jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#myCarousel').carousel({ interval: 5000 }); //Handles the carousel thumbnails $('[id^=carousel-selector-]').click(function () { var id_selector = $(this).attr("id"); try { var id = /-(\d+)$/.exec(id_selector)[1]; console.log(id_selector, id); jQuery('#myCarousel').carousel(parseInt(id)); } catch (e) { console.log('Regex failed!', e); } }); // When the carousel slides, auto update the text $('#myCarousel').on('slid.bs.carousel', function (e) { var id = $('.item.active').data('slide-number'); $('#carousel-text').html($('#slide-content-'+id).html()); }); });