Lightbox is a jQuery plugin that is used to display an image or any other content in a specially designed window, which is usually shown on a semi-transparent shaded background on top of the main page content.
Before installing the plugin on the page and setting it up, let's take a look at the examples:
Getting started with Lightbox Download the latest version of the plugin (also available via Bower: bower install lightbox2 --save). After that unzip zip file and take a look at the stripped-down working example located in the folder examples.
Ready for Lightbox installations on your page? Start by connecting CSS and Javascript. You can take both of these files from the folder dist. Paste the following code between the head tags in your web page
Insert the following code that connects the plugin before the closing body tag:
Make sure the jQuery that Lightbox requires is also loaded. If you are already using JQuery (requires JQuery 1.7 or higher) on the page, make sure it loads before lightbox.js. If you do not have jQuery enabled, use dist/js/lightbox-plus-jquery.js, which already has this library, or download the latest version from the office. site. Make sure that the four images listed in lightbox.css location at the specified location. You can take images from the folder /dist/images.
Now let's move on to the HTML code. Add a data-lightbox attribute to the link containing the images that we want to apply our plugin to. For the attribute value, use a name that is unique for each image. For example:
Image #1
Add a data-title attribute if you want to show the title. If you have a group of related images that you would like to combine into a set, use the same value in the data-lightbox attribute for the required images. For example:
Img 2 Img 3 Img 4
Lightbox SettingsIf you want to change any of the default options, call the option: method.
lightbox.option(( "resizeDuration": 200, "wrapAround": true ))
- alwaysShowNavOnTouchDevices Default: false
If true, the left and right navigation arrows that appear on mouseover when viewing a set of images will always be visible on touch-enabled devices
- fadeDuration Default: 500
The time it takes for the container to disappear, in milliseconds.
- fitImagesInViewport Default: true
If true, then we proportionally reduce the image size so that the picture fits in the viewing area. This saves the user from having to scroll to see the entire image.
- maxWidth
If set, the image height will be limited to this value (in pixels). The aspect ratio will not be respected.
- maxHeight
If set, the image width will be limited to this value (in pixels). The aspect ratio will not be respected.
- positionFromTop Default: 50
Distance from the top of the viewport to the Lightbox container (in pixels).
- resizeDuration Default: 700
The time during which the Lightbox container will change its width and height when changing images different sizes(in milliseconds).
- showImageNumberLabel Default: true
If false, the text will indicate the current image number and the total number of images in the set, for example: “Image 2 of 4”.
- wrapAround Default: false
If true, then when the last image is shown, the button for showing the next image does not disappear. Clicking on it will show the first image.
The script organizes viewing of images in a pop-up window. The viewing can be organized either by one image or by a gallery, scrolling through the pictures in a pop-up window.
The simplest and fastest script to install. Installs and configures in just a few minutes.
Next, embed the script into your website. IN html code write the code on the page
And the last step. Outputting images.
You output images like this:
The standard code for displaying a small image and a link to a large image, only two parameters are added to the link.
Here is an example of this code - when you click on the picture, a large image pops up.
The data-lightbox="image" parameter is responsible for this effect.
If you have a lot of images on the page, you can open the images without scrolling in a pop-up window, or you can combine images and they will scroll through in a pop-up window.
To combine images you need to use one name for each group of pictures
As you can see, all the pictures can be scrolled through in a pop-up window, since the data-lightbox is the same for everyone.
If you want to separate pictures so they don't scroll through, use a code like this
Now each picture opens separately, that is, there is no way to scroll to the next one.
What's in the modernized version Button to enlarge the image to real size. You can see it in all examples. It's not in the original versionThere is a setting in the script itself, you can turn off this button.
And the second is few necessary addition, this is the exclusion of duplicate pictures.
It is disabled by default, but you can enable it directly in the script, in the same place where the real-size button is enabled.
In normal use of the script this function It only brings harm; it can only be used in completely hopeless situations.
Notice that three of the links are empty, meaning they link to large images but nothing between the tags, and one link is filled with an image.
As a result, only one picture is visible in the browser; when you click on it, a larger picture opens and all the pictures from the empty links are pulled up and you can scroll through it.
And look here, in the links there are two identical pictures (highlighted in red) and when you scroll through, you will see two identical pictures.
If in specific example If you enable duplicate removal, there will be no duplicate images.
Of course, such a situation should not exist, why display two identical pictures and then delete them. But strangely enough, I encountered this situation: in one online store, duplicate photos were supposed to be displayed for a product (there were clever substitutions of photos through scripts), and when viewed through lightbox, the duplicate photos looked very wrong. This is where removing duplicates comes in handy.
Comments
12/11/2014 Victor
The script is very good. You can even describe a picture using data-title. But I had a problem, I had a script on the page that pushed the block to the side when connected of this script it disappears from me. Moreover, it disappears if js scripts are connected. I thought it was conflicting because of the version, but not because of them.
05/23/2015 Victor
Doesn't work for me when
href="http://ikk.secrieru.ru/products/Gallery/000039.jpg?ver=20150523142822"
looks like this. Without?ver=20150523142822
works
05/25/2015 kaha
thanks a lot
06/29/2015 Andrey
Thank you very much for your work! Everything worked almost the first time)
08/26/2015 Alexander
I tried different analogues. This one became without conflicts right away. increase to original the size is gut. If I used the mouse to take and move the field of the picture, it would be a complete mess
11/01/2015 Igor
Hello!
Great gallery. Thanks a lot.
Just this question:
In the example above (3 pictures), the images are shown in a loop. But in the downloaded version of lightbox-2.7.1 this function does not work. When viewing the last image, the button no longer appears.
Tell me, please, what could be the reason?
11/14/2015 Anton
11/15/2015 Anton
On IOS and Android, the screen dims do not cover the entire page!!! what could be the problem. In a regular LightBox - everything is OK!
11/15/2015 Anton
On IOS and Android, the screen dims do not cover the entire page!!! what could be the problem. In a regular LightBox - everything is OK!
03/30/2016 Anton
Hello!
Is it possible to make the picture open in a higher resolution?
11/18/2016 Yura
Thanks a lot! Everything works great!
05/04/2017 Igor
Thank you very much for the script! I've been looking for something similar and easy to install for a long time.
Only for some reason under my photos strange inscriptions appear Рзображение 8 РеР· 8
Maybe the encoding needs to be corrected somewhere?
09/12/2017 Barsuk
Where were you before? I spent the whole day trying to figure out how to remove duplicates))
I just have home page a preview of the main image, and at the bottom there are even smaller previews of additional ones, because of this there were duplicates in the gallery.
Lightbox is a small JavaScript library that is used to display large images on top of current page. It is easy to install and works in all modern browsers.
The script allows you to display images either single or with switching inside a pop-up window.
Instructions for use.
PART I: Connecting the library.1. Download and unpack the archive with the script from here
2. In the JS folder, find the files jquery-1.10.2.min.js and lightbox-2.6.min.js and copy them to the folder with your scripts on your site.
3. Connect these scripts to your page by writing the following lines between the tags:
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4. In the css folder, find the lightbox.css file and copy it to the folder with your style files.
5. Connect this file to your page by writing the following lines between the tags:
6. From the img folder, copy the following files to your server into the folder with images of your site design: and next.png . These files are used in the lightbox.css style file. By default, the style file refers to images that are located in the img folder, which has the same parent as the css folder. If your images folder and styles folder are completely different folders, then you should change the paths to the pictures in the lightbox.css file to the appropriate ones.
PART II: Inserting pictures on a page.This script is triggered when a link is clicked. The link can be either text or an image. In order to indicate to the script which link it should process, you need to add the data-lightbox attribute to the link and assign any value to it.
Single pictures.Link text 1 Link text 2 Link text 3
* the title attribute can be filled in as desired. If it is full, its contents will be displayed under the pop-up image.
Group of pictures.Let's say you have a group of images and when you click on one of the links, you want to be able to scroll through all the pictures in this group in a pop-up window without having to close the pop-up window.
Link text 1 Link text 2 Link text 3
*Previously, you used the rel="lightbox" attribute for the LiteBox script. You can still use it now, and it will work, but using the new attributes is preferable, as it provides more advanced capabilities.
It seems like everything has been done, everything should work, but:
If we form a group of pictures from images, then when viewing, “image 1 of 8” is indicated in the pop-up window under the pictures? I would like to see something like this “image 1 of 8”.
To do this, in the lightbox-2.6.min.js file in line 13 you need to replace this:
return "Image " + b + " of " + c
return "Image " +b +" of " +c |
return "Image " + b + " from " + c
return "Image " +b +" from " +c |
The last time I used this script, I needed to use it together with the carousel script, and I noticed one glitch.
Below is a description of the glitch and how to fix it.
If we have 2 different groups of images on the page, and for example in the first group the pictures have captions (the title attribute is filled in), and in the second group the title attribute has empty values or is not specified at all, then when viewing pictures without descriptions (if we have viewed at least one picture with a description), we will still display a description of the last picture viewed. That is, the script refuses to clear the title for the pop-up window, it replaces it with a new one, if available. How to fix this?
To fix the error of not clearing the Title attribute, replace the text in the lightbox-2.6.min.js file on line 219:
if (typeof this.album.title !== "undefined" amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; this.album.title !== "") ( this.$lightbox.find(".lb-caption ").html(this.album.title).fadeIn("fast") )
if (typeof this . album [ this . currentImageIndex ] . title ! =="undefined" & amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; & amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; amp ; this . currentImageIndex ! . album [ this . currentImageIndex ] . fadeIn ( "fast" ) |
The most popular library is Lightbox Javascript, which we have been using for many years on desktops, but not on mobile platforms Oh.
I present to you 14 Lightbox plugins with support for mobile platforms.
PhotoSwipePhotoSwipe is a lightweight, touch-enabled, and most importantly modular plugin that allows you to remove unnecessary parts that are not needed. It works well in mobile browsers. You can change images with a swipe of your finger as if it were standard application, with smooth transitions.
- Required libraries: none.
- Browser support: IE8+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and other mobile browsers.
- License: MIT License
Magnific Popup is another lightbox plugin developed by the same author as PhotoSwipe, Dmitry Semenov. The plugin comes as a JQuery/Zepto plugin and also includes support that PhotoSwipe lacks, such as video, maps and Ajax support. This is a great alternative for those who prefer to have more options at their fingertips.
- Required libraries: JQuery 1.9.1+ or Zepto.js
- Browser support: IE7 (partially), .
- License: MIT License
Swipebox is a JQuery plugin with support for touch gestures for mobile platforms. It also supports Youtube and Vimeo videos in addition to images. Swipebox is easy to install, and has several options to customize its setup. I think Swipebox is too cluttered a lightbox plugin for those who don't know JavaScript.
Initially, the Lightbox plugin is not included in Bootstrap. Lightbox for Bootstrap fixes this. If you are using Bootstrap, it is highly recommended to use this library. The plugin integrates well with Bootstrap.
- Required libraries: JQuery and Bootstrap module
- Browser support: IE8+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera
- License: GNU license
Nivo Lightbox is a highly customizable lightbox plugin. Various options allow you to change appearance. For example: theme, appearance animation, and navigation type.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support:
- License: MIT License
ImageLightbox is a simple lightbox plugin with no frills. It is used for image purposes only, hence the name. Neither video nor other types are supported. It also doesn't require any additional HTML markup; tag is sufficient. This plugin is easy to use.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE9+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera
- License: Not defined
Another lightbox plugin without add-ons. The library weighs only 2 kilobytes and only works with images. This is the perfect plugin if you are only developing for latest version browser and there is no need to support video or other formats.
- Required libraries: no
- Browser support: Internet Explorer 10+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera
- License: MIT License
Lightcase is a great lightbox plugin. Supports several types of animations, such as: fade, elastic, zoom and scrolling. Moreover, it also supports various types of media including Youtube Embed, HTML Video, SWF and Input Forms.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE9+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera
- License: GPL license
Featherlight is a basic plugin, weighing 6 kilobytes for savvy developers and includes only the essentials. If you need a lightbox effect, for example, for a group of images in a gallery, you can enable the gallery extension. You can also develop your own plugin extension to use in your projects.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE8+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera
- License: MIT License
LightLayer is an easy to use lightbox plugin. The plugin supports many options, custom javascript methods and user events. The plugin works with images, videos, maps.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE9+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera
- License: MIT License
LightGallery, another lightbox plugin with a large number functions. It includes more than 20 options to customize various details of the lightbox effects.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE7+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, IOS, Android, and Windows Phone
- License: MIT License
Fluidbox lightbox plugin works with images. Includes support for various displays, including floating images, absolute position images, images with borders and padding, and galleries. There is also a WordPress plugin.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE9+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera
- License: MIT License
StripJS is a unique lightbox plugin. Instead of overlaying the image, the lightbox module slides with the image from side to side so that the image does not block all the content. StripJS supports both images and videos.
- Required libraries: JQuery
- Browser support: IE7+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, IOS 5+, and Android 3+
- License: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License
It's really great that we have more and more latest web technologies available to us that will make our work much easier. Modal windows are a functional element for displaying any type of HTML content, aimed at creating a convenient design and interface.
In this review, we have compiled a list of JQuery libraries and scripts for creating lightboxes that will help developers and designers create even better and more professional websites.
You can easily add the below scripts to your website. So without further ado, let's get to the point and take a look at these super jQuery lightbox libraries that you can add to your arsenal.
1.PhotoswipePhotoSwipe is an HTML photo gallery on CSS based and JavaScript, aimed specifically at mobile devices. When developing it, the authors took image viewing services for mobile phones as an example. iOS devices and Google. PhotoSwipe has a familiar and intuitive interface that makes it easier to work with images on a mobile site.
All basic functions are supported: moving to the next or previous image, zooming in, dragging, zooming out or closing, and others.
2. SwipeboxSwipebox – JQuery plugin for desktop computers, smartphones and tablets. He supports touch control for mobile devices, keyboard navigation for desktop devices, CSS transitions with fallback to JQuery controls, fairly easy to customize.
The plugin has been tested on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer 8+, iOS4+, Android, Windows Phone. Released under MIT license.
3. iLightboxiLightBox makes it easy to create very beautiful responsive modal windows using JQuery. Combining support for a wide range of media content with great skins and a user-friendly API, iLightBox strives to make lightbox as perfect as it can be. iLightBox provides the ability to view in full screen mode, Retina-compatible skins, touch event management, YouTube and Vimeo integration for HTML5 video, powerful JavaScript API. The plugin has free support and version updates.
4. Image LightboxImage Lightbox is a minimalistic, extensible and customizable plugin for IOS, Android and Windows Phone. You can simply load the next image using your keyboard thanks to the use of CSS transforms and transitions.
5.Magnific PopupMagnific Popup is free responsive jquery plugin that is focused on providing best interaction between user and device. Most lightbox plugins require you to define the window size using JS. In Magnific Popup, you can use relative units such as EM or resize the lightbox using CSS media queries.
6. Nivo LightboxNivo Lightbox is a flexible lightbox plugin. There are many options to choose from, with which you can easily change the appearance of the lightbox. For example, change the theme, transition effect and navigation method.
7.LightcaseLightcase is a flexible, responsive and extensible lightbox plugin developed with using JQuery. It works perfectly in all popular browsers such as Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox, Opera, Webkit and others. The plugin supports photo, video, HTML5 video, Iframe, SWF and AJAX calls.
8. Lightlayer.jsLightLayer is a script for displaying adaptive lightboxes, it works well together with other components on any screen. This script is really very easy to use. LightLayer provides control over many parameters: background color and opacity, lightbox position, opening/closing transitions and many other customizable features.
9. Strip.jsStrip is a lightbox that expands only to part of the page. This makes it less intrusive and allows it to interact with other page elements on big screens; on mobile devices lightbox has a classic look. Strip uses JQuery and is supported in all major browsers.
10. FluidboxFluidbox is a jQuery plugin designed to provide an unobtrusive, responsive lightbox that is ideal for images with high resolution. It works great on mobile devices and can also be used on higher resolution screens for beautiful image output.
11. FeatherlightFeatherlight is a very lightweight plugin with 400 lines of JavaScript, 100 lines of CSS and less than 6Kb in size. Smart, responsive lightbox, supports images, AJAX and iframe by default. You can also adapt it to suit your needs. Featherlight works in IE8+, all modern browsers and mobile platforms.
12. YalbYalb stands for Yet Another Lightbox - but it's not. Yalb comes with a large set of interfaces, including custom events that allow you to determine its state (open, closed).
