Lightbox

The Widgetkit Lightbox allows you to view images, HTML and multi-media content on a dark dimmed overlay without having to leave the current page.

Features

  • Display images, HTML, Iframes, Ajax requests, YouTube, Vimeo and SWF movies
  • Group lightboxes and mix different content types
  • 3 different opening and closing transitions
  • 4 different caption styles
  • Keyboard and mouse scroll wheel navigation
  • Build on the latest jQuery version
  • Works with Joomla 1.5, 1.6, WordPress and Stand-alone

Examples

Different animations – fade, elastic and none

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Different title positions – float, inside and over

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Various examples in one gallery (try also using the keyboard and mouse scroll wheel)

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How To Use

Use the HTML5 custom data attribute data-lightbox to activate the lightbox. You can set various lightbox parameters to the data attribute. For example:

<a data-lightbox="width:1000;height:700;" href="http://www.google.com">Lightbox</a>

Here is a list of the most common parameters:

  • titlePosition – How should the title show up? (float, outside, inside or over)
  • transitionIn – Set a opening transition. (fade, elastic, or none)
  • transitionOut – Set a closing transition (fade, elastic, or none)
  • overlayShow – Set to true or false
  • width – Set a width in pixel
  • height – Set a height in pixel
  • padding – Set a padding in pixel