel-control:hover,
.carousel-control:focus {
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  opacity: 0.9;
  filter: alpha(opacity=90);
}

.carousel-control .icon-prev,
.carousel-control .icon-next,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left,
.carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 5;
  display: inline-block;
}

.carousel-control .icon-prev,
.carousel-control .icon-next {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin-top: -10px;
  margin-left: -10px;
  font-family: serif;
}

.carousel-control .icon-prev:before {
  content: '2039';
}

.carousel-control .icon-next:before {
  content: '203a';
}

.carousel-indicators {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 10px;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 15;
  width: 60%;
  padding-left: 0;
  margin-left: -30%;
  text-align: center;
  list-style: none;
}

.carousel-indicators li {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 10px;
  height: 10px;
  margin: 1px;
  text-indent: -999px;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

.carousel-indicators .active {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

.carousel-caption {
  position: absolute;
  right: 15%;
  bottom: 20px;
  left: 15%;
  z-index: 10;
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}

.carousel-caption .btn {
  text-shadow: none;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
  .carousel-control .icon-prev,
  .carousel-control .icon-next {
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    margin-top: -15px;
    margin-left: -15px;
    font-size: 30px;
  }
  .carousel-caption {
    right: 20%;
    left: 20%;
    padding-bottom: 30px;
  }
  .carousel-indicators {
    bottom: 20px;
  }
}

some css that I've added:

    .carousel {
  height: 500px;
}
.carousel-inner {
  height: 100%;
}

.carousel-1 {
  height: 100%;
  background: url(../images/carousel1.jpg)  no-repeat center center fixed;
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  background-size: cover;
}

.carousel-2 {
  height: 100%;
  background: url(../images/carousel2.jpg)  no-repeat center center fixed;
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  background-size: cover;
}

but I can't figure out how I can this carousel with fading effect. I tried to change opacity from 1 to 0, when active item, but it makes 2 animations, it slides left and changes opacity too..

Can you help me?

Answer 1

The update from 3.2.x to 3.3.x broke some of the solutions explained here and on other threads because of the change: "Added transforms to improve carousel performance in modern browsers."

If you are using Bootstrap 3.3.x there's a solution here:
http://codepen.io/transportedman/pen/NPWRGq

Basically you need to add the "carousel-fade" class to your carousel so that you have:
<div class="carousel slide carousel-fade">

And then include the following CSS:

/*
  Bootstrap Carousel Fade Transition (for Bootstrap 3.3.x)
  CSS from:       http://codepen.io/transportedman/pen/NPWRGq
  and:            http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18548731/bootstrap-3-carousel-fading-to-new-slide-instead-of-sliding-to-new-slide
  Inspired from:  http://codepen.io/Rowno/pen/Afykb 
*/
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .item {
  opacity: 0;
  transition-property: opacity;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active {
  opacity: 1;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active.left,
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active.right {
  left: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  z-index: 1;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .next.left,
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .prev.right {
  opacity: 1;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-control {
  z-index: 2;
}

/*
  WHAT IS NEW IN 3.3: "Added transforms to improve carousel performance in modern browsers."
  Need to override the 3.3 new styles for modern browsers & apply opacity
*/
@media all and (transform-3d), (-webkit-transform-3d) {
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.next,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active.right {
      opacity: 0;
      -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
              transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.prev,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active.left {
      opacity: 0;
      -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
              transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.next.left,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.prev.right,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active {
      opacity: 1;
      -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
              transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
}