Add option to use button to move forward/backward from the carousel.

example/android/build.gradle

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.50'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.10'
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()

example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9.3-all.zip

example/lib/main.dart

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class CarouselDemo extends StatelessWidget {
           routes: {
             '/': (ctx) => CarouselDemoHome(),
             '/basic': (ctx) => BasicDemo(),
+            '/basicbutton': (ctx) => BasicWithButtonDemo(),
             '/nocenter': (ctx) => NoCenterDemo(),
             '/image': (ctx) => ImageSliderDemo(),
             '/complicated': (ctx) => ComplicatedImageDemo(),
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ class CarouselDemoHome extends StatelessWidget {
       body: ListView(
         children: <Widget>[
           DemoItem('Basic demo', '/basic'),
+          DemoItem('Basic with button demo', '/basicbutton'),
           DemoItem('No center mode demo', '/nocenter'),
           DemoItem('Image carousel slider', '/image'),
           DemoItem('More complicated image slider', '/complicated'),
@@ -122,6 +124,29 @@ class BasicDemo extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+class BasicWithButtonDemo extends StatelessWidget {
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    List<int> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+    return Scaffold(
+      appBar: AppBar(title: Text('Basic demo')),
+      body: Container(
+          child: CarouselSlider(
+            options: CarouselOptions(
+              withButtons: true,
+              enableInfiniteScroll: false,
+            ),
+            items: list
+                .map((item) => Container(
+              child: Center(child: Text(item.toString())),
+              color: Colors.green,
+            ))
+                .toList(),
+          )),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 class NoCenterDemo extends StatelessWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -217,6 +242,7 @@ class ComplicatedImageDemo extends StatelessWidget {
             autoPlay: true,
             aspectRatio: 2.0,
             enlargeCenterPage: true,
+            withButtons: true,
           ),
           items: imageSliders,
         ),
@@ -269,7 +295,10 @@ class _ManuallyControlledSliderState extends State<ManuallyControlledSlider> {
             children: <Widget>[
               CarouselSlider(
                 items: imageSliders,
-                options: CarouselOptions(enlargeCenterPage: true, height: 200),
+                options: CarouselOptions(
+                    enlargeCenterPage: true,
+                    height: 200,
+                ),
                 carouselController: _controller,
               ),
               Row(

lib/carousel_options.dart

@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ class CarouselOptions {
   /// Exposed clipBehavior of PageView
   final Clip clipBehavior;
 
+  /// Whether to show previous/next buttons on the side of
+  /// the carousels or not.
+  ///
+  /// Defaults to false.
+  final bool withButtons;
+
   CarouselOptions({
     this.height,
     this.aspectRatio: 16 / 9,
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@ class CarouselOptions {
     this.enableInfiniteScroll: true,
     this.reverse: false,
     this.autoPlay: false,
+    this.withButtons: false,
     this.autoPlayInterval: const Duration(seconds: 4),
     this.autoPlayAnimationDuration = const Duration(milliseconds: 800),
     this.autoPlayCurve: Curves.fastOutSlowIn,
@@ -161,6 +168,7 @@ class CarouselOptions {
           bool? enableInfiniteScroll,
           bool? reverse,
           bool? autoPlay,
+          bool? withButtons,
           Duration? autoPlayInterval,
           Duration? autoPlayAnimationDuration,
           Curve? autoPlayCurve,
@@ -186,6 +194,7 @@ class CarouselOptions {
         enableInfiniteScroll: enableInfiniteScroll ?? this.enableInfiniteScroll,
         reverse: reverse ?? this.reverse,
         autoPlay: autoPlay ?? this.autoPlay,
+        withButtons: withButtons ?? this.withButtons,
         autoPlayInterval: autoPlayInterval ?? this.autoPlayInterval,
         autoPlayAnimationDuration:
             autoPlayAnimationDuration ?? this.autoPlayAnimationDuration,