Carousel not responding to screen size as expected - html

Question

I am learning Bootstrap 3 and have a simple page I am working on that only consist of a top nav bar, carousel, and footer.
The page looks OK at desktop size. When it shrinks to mobile size I have too much white space. If I have to add more content to fill it I will but is there an alternative to avoid doing that. I like the simpleness with just the carousel.
Is there a way to make it look nice on a mobile the way I have it?
<div class="container">
<div class="row clearfix">
<div class="col-xs-12 column">
<!-- Fixed navbar -->
<div class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button class="navbar-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button> <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li class="active">About
</li>
<li>Contact
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!--/.nav-collapse -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<br />
<!-- Begin page content -->
<div class="row clearfix">
<div class="col-xs-12 column">
<div class="carousel slide" id="carousel-491568">
<!-- <ol class="carousel-indicators">
<li class="active" data-slide-to="0" data-target="#carousel-491568">
</li>
<li data-slide-to="1" data-target="#carousel-491568">
</li>
<li data-slide-to="2" data-target="#carousel-491568">
</li>
</ol> -->
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="item">
<img src="http://placehold.it/1200x315" alt="...">
<!--<div class="carousel-caption">
<h2>NEW Client!</h2>
<p></p>
</div> --></div>
<div class="item">
<img src="http://placehold.it/1200x315" alt="...">
<!-- <div class="carousel-caption">
<h4>Second Thumbnail label</h4>
<p></p>
</div> --></div>
<div class="item active">
<img src="http://placehold.it/1200x315" alt="...">
<!-- <div class="carousel-caption">
<h4>Third Thumbnail label</h4>
<p> </p>
</div> --></div>
</div> <a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel-491568" data-slide="prev"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left"></span></a> <a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel-491568" data-slide="next"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right"></span></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="row clearfix">
<div class="col-xs-12 column">
<div id="footer">
<div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-bottom" role="navigation">
<div class="navbar-text pull-left">
<!--<p class="footer-block">Footer</p> -->
<p><i class="fa fa-envelope fa-1x"> Questions?</i> | <i class="fa fa-mobile fa-1x"> [phone]</i>
</p>
<p>Copy Here</p>
</div>
<div class="navbar-text pull-right"> <a class="btn btn-social-icon btn-facebook" href="#" target="_blank">
<i class="fa fa-facebook"></i>
</a>
<a class="btn btn-social-icon btn-linkedin" href="#" target="_blank">
<i class="fa fa-linkedin"></i>
</a>
<a class="btn btn-social-icon btn-twitter" href="#" target="_blank">
<i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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Answer 1

I suggest to modify the classic carousel html script using a background image and adjusting the size in your css file accordingly.
here you will find an html example:
<div class="container">
<!-- Header Carousel -->
<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
<!-- 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>
<li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
</ol>
<!-- Wrapper for slides -->
<div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
<div class="item active">
<div class="fill" style="background-image:url('https://placeimg.com/1440/810/any');"></div>
<div class="carousel-caption">
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="fill" style="background-image:url('https://placeimg.com/1440/810/any');"></div>
<div class="carousel-caption">
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="fill" style="background-image:url('https://placeimg.com/1440/810/any');"></div>
<div class="carousel-caption">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Controls -->
<a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="prev">
<span class="icon-prev"></span>
</a>
<a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="next">
<span class="icon-next"></span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
and your css example code:
/* CSS used here will be applied after bootstrap.css */
/* -------carousel slides----*/
.carousel-control.right, .carousel-control.left {
background-image: none;
}
.carousel-indicators {
bottom:-50px;
}
.carousel-indicators li {
border-color: #C0C0C0;
}
.carousel-indicators .active {
background-color: #c0c0c0;
}
.carousel-inner {
margin-bottom:50px;
}
.carousel .item{
height: 400px;
}
.item img {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
min-height: 400px;
}
.carousel .fill {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}
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