diff --git a/src/card.ts b/src/card.ts
index d2d42910..ba9fe988 100644
--- a/src/card.ts
+++ b/src/card.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import { CARD_VERSION, REPO_URL } from './const.js';
 import { FrigateCardElements } from './components/elements.js';
 import {
   FRIGATE_BUTTON_MENU_ICON,
-  MENU_HEIGHT,
   FrigateCardMenu,
 } from './components/menu.js';
 import { View } from './view.js';
diff --git a/src/components/carousel.ts b/src/components/carousel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7007314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/carousel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import {
+  CSSResultGroup,
+  LitElement,
+  TemplateResult,
+  html,
+  unsafeCSS,
+  PropertyValues,
+} from 'lit';
+import EmblaCarousel, { EmblaCarouselType, EmblaOptionsType } from 'embla-carousel';
+
+import { dispatchFrigateCardEvent } from '../common';
+
+import carouselStyle from '../scss/carousel.scss';
+
+export interface CarouselTap {
+  index: number;
+}
+export interface CarouselSelect {
+  index: number;
+}
+
+export class FrigateCardCarousel extends LitElement {
+  protected _options?: EmblaOptionsType;
+  protected _carousel?: EmblaCarouselType;
+
+  /**
+   * Scroll to a particular slide.
+   * @param index Slide number.
+   */
+  carouselScrollTo(index: number): void {
+    this._carousel?.scrollTo(index);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The updated lifecycle callback for this element.
+   * @param changedProperties The properties that were changed in this render.
+   */
+  updated(changedProperties: PropertyValues): void {
+    super.updated(changedProperties);
+
+    if (!this._carousel) {
+      this.updateComplete.then(() => {
+        this._loadCarousel();
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get slides to include in the render.
+   * @returns The slides to include in the render.
+   */
+  protected _getSlides(): TemplateResult[] {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load the carousel with "slides".
+   */
+  protected _loadCarousel(): void {
+    const carouselNode = this.renderRoot.querySelector(
+      '.embla__viewport',
+    ) as HTMLElement;
+
+    if (carouselNode && !this._carousel) {
+      this._carousel = EmblaCarousel(carouselNode, this._options);
+      this._carousel.on('init', () => dispatchFrigateCardEvent(this, 'carousel:init'));
+      this._carousel.on('resize', () =>
+        dispatchFrigateCardEvent(this, 'carousel:resize'),
+      );
+      this._carousel.on('select', () => {
+        if (this._carousel) {
+          dispatchFrigateCardEvent<CarouselSelect>(this, 'carousel:select', {
+            index: this._carousel.selectedScrollSnap(),
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render the element.
+   * @returns A template to display to the user.
+   */
+  protected render(): TemplateResult | void {
+    const slides = this._getSlides();
+    if (!slides) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return html` <div class="embla">
+      <div class="embla__viewport">
+        <div class="embla__container">${slides}</div>
+      </div>
+    </div>`;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get element styles.
+   */
+  static get styles(): CSSResultGroup {
+    return unsafeCSS(carouselStyle);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/menu.ts b/src/components/menu.ts
index 29625e4e..5aacc472 100644
--- a/src/components/menu.ts
+++ b/src/components/menu.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import {
 import menuStyle from '../scss/menu.scss';
 import { ConditionState, evaluateCondition } from '../card-condition.js';
 
-export const MENU_HEIGHT = 46;
 export const FRIGATE_BUTTON_MENU_ICON = 'frigate';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/components/thumbnail-carousel.ts b/src/components/thumbnail-carousel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5bc73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/thumbnail-carousel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { BrowseMediaUtil } from '../browse-media-util.js';
+import { CSSResultGroup, TemplateResult, html, unsafeCSS } from 'lit';
+import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+
+import type { BrowseMediaSource } from '../types.js';
+import { CarouselTap, FrigateCardCarousel } from './carousel.js';
+import { actionHandler } from '../action-handler-directive.js';
+import { dispatchFrigateCardEvent } from '../common.js';
+
+import thumbnailCarouselStyle from '../scss/thumbnail-carousel.scss';
+
+@customElement('frigate-card-thumbnail-carousel')
+export class FrigateCardThumbnailCarousel extends FrigateCardCarousel {
+  @property({ attribute: false })
+  protected target?: BrowseMediaSource;
+
+  protected _tapSelected? = 0;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._options = {
+      containScroll: 'keepSnaps',
+      dragFree: true,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Scroll to a particular slide.
+   * @param index Slide number.
+   */
+  carouselScrollTo(index: number): void {
+    if (!this._carousel) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this._tapSelected !== undefined) {
+      this._carousel.slideNodes()[this._tapSelected].classList.remove("slide-selected");
+    }
+
+    super.carouselScrollTo(index);
+
+    this._carousel.slideNodes()[index].classList.add("slide-selected");
+    this._tapSelected = index;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get slides to include in the render.
+   * @returns The slides to include in the render.
+   */
+  protected _getSlides(): TemplateResult[] {
+    if (!this.target || !this.target.children || !this.target.children.length) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const slides: TemplateResult[] = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.target.children.length; ++i) {
+      const thumbnail = this._renderThumbnail(this.target.children[i], slides.length);
+      if (thumbnail) {
+        slides.push(thumbnail);
+      }
+    }
+    return slides;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render a given thumbnail.
+   * @param mediaToRender The media item to render.
+   * @returns A template or void if the item could not be rendered.
+   */
+  protected _renderThumbnail(
+    mediaToRender: BrowseMediaSource,
+    slideIndex: number,
+  ): TemplateResult | void {
+    if (!BrowseMediaUtil.isTrueMedia(mediaToRender) || !mediaToRender.thumbnail) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return html`<div
+      class="embla__slide"
+      .actionHandler=${actionHandler({
+        hasHold: false,
+        hasDoubleClick: false,
+      })}
+      @action=${() => {
+        if (this._carousel && this._carousel.clickAllowed()) {
+          dispatchFrigateCardEvent<CarouselTap>(this, 'carousel:tap', {
+            index: slideIndex
+          });
+        }
+      }}
+    >
+      <img src="${mediaToRender.thumbnail}" title="${mediaToRender.title}">
+    </div>`;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get element styles.
+   */
+  static get styles(): CSSResultGroup {
+    return [super.styles, unsafeCSS(thumbnailCarouselStyle)];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/viewer.ts b/src/components/viewer.ts
index 29023bfb..76c4caa2 100644
--- a/src/components/viewer.ts
+++ b/src/components/viewer.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { BrowseMediaUtil } from '../browse-media-util.js';
 import EmblaCarousel, { EmblaCarouselType } from 'embla-carousel';
 import { HomeAssistant } from 'custom-card-helpers';
+import { createRef, Ref, ref } from 'lit/directives/ref.js';
 import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { ifDefined } from 'lit-html/directives/if-defined.js';
 import { until } from 'lit/directives/until.js';
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@ import type {
   MediaShowInfo,
   ViewerConfig,
 } from '../types.js';
+import { CarouselTap } from './carousel.js';
+import { FrigateCardThumbnailCarousel } from './thumbnail-carousel.js';
 import { ResolvedMediaCache, ResolvedMediaUtil } from '../resolved-media.js';
 import { View } from '../view.js';
+import { actionHandler } from '../action-handler-directive.js';
 import {
   createMediaShowInfo,
   dispatchErrorMessageEvent,
@@ -36,10 +40,10 @@ import { localize } from '../localize/localize.js';
 import { renderProgressIndicator } from '../components/message.js';
 
 import './next-prev-control.js';
+import './thumbnail-carousel.js';
 
 import viewerStyle from '../scss/viewer.scss';
 import viewerCoreStyle from '../scss/viewer-core.scss';
-import { actionHandler } from '../action-handler-directive.js';
 
 const getEmptyImageSrc = (width: number, height: number) =>
   `data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 ${width} ${height}"%3E%3C/svg%3E`;
@@ -169,9 +173,10 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCore extends LitElement {
 
   // Media carousel object.
   protected _carousel?: EmblaCarouselType;
-  protected _thumbnailCarousel?: EmblaCarouselType;
   protected _loadedCarousel = false;
 
+  protected _thumbnailCarouselRef: Ref<FrigateCardThumbnailCarousel> = createRef();
+
   // Mapping of slide # to BrowseMediaSource child #.
   // (Folders are not media items that can be rendered).
   protected _slideToChild: Record<number, number> = {};
@@ -229,37 +234,17 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCore extends LitElement {
       this._carousel.on('select', this._lazyLoadMediaHandler.bind(this));
       this._carousel.on('resize', this._lazyLoadMediaHandler.bind(this));
 
-      const thumbCarouselNode = this.renderRoot.querySelector(
-        '.embla-thumbnails__viewport',
-      ) as HTMLElement;
-      if (thumbCarouselNode) {
-        this._thumbnailCarousel = EmblaCarousel(thumbCarouselNode, {
-          containScroll: 'keepSnaps',
-          dragFree: true,
-        });
-
-        this._carousel.on('select', this._syncThumbnailCarousel.bind(this));
-        this._thumbnailCarousel.on('init', this._syncThumbnailCarousel.bind(this));
-      }
+      this._carousel.on('select', this._syncThumbnailCarousel.bind(this));
     }
   }
 
   protected _syncThumbnailCarousel(): void {
-    if (!this._carousel || !this._thumbnailCarousel) {
+    if (!this._carousel) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const previous = this._carousel.previousScrollSnap();
-    const selected = this._carousel.selectedScrollSnap();
-
-    this._thumbnailCarousel
-      .slideNodes()
-      [previous].classList.remove('main-carousel-selected');
-    this._thumbnailCarousel
-      .slideNodes()
-      [selected].classList.add('main-carousel-selected');
-
-    this._thumbnailCarousel.scrollTo(selected);
+    this._thumbnailCarouselRef.value?.carouselScrollTo(
+      this._carousel.selectedScrollSnap());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -500,23 +485,15 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCore extends LitElement {
     }
 
     const slides: TemplateResult[] = [];
-    const thumbnails: TemplateResult[] = [];
     this._slideToChild = {};
 
     for (let i = 0; i < this.view.target.children?.length; ++i) {
       const slide = this._renderMediaItem(this.view.target.children[i], slides.length);
-      const thumbnail = this._renderThumbnail(
-        this.view.target.children[i],
-        slides.length,
-      );
 
       if (slide) {
         this._slideToChild[slides.length] = i;
         slides.push(slide);
       }
-      if (thumbnail) {
-        thumbnails.push(thumbnail);
-      }
     }
 
     const neighbors = this._getMediaNeighbors();
@@ -556,11 +533,14 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCore extends LitElement {
             ></frigate-card-next-previous-control>`
           : ``}
       </div>
-      <div class="embla-thumbnails">
-        <div class="embla-thumbnails__viewport">
-          <div class="embla-thumbnails__container">${thumbnails}</div>
-        </div>
-      </div>`;
+      <frigate-card-thumbnail-carousel
+        ${ref(this._thumbnailCarouselRef)}
+        .target=${this.view.target}
+        .selected=${this._carousel?.selectedScrollSnap()}
+        @frigate-card:carousel:tap=${(ev: CustomEvent<CarouselTap>) => this._carousel?.scrollTo(ev.detail.index)}
+        @frigate-card:carousel:init=${this._syncThumbnailCarousel.bind(this)}
+      >
+      </frigate-card-thumbnail-carousel>`;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -640,38 +620,6 @@ export class FrigateCardViewerCore extends LitElement {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Render a given media item.
-   * @param mediaToRender The media item to render.
-   * @returns A template or void if the item could not be rendered.
-   */
-
-  protected _renderThumbnail(
-    mediaToRender: BrowseMediaSource,
-    slideIndex: number,
-  ): TemplateResult | void {
-    if (!BrowseMediaUtil.isTrueMedia(mediaToRender) || !mediaToRender.thumbnail) {
-      return;
-    }
-    return html` <div class="embla-thumbnails__slide">
-      <img
-        src="${mediaToRender.thumbnail}"
-        title="${mediaToRender.title}"
-        .actionHandler=${actionHandler({
-          hasHold: false,
-          hasDoubleClick: false,
-        })}
-        @action=${() => {
-          if (!this._carousel || !this._thumbnailCarousel) {
-            return;
-          } else if (this._thumbnailCarousel.clickAllowed()) {
-            this._carousel.scrollTo(slideIndex);
-          }
-        }}
-      />
-    </div>`;
-  }
-
   protected _renderMediaItem(
     mediaToRender: BrowseMediaSource,
     slideIndex: number,
diff --git a/src/scss/carousel.scss b/src/scss/carousel.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ecdb6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scss/carousel.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+:host {
+  display: block;
+  height: 100%;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+img,video {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.embla {
+  position: relative;
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
+}
+
+.embla__container {
+  display: flex;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+
+  user-select: none;
+  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
+  -khtml-user-select: none;
+  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
+}
+
+.embla__viewport {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.embla__viewport.is-draggable {
+  cursor: move;
+  cursor: grab;
+}
+.embla__viewport.is-dragging {
+  cursor: grabbing;
+}
+
+.embla__slide {
+  position: relative;
+  height: 100%;
+  margin-right: 5px;
+  overflow: visible;
+}
+.embla__slide img,video {
+  // Letterbox media. <frigate-card-ha-hls-player> has similar added directly in
+  // its element.
+  object-fit: contain;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scss/thumbnail-carousel.scss b/src/scss/thumbnail-carousel.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aca8fe51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scss/thumbnail-carousel.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.embla__slide {
+  flex: 0 0 var(--frigate-card-viewer-thumbnail-size);
+  opacity: 0.4;
+  transition: opacity 1s ease, transform 0.3s ease;
+}
+.embla__slide.slide-selected {
+  opacity: 1.0;
+}
+.embla__slide:hover {
+  transform: scale(1.1);
+}
+.embla__slide img {
+  border-radius: 5px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scss/viewer-core.scss b/src/scss/viewer-core.scss
index e4eb8176..83bc822b 100644
--- a/src/scss/viewer-core.scss
+++ b/src/scss/viewer-core.scss
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ img,video {
   display: block;
 }
 
-.embla, .embla-thumbnails {
+.embla {
   position: relative;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ img,video {
   flex: 1;
   min-height: 0;
 }
-.embla-thumbnails {
+frigate-card-thumbnail-carousel {
   flex: 0 0 var(--frigate-card-viewer-thumbnail-size);
   margin-top: 5px;
-  //margin-bottom: 5px;
 }
 
-.embla__container, .embla-thumbnails__container {
+.embla__container {
   display: flex;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
@@ -44,20 +43,20 @@ img,video {
   -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
 }
 
-.embla__viewport, .embla-thumbnails__viewport {
+.embla__viewport {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   overflow: hidden;
 }
-.embla__viewport.is-draggable, .embla-thumbnails__viewport.is-draggable {
+.embla__viewport.is-draggable {
   cursor: move;
   cursor: grab;
 }
-.embla__viewport.is-dragging, .embla-thumbnails__viewport.is-dragging {
+.embla__viewport.is-dragging {
   cursor: grabbing;
 }
 
-.embla__slide, .embla-thumbnails__slide {
+.embla__slide {
   position: relative;
   height: 100%;
   margin-right: 5px;
@@ -66,16 +65,6 @@ img,video {
 .embla__slide {
   flex: 0 0 100%;
 }
-.embla-thumbnails__slide {
-  flex: 0 0 var(--frigate-card-viewer-thumbnail-size);
-  border-radius: 5px;
-  opacity: 0.4;
-  transition: opacity 0.2s;
-}
-.embla-thumbnails__slide.main-carousel-selected {
-  opacity: 1.0;
-}
-
 .embla__slide img,video {
   // Letterbox media. <frigate-card-ha-hls-player> has similar added directly in
   // its element.