# Scrollable Quote Carousel

> A carousel that slides through client quotes one at a time with author details. Use it to rotate testimonials without crowding a portfolio page.

A shadcn/ui block from the [@shadcn-ui-blocks](https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com) registry, listed on [shadcn.exchange](https://shadcn.exchange/r/shadcn-ui-blocks/portfolio-portfolio-quote-and-feedback-scrollable-quote-carousel).

- Page, with a live preview: https://shadcn.exchange/r/shadcn-ui-blocks/portfolio-portfolio-quote-and-feedback-scrollable-quote-carousel
- Screenshot: https://abzjhwgwpdpz7ua5.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/shots/shadcn-ui-blocks/portfolio-portfolio-quote-and-feedback-scrollable-quote-carousel-light-414bcb3dc70bd8ad.png
- Registry item: https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com/r/portfolio-portfolio-quote-and-feedback-scrollable-quote-carousel.json
- Listed: 2026-10-13, source last changed 2026-10-13

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com/r/portfolio-portfolio-quote-and-feedback-scrollable-quote-carousel.json
```

Run it in a project that has shadcn/ui set up. It adds the files below and installs what they depend on.

## Dependencies

- npm packages: `class-variance-authority`, `embla-carousel-react`, `lucide-react`, `radix-ui`

## Files

### `components/blocks/portfolio/portfolio-quote-and-feedback/scrollable-quote-carousel.tsx`

```tsx
import {
  Carousel,
  CarouselContent,
  CarouselItem,
  CarouselNext,
  CarouselPrevious,
} from '@/components/ui/carousel';

export default function ScrollableQuoteCarousel() {
  const testimonials = [
    {
      quote:
        'Their collaborative approach and deep understanding of our industry resulted in a design that not only looks exceptional but performs brilliantly.',
      name: 'Daniel Ramirez',
      title: 'Product Director, NexGen',
      image:
        'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1568602471122-7832951cc4c5?q=80&w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop',
    },
    {
      quote:
        "The team's ability to translate complex requirements into clean, intuitive interfaces is remarkable. They're truly masters of their craft.",
      name: 'Sophia Chen',
      title: 'UX Director, Innovate AI',
      image:
        'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1544005313-94ddf0286df2?q=80&w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop',
    },
    {
      quote:
        "Working with them was effortless. They brought fresh perspectives to challenges we'd been struggling with for months.",
      name: 'Marcus Johnson',
      title: 'CEO, Horizon Media',
      image:
        'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504257432389-52343af06ae3?q=80&w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop',
    },
    {
      quote:
        "They didn't just meet our expectations - they redefined what we thought was possible. I cannot recommend them highly enough.",
      name: 'Olivia Thompson',
      title: 'Brand Manager, Elevate',
      image:
        'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1494790108377-be9c29b29330?q=80&w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop',
    },
    {
      quote:
        'The strategic thinking behind their design decisions transformed our product. We saw immediate improvements in user engagement.',
      name: 'James Wilson',
      title: 'CTO, TechSphere',
      image:
        'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1500648767791-00dcc994a43e?q=80&w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop',
    },
  ];

  return (
    <section className="bg-muted/30 w-full py-12 md:py-24 lg:py-32">
      <div className="container mx-auto px-4 md:px-6">
        <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center space-y-4 text-center">
          <div className="max-w-[700px] space-y-2">
            <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tighter sm:text-4xl md:text-5xl">
              Client <span className="text-primary">Testimonials</span>
            </h2>
            <p className="text-muted-foreground md:text-xl/relaxed">
              Swipe through what our clients have to say about working with us
            </p>
          </div>

          <div className="mt-12 w-full max-w-5xl">
            <Carousel
              opts={{
                align: 'start',
                loop: true,
              }}
              className="w-full"
            >
              <CarouselContent>
                {testimonials.map((testimonial, index) => (
                  <CarouselItem
                    key={index}
                    className="pl-4 md:basis-1/2 lg:basis-1/3"
                  >
                    <div className="bg-background flex h-full flex-col rounded-xl border p-6 shadow-sm transition-all hover:shadow-md">
                      <div className="text-primary mb-4 font-serif text-4xl">
                        &ldquo;
                      </div>
                      <blockquote className="mb-6 flex-1">
                        <p className="text-base">{testimonial.quote}</p>
                      </blockquote>
                      <div className="mt-auto flex items-center gap-3">
                        <div className="relative h-10 w-10 overflow-hidden rounded-full">
                          <img
                            src={testimonial.image}
                            alt={testimonial.name}
                            className="object-cover"
                          />
                        </div>
                        <div className="text-start">
                          <p className="text-sm font-medium">
                            {testimonial.name}
                          </p>
                          <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
                            {testimonial.title}
                          </p>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                  </CarouselItem>
                ))}
              </CarouselContent>
              <div className="mt-8 flex justify-center gap-2">
                <CarouselPrevious className="static transform-none" />
                <CarouselNext className="static transform-none" />
              </div>
            </Carousel>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
  );
}
```

### `components/ui/carousel.tsx`

```tsx
"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import useEmblaCarousel, {
  type UseEmblaCarouselType,
} from "embla-carousel-react"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { ChevronLeftIcon, ChevronRightIcon } from "lucide-react"

type CarouselApi = UseEmblaCarouselType[1]
type UseCarouselParameters = Parameters<typeof useEmblaCarousel>
type CarouselOptions = UseCarouselParameters[0]
type CarouselPlugin = UseCarouselParameters[1]

type CarouselProps = {
  opts?: CarouselOptions
  plugins?: CarouselPlugin
  orientation?: "horizontal" | "vertical"
  setApi?: (api: CarouselApi) => void
}

type CarouselContextProps = {
  carouselRef: ReturnType<typeof useEmblaCarousel>[0]
  api: ReturnType<typeof useEmblaCarousel>[1]
  scrollPrev: () => void
  scrollNext: () => void
  canScrollPrev: boolean
  canScrollNext: boolean
} & CarouselProps

const CarouselContext = React.createContext<CarouselContextProps | null>(null)

function useCarousel() {
  const context = React.useContext(CarouselContext)

  if (!context) {
    throw new Error("useCarousel must be used within a <Carousel />")
  }

  return context
}

function Carousel({
  orientation = "horizontal",
  opts,
  setApi,
  plugins,
  className,
  children,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"div"> & CarouselProps) {
  const [carouselRef, api] = useEmblaCarousel(
    {
      ...opts,
      axis: orientation === "horizontal" ? "x" : "y",
    },
    plugins
  )
  const [canScrollPrev, setCanScrollPrev] = React.useState(false)
  const [canScrollNext, setCanScrollNext] = React.useState(false)

  const onSelect = React.useCallback((api: CarouselApi) => {
    if (!api) return
    setCanScrollPrev(api.canScrollPrev())
    setCanScrollNext(api.canScrollNext())
  }, [])

  const scrollPrev = React.useCallback(() => {
    api?.scrollPrev()
  }, [api])

  const scrollNext = React.useCallback(() => {
    api?.scrollNext()
  }, [api])

  const handleKeyDown = React.useCallback(
    (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
      if (event.key === "ArrowLeft") {
        event.preventDefault()
        scrollPrev()
      } else if (event.key === "ArrowRight") {
        event.preventDefault()
        scrollNext()
      }
    },
    [scrollPrev, scrollNext]
  )

  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (!api || !setApi) return
    setApi(api)
  }, [api, setApi])

  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (!api) return
    onSelect(api)
    api.on("reInit", onSelect)
    api.on("select", onSelect)

    return () => {
      api?.off("select", onSelect)
    }
  }, [api, onSelect])

  return (
    <CarouselContext.Provider
      value={{
        carouselRef,
        api: api,
        opts,
        orientation:
          orientation || (opts?.axis === "y" ? "vertical" : "horizontal"),
        scrollPrev,
        scrollNext,
        canScrollPrev,
        canScrollNext,
      }}
    >
      <div
        onKeyDownCapture={handleKeyDown}
        className={cn("relative", className)}
        role="region"
        aria-roledescription="carousel"
        data-slot="carousel"
        {...props}
      >
        {children}
      </div>
    </CarouselContext.Provider>
  )
}

function CarouselContent({ className, ...props }: React.ComponentProps<"div">) {
  const { carouselRef, orientation } = useCarousel()

  return (
    <div
      ref={carouselRef}
      className="overflow-hidden"
      data-slot="carousel-content"
    >
      <div
        className={cn(
          "flex",
          orientation === "horizontal" ? "-ml-4" : "-mt-4 flex-col",
          className
        )}
        {...props}
      />
    </div>
  )
}

function CarouselItem({ className, ...props }: React.ComponentProps<"div">) {
  const { orientation } = useCarousel()

  return (
    <div
      role="group"
      aria-roledescription="slide"
      data-slot="carousel-item"
      className={cn(
        "min-w-0 shrink-0 grow-0 basis-full",
        orientation === "horizontal" ? "pl-4" : "pt-4",
        className
      )}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

function CarouselPrevious({
  className,
  variant = "outline",
  size = "icon-sm",
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<typeof Button>) {
  const { orientation, scrollPrev, canScrollPrev } = useCarousel()

  return (
    <Button
      data-slot="carousel-previous"
      variant={variant}
      size={size}
      className={cn(
        "absolute touch-manipulation rounded-full",
        orientation === "horizontal"
          ? "top-1/2 -left-12 -translate-y-1/2"
          : "-top-12 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 rotate-90",
        className
      )}
      disabled={!canScrollPrev}
      onClick={scrollPrev}
      {...props}
    >
      <ChevronLeftIcon />
      <span className="sr-only">Previous slide</span>
    </Button>
  )
}

function CarouselNext({
  className,
  variant = "outline",
  size = "icon-sm",
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<typeof Button>) {
  const { orientation, scrollNext, canScrollNext } = useCarousel()

  return (
    <Button
      data-slot="carousel-next"
      variant={variant}
      size={size}
      className={cn(
        "absolute touch-manipulation rounded-full",
        orientation === "horizontal"
          ? "top-1/2 -right-12 -translate-y-1/2"
          : "-bottom-12 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 rotate-90",
        className
      )}
      disabled={!canScrollNext}
      onClick={scrollNext}
      {...props}
    >
      <ChevronRightIcon />
      <span className="sr-only">Next slide</span>
    </Button>
  )
}

export {
  type CarouselApi,
  Carousel,
  CarouselContent,
  CarouselItem,
  CarouselPrevious,
  CarouselNext,
  useCarousel,
}
```

### `components/ui/button.tsx`

```tsx
import * as React from "react"
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"
import { Slot } from "radix-ui"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const buttonVariants = cva(
  "group/button inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-transparent bg-clip-padding text-sm font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none select-none focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-3 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 active:not-aria-[haspopup]:translate-y-px disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-3 aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:border-destructive/50 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4",
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/80",
        outline:
          "border-border bg-background shadow-xs hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:border-input dark:bg-input/30 dark:hover:bg-input/50",
        secondary:
          "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-secondary/80 aria-expanded:bg-secondary aria-expanded:text-secondary-foreground",
        ghost:
          "hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:hover:bg-muted/50",
        destructive:
          "bg-destructive/10 text-destructive hover:bg-destructive/20 focus-visible:border-destructive/40 focus-visible:ring-destructive/20 dark:bg-destructive/20 dark:hover:bg-destructive/30 dark:focus-visible:ring-destructive/40",
        link: "text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline",
      },
      size: {
        default:
          "h-9 gap-1.5 px-2.5 in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        xs: "h-6 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),8px)] px-2 text-xs in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        sm: "h-8 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] px-2.5 in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5",
        lg: "h-10 gap-1.5 px-2.5 has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        icon: "size-9",
        "icon-xs":
          "size-6 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),8px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        "icon-sm":
          "size-8 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md",
        "icon-lg": "size-10",
      },
    },
    defaultVariants: {
      variant: "default",
      size: "default",
    },
  }
)

function Button({
  className,
  variant = "default",
  size = "default",
  asChild = false,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"button"> &
  VariantProps<typeof buttonVariants> & {
    asChild?: boolean
  }) {
  const Comp = asChild ? Slot.Root : "button"

  return (
    <Comp
      data-slot="button"
      data-variant={variant}
      data-size={size}
      className={cn(buttonVariants({ variant, size, className }))}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { Button, buttonVariants }
```