How to program dynamic preview on site

Question

Hi! I'm asking for some orientation and recommendations for developing something similar like the yahoo movies page: http://movies.yahoo.com/

I don't know how the thing at the top with the arrows and different title of movies is called but I've seen it several times.(the one that has 4 options:expendables, yogi bear, etc) I want to add something like this so I'm asking for orientation on what to look for and develop it on java script.

thanks!

Answer 1

I think it's a "carousel container", looked up the code of yahoo. Any ideas still being accepted.

Answer 2

Yes, that's what's called a Carousel, and there are many libraries and plugins for doing it. You might try Yahoo's own YUI Carousel Control or this one for jQuery, but there are plenty of others out there--just Google for them.